<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"><strong>Fourth Grant Cycle Begins for Missoula Project for Nonprofit Excellence</strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 13px;">Missoula Community Foundation believes that creating stronger nonprofits has benefits that ripple throughout our community. That’s why we invest in strengthening the infrastructure of nonprofits to help organizations grow and succeed through our Missoula Project for Nonprofit Excellence program. This means that every dollar donors invest in nonprofits has a greater impact.</span> We are now accepting applications for the 2017 MPNE program. <br><br><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Here's How to Get Started</span></span></span><br><u>Pre-Application</u>: One staff and one board member will independently complete the Capacity Building Assessment Self-Survey (CASS). Preferably this would be the executive director and board chair.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://missoulacommunityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MPNE-BrandedEligibilityCriteriaNEW2017.pdf">First, find out if you are eligible to apply>></a><br><div><br>The CASS must be completed by midnight on Friday, December 23rd, 2016, . Early submissions are encouraged. <a href="https://missoulacommunityfoundation.submittable.com/submit/26637/capacity-building-assessment-self-survey-cass" title="CASS Survey" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223);">Click here to complete the CASS>></a><br><br>After completing the CASS, the staff and board member will sign up for an interview with the Grants Coordinator, who will assess the nonprofit's readiness to participate in the MPNE program. Interviews will be conducted on January 3, 5, 9, and 11 from 9am-4pm and will last one hour. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Xcopkk5iUebO6t8Ny3TFrFTMd-70hKZOhNajB4Ym4Y/edit#gid=0" title="Interview with Grants Coordinator" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223);">Click here to sign up for an interview slot>></a><br><br><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://missoulacommunityfoundation.org/grantmaking/msla-project-for-nonprofit-excellence" title="MPNE Page" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223);"> 2016-2017 Timeline>><br>Read more at the MissoulaCF website>><br> Start applying. Please read the instructions carefully>></a></span><div><font face="helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.</font></div><div><font face="helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif">My best,</font></div><div><font face="helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif">Meredith<br></font><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="font-size: 13px;">Meredith Printz, Executive Director</div><div style="font-size: 13px;">Missoula Community Foundation</div><div style="font-size: 13px;">110 W. Front Street</div><div style="font-size: 13px;">P.O. Box 8806, Missoula, MT 59807</div><div style="font-size: 13px;">Office: <a href="tel:(406)%20926-2846" value="+14069262846" target="_blank">(406) 926-2846</a></div><div style="font-size: 13px;">Cell: <a href="tel:(406)%20552-7347" value="+14065527347" target="_blank">(406) 552-7347</a></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="mailto:meredith@missoulacommunityfoundation.org" target="_blank">meredith@<wbr>missoulacommunityfoundation.<wbr>org</a></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.missoulacommunityfoundation.org" target="_blank">www.<wbr>missoulacommunityfoundation.<wbr>org</a></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Meredith Printz, Executive Director</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Missoula Community Foundation</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">110 W. Front Street</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">P.O. Box 8806, Missoula, MT 59807</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Office: (406) 926-2846</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Cell: (406) 552-7347</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="mailto:meredith@missoulacommunityfoundation.org">meredith@missoulacommunityfoundation.org</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.missoulacommunityfoundation.org">www.missoulacommunityfoundation.org</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div></div></div></div>
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