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Thank you for your interest in working with us! Please check this page for any open staff and AmeriCorps VISTA positions. We regularly update our open positions and are always looking for volunteers to join our statewide network.

CRC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Community Resource Center believes that working towards diversity, equity, and inclusivity in all that we do is more than just a nonprofit best practice – it is an ethical imperative. It is at the core of our values and is instrumental in advancing our mission. We are committed to the ongoing process of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment within Community Resource Center and throughout our partnerships with individuals, organizations, and networks across Colorado.

Community Resource Center Positions

Program Description: Through the Rural Action Network® (RAN), CRC convenes a powerful, dynamic, and responsive network of nonprofits, community and government leaders, funders, and changemakers to tackle persistent issues in regions, develop and cultivate rural leadership, align and increase the giving of philanthropy with the needs of rural nonprofits, and support thriving, just communities across rural Colorado. The RAN umbrella of programming includes Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD)®, the work of our ongoing rural Regional Leadership Committees (RLCs), Virtual Funder Roundtables, and a Rural Advisory Committee. This program has been a critical component of CRC’s work to serve rural communities for over 30 years and CRC is striving to evolve this programming through deep listening and input from rural partners.

Position Summary:  This position manages components of the Rural Action Network® (RAN) program including the Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD)® program, convening the two RPD conference Steering Committees, leading the execution of the Virtual Funder Roundtables, and supporting the wider work of the Rural Action Network. This position is part of a team that will exercise deep listening and flexibility to evolve programming to meet the needs of rural partners. RAN provides critical capacity building opportunities for rural organizations to build their skills, connect with grant makers who can fund their visions, and build powerful relationships with other regional leaders. The position supervises regular and temporary program coordinators.

This is a full time, regular, exempt position. This position is primarily remote and requires approximately 30% travel throughout the state of Colorado. It also requires in-person attendance at CRC events and quarterly attendance at Denver Headquarters for events and/or meetings.

Essential Responsibilities:
Program Management
• In partnership with the Director of Capacity Building, manage the Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) program and annual Virtual Funder Roundtables (VFRTs).
• Develop and execute Rural Action Network (RAN) program plans to meet program goals, in partnership with the Director of Capacity Building.
• Build trusting relationships with partners across Colorado, including with nonprofits, local and statewide funders, donors, community leaders, volunteers, regional and statewide advocacy organizations, and state and local government officials, ensuring the Rural Action Network is well-positioned to have impact.
• Identify new program partners driving the regional work of the Rural Action Network, recruit diverse and dynamic Regional Leadership and Steering Committee partners.
• Facilitate the two RPD conference Steering Committees in partnership with the Director of Capacity Building and local Steering Committee leadership.
• Guide the two RPD Steering Committees through the planning of two successful annual conferences, oversee the two concurrent RPD conference workplans.
• Facilitate effective RPD subcommittee meetings that result in both strengthened regional relationships and movement towards program objectives.
• Engage in other components of the Rural Action Network including the Rural Advisory Committee and the annual RAN Convention.
• Co-design and co-facilitate weekly RAN Program Meeting agenda with Director of Capacity Building.
• Deliver capacity building trainings at RAN events including RPD conferences, and within the CRC education program.

Event Registration and Outreach
• Drive the event marketing of RPD and Virtual Funder Roundtables (VFRT). Coordinate content creation with CRC Marketing staff, approve marketing content, and ensure effective participant communications.
• Serve as the lead for the design and management of registration pages for the RPD conference and Virtual Funder Roundtables. Support the other Rural Action Network events in the creation of registration, including coaching staff and troubleshooting issues.
• Provide strong customer service, with positive communications with partners about registration, problem solving issues, and invoicing as needed.
Management and Supervision:
• Manage the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of two regional Rural Philanthropy Days Event Coordinators based in the conference host communities.
• May supervise Rural Action Network Program Coordinator and RPD Event Coordinators including oversight of performance in their daily responsibilities, ensuring they are achieving necessary position objectives, and conducting performance reviews.
• Provide direction, feedback, coaching and development to direct reports to grow as nonprofit professionals.
• Review and approve expenditures and timesheets.

Data Tracking, and Evaluation
• Manage Rural Action Network program evaluation and reporting, including post-event surveys, administering mid-term behavior change evaluations, analyzing data, and making meaning through the design of evaluation reports.
• Recommend and manage systems for measuring impact and efficacy of tactics to inform strategy development.
• Oversee the drafting of monthly board reports and the CRC dashboard contributions for the Rural Action Network program.
• Execute statewide data mapping project, including project supervision of research on giving trends in rural Colorado to strengthen rural philanthropy.
• Conduct outreach to statewide funders to collect grant data and supervise the team of staff, VISTA members, and volunteers standardizing the data.

Administrative and Fund Development
• Design and maintain the RPD conference budgets in conjunction with the Director of Capacity Building.
• Participate in monthly RAN Financials meeting and engage with members of CRC’s operations team to ensure accurate financial records.
• Maintain accurate financial records in accordance with CRC policy and serve as the team lead in reconciling RAN event registrations and RPD conference budgets.
• Review monthly financial reports, ensure accuracy, coding and suggest edits.
• Create check requests for RAN vendors, send and follow up on invoices to event participants.
• Participate in programmatic and organizational fund development efforts including grant writing and reporting, sponsorship cultivation, fee for service contracts, and contract negotiation.
• Participate in monthly meetings of CRC’s Fund Development team, working to identify and cultivate new potential funders of the Rural Action Network, as well as prepare grant applications and reports for current funders.
• Collaborate with CRC staff across the organization, participate in working groups, functional groups, staff meetings, annual budget preparation, and board meetings as requested.

Other Responsibilities:
• Respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, and faiths or religions in a manner that recognizes, affirms, and values the worth of individuals
• Move CRC’s Mission forward while upholding and incorporating CRC’s Core Ideology & Values
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. There may be other duties needed to drive our mission, meet our strategic goals and abide by our organization values.

Position Requirements:
• Participation in quarterly CRC all staff in person events which may require travel
• Colorado residency
• Provide proof of legal ability to work in the United State of America
• Provide two references
• Ability to work remotely with reliable Internet service and a reasonable remote workspace to conduct business calls
• Access to reliable transportation to travel to Denver Headquarters and business events

Skills Required:
• Self-starter with proven ability to take initiative, build meaningful relationships, and see complex projects through to completion.
• Experience living or working in a rural community, possession of rural cultural competencies and strong understanding of the unique needs of rural nonprofits.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies and tactics to create equitable and inclusive outcomes.
• Confident public speaking, facilitation skills, presentation and/or teaching experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively and foster collaboration, trust, and partnership in a complex program with several simultaneous priorities.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work cooperatively as part of a team.
• Proficient with Google platforms, O365, Zoom, Canva, Word Press, Adobe, Constant Contact, and Salesforce
• Ability and willingness to learn and use new online platforms.
• Alignment with and commitment to CRC’s mission and values.

Qualification Requirements – Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 3+ field or related experience such as community development
• 2+ years of management and supervisory experience
• 3+ years’ work with rural communities

Preferred qualifications:
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Live and/or work in one of CRC’s eight rural regions in Colorado
• Experience with budget and contract management

Work Location, Schedule, and Environment:
• This is primarily a remote with approximately 30% travel throughout Colorado, some overnight travel
• Required in person attendance at CRC events and quarterly events at Denver Headquarters
• Flexibility and capacity to work in a fast paced, fluid, changing work environment
• Administrative tasks will require work in a home office or office setting
• Working on a computer for multiple hours at a time, sitting or standing
• Wearing a mask when required by CRC policies
• Bending, twisting, and lifting associated with event site setup
• Indoor/outdoor work with varying temperatures and noise levels at large events

Compensation & Benefits:
Annual Salary: $62,000.
Bi-weekly pay periods

Benefits: Full-time Regular Benefits: Health Time 2.77 hours per pay period, Personal Time 4.92 hours per Pay Period, 13 CRC Holidays, Long Term Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, opportunity to participate in simple IRA plan with 3% company match, $18.47 bi-weekly reimbursement for internet/phone, and opportunity to elect medical, dental and vision coverage the 1st day of the month following date of hire. CRC pays 80% of medical & 100% dental base plan benefits for employee.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
CRC is an equal opportunity employer. CRC is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for staff, AmeriCorps VISTAs, volunteers, and program participants. CRC welcomes applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQIA+ people to apply.

How to apply:
External applicants email a resume and cover letter to Katy Sawyer, Director of Capacity Building (email hidden; JavaScript is required) and TC McCracken, Employment Practices Advisor, (email hidden; JavaScript is required). Resume and cover letter should inform CRC of your experience and how it relates to the position.

AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America Members (VISTA) Positions

At this time, CRC is not actively recruiting AmeriCorps VISTA Member positions or organization host-sites. We anticipate having more information about upcoming opportunities in the summer of 2024, and will post information here.

CRC currently hosts AmeriCorps VISTA Members that work alongside organizations across rural Colorado as part of the GrantCorps program and Rural VISTA Intermediary Project. This has been a 10-year project from 2014-2024. These Members will complete their terms in 2024-2025. Future opportunities for AmeriCorps VISTA Members to serve with CRC and partner organizations are in development, and our goal is to host up to five AmeriCorps VISTA Members, serving in the GrantCorps project, beginning in early 2025.

  • More information on VISTA can be found here: AmeriCorps VISTA | AmeriCorps
  • To apply for open VISTA Member positions across the country, visit: https://my.americorps.gov/
  • Or contact AmeriCorps VISTA Headquarters at: email hidden; JavaScript is required

Community Resource Center is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a commitment to affirmative action principles. People of color, women, immigrants and refugees, LGBTQ+ people, and people from low-income backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

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CRC supports service that strengthens Colorado communities and communities throughout the nation. National service alumni are strong leaders who are motivated, flexible, innovative, and outcome-oriented. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply.

Internship Positions

CRC is accepting Internship Applications for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. Below, please find information on open internship opportunties, position descriptions, and instructions on how to apply.

We envision a Colorado where human service nonprofits are actively engaged in nonpartisan advocacy and civic engagement. We strive towards a state in which the political power and influence of the nonprofit sector is strengthened. We seek to empower and train marginalized communities to have a voice about the policy decisions that affect them most. We envision the individual power of people combined with the collective power of the sector, to help create more healthy and just communities for all.

Community Resource Center’s mission is to create opportunities, tools and strategies to develop nonprofits and community groups to strengthen Colorado. We provide a continuum of services throughout the entire state of Colorado that develop leadership, convene communities and provide critical resources to nonprofits doing life-changing and life-saving work.

The Participation Project and Root Causes Network are programs of Community Resource Center (CRC). The Participation Project (PP) provides guidance, training, and support to human service nonprofits in their nonpartisan civic engagement efforts. The PP has grown into a network of more than 40 service providers statewide who together serve nearly one million low-income Coloradans. All populations represented are low-income, and many come from other traditionally marginalized communities, including communities of color, immigrants and refugees, LBGTQ+ communities, and single mothers. Through this program, the Participation Project provides the necessary support for human service nonprofits to offer nonpartisan voter engagement efforts to their clients and communities through voter registration, Pledge to Vote, and Get Out the Vote activities

“Many of the individuals who come to Denver Urban Ministries for services feel forgotten and abandoned by their communities, and by their leaders and decision-makers. Registering to vote is the most basic and simple way to make your voice heard and share your opinions. By voting you say I’m here, I exist and I matter.”
– PP Partner Agency

The Root Causes Network provides a permanent infrastructure to build the capacity of service providers to advance inclusive and community-centered policy. The Network creates formal and ongoing space for members to convene, and advance their skills and knowledge. When mobilized, nonprofits play a vital role in our state’s political and policy landscape. Nonpartisan efforts to engage those most directly impacted by policy decisions garner better policy outcomes, improved client outcomes, and a more effective nonprofit sector in advocating on behalf of communities in need of a political voice.

Internship Description

Community Resource Center seeks two interns to join our vibrant team for the 2024-2025 academic year and assist human service nonprofits in nonpartisan advocacy and voter engagement efforts through the Participation Project and the Root Causes Network. Ideal candidates will have 10-15 hours a week of availability for the months of August through May. Exact work schedule will be set with the Program Manger prior to starting, and all work hours will remain within CRC’s regular business hours 8:00 – 5:00 PM Monday-Friday. Start and end dates are flexible, and all work is currently being conducted remotely. We are following CDC guidelines and will resume in office work when it is safe to do so.

Intern Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Assist in outreach and recruitment efforts for advocacy and voter engagement efforts
• Assist in providing overall program support and coordination
• Operations support including administrative and communications efforts
• Assist in program design and implementation of Root Causes Network and training curriculum
• Regular check-ins with Program Manager, weekly plans, and quarterly evaluations
• Other duties as assigned

Desired Skills and Qualifications:
• Basic understanding of the nonprofit sector and public policy advocacy or strong ability/interest to learn
• Basic understanding of, or interest in learning about, voter engagement tactics, including voter registration, voter education, and Get Out the Vote activities
• Basic understanding of, or strong interest in learning about how human service nonprofits engage in systems change work using an equity lens

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking
  •  Enthusiastic leadership and the ability to motivate others to act
  •  Detail oriented with effective planning and time management skills
  •  Ability to work independently with broad guidance, and self-manage

To apply: please submit a resume and letter of interest explaining your relevant experience to email hidden; JavaScript is required with ‘Graduate Intern’ as the subject line.

Community Resource Center is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a commitment to affirmative action principles. People of color, women, immigrants and refugees, LGBTQ+ people, and people from low-income backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Community Resource Center believes that building grant access equity is critical to serving our communities and creating a more just Colorado.

Community Resource Center’s mission is to create opportunities, tools, and strategies to develop nonprofits and community groups to strengthen Colorado. We provide a continuum of services throughout the entire state of Colorado that develop leadership, convene communities, and provide critical resources to nonprofits doing critical work.

The Colorado Grants Guide® (CGG) and GrantCorps program work to strengthen equitable grant-making practices by providing access to trainings and resources and facilitating relationship and trust-building opportunities between grant-seekers and grant-makers across Colorado.

Colorado Grants Guide® – is Colorado’s leading online tool for grant funding research. This comprehensive resource guide contains more than 1,000 funders and grant profiles of local foundations and trusts, corporations, national funders, and government agencies that support Colorado nonprofit organizations. In 2024, the CGG will host Funder Connection events at least monthly, to bring together grant-seekers with one grant-maker to highlight their grant guidelines, application process, and tips.

GrantCorps – connects Colorado nonprofits with the grant information, tools, and resources they need to succeed. The purpose of GrantCorps is to partner with small, rural, or BIPOC-led and serving organizations across the state and work with them to increase their grant development capacity. GrantCorps leverages the AmeriCorps VISTA program and the work of experienced consultants to empower nonprofits to overcome the barriers they experience accessing both private and public grant funding.

Foundation Giving in Colorado Report – CRC partners with El Pomar to complete the interactive 2024 Foundation Giving Report. The report provides an overview of Colorado funding from 2015 to 2021 and allows individuals, nonprofits, and foundations to identify areas for increased outreach, education, and opportunities to leverage impact.

Grant Education and Training – CRC offers relevant and affordable training for nonprofits that build skills, address current challenges, and provide tools to help organizations succeed and make change in communities across Colorado. In 2024, Grant Services will offer training courses in the areas of grant research, proposal development, and grant management for organizations across Colorado.

Internship Description

Community Resource Center seeks up to four interns to join our vibrant team during the 2024-2025 academic year and assist small, rural, or BIPOC-led nonprofits with the grant information, tools, and resources they need to succeed. Ideal candidates will be enrolled in either a graduate or undergraduate academic program with 10-20 hours a week of availability for the months of August through May. Exact schedules will be set with a CRC supervisor prior to starting, and all internship hours will remain within CRC’s regular business hours 8:00 – 5:00 PM Monday-Friday. Start and end dates are flexible, and work is currently being conducted hybrid, with remote options as well as access to CRC’s Denver office.

Intern Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Under the supervision of the Grant Services team, assist with 1:1 coaching and consultation grant development plans and activities.
  • Coordinate funder data research activities for the CGG database and Foundation Giving in Colorado report.
  • Assist in implementation of CGG Research Volunteer program and training curriculum.
  • Develop Foundation Giving in Colorado volunteer training materials and assist in implementation of funder data research and cleaning.
  • Assist in outreach, marketing, and recruitment efforts for Grant Services efforts.
  • Assist in providing overall program support and coordination.
  • Operations support including administrative, marketing and communications efforts.
  • Regular check-ins, weekly plans, and quarterly evaluations.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

  • Basic understanding of the nonprofit sector, or strong ability/interest to learn.
  • Basic understanding of, or interest in learning about the nonprofit grant landscape in Colorado and the barriers small, rural, or BIPOC-led organizations experience accessing private and public grant funding.
  • Basic understanding of, or strong interest in learning about how nonprofits engage in systems change work using an equity lens.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking.
  • Enthusiastic leadership and the ability to motivate others to act.
  • Detail oriented with effective planning and time management skills.
  • Ability to work independently with broad guidance and self-manage.
  • Proficiency with MS Office 365, Google Suite, Zoom, Salesforce, Canva, Constant Contact or other mass email platforms.

Education & Learning Benefits:

  • 4-Module CRC Grant Services Training Plan Certification, includes the following topic areas:

Module 1:

  • The Nonprofit Grant Landscape in Colorado
  • Diverse Communities Represented in Colorado
  • The Nonprofit Industrial Complex

Module 2:

  • Theory of Change
  • Grant Research and Application Process

Module 3:

  • Diverse Sources of Nonprofit Income
  • Statistical Research for Grant Applications
  • Evaluation Planning
  • Surveying Nonprofits to Document Barriers

Module 4:

  • Government Grant Research Resources & Databases
  • Key Elements of Government Grant Applications
  • Key Elements of Grant Applications – Financial Attachments
  • Key Elements of Grant Applications – OTHER Attachments
  • Free access to CRC-led training and workshops.
  • Virtual networking opportunities.
  • Supervision and coaching.
  • CRC swag.

Supervision provided by Grant Services Team, including:

Katy Pepinsky, Director of Grant Services

Katy Pepinsky (she/her/ella), works to build the capacity of Colorado nonprofits to access and manage public and private grant funds. Katy started with CRC in June 2022. Prior to her current position, Katy worked as the Executive Director of a youth services organization in La Plata County. For over twenty years, she has worked with a diverse array of non-profit and service organizations to help build more resilient communities including La Plata Youth Services, Cooking Matters Colorado, Growing Partners of SW Colorado, Mercy Hospital, Peace Corps, and Colorado State University Extension. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Katy holds a master’s degree in Extension Education from Colorado State University and a Professional Non-Profit Management Certificate, from Fort Lewis College. Katy lives in Durango and enjoys reading, gardening, cycling, and exploring the rural rivers and trails of the Southwest with her two kids, husband, and dog. Ella habla Español.

Marcy Mitchell, Colorado Grants Guide® Manager

Marcy Mitchell (she/her/hers), has lived in Southwest Colorado for over 20 years and has assisted numerous small businesses and nonprofit organizations with marketing, web development, and administration. With her experience as a former Executive Director, grant writer, small business development advisor, and business owner, Marcy brings an array of experiences to help nonprofits impact their communities. She has served on several nonprofit boards and community organizations including the CRC steering committee for Southwest Rural Philanthropy Days. Marcy joined CRC as Colorado Grants Guide® Manager in 2024 and is excited to help nonprofits expand their grant funding and resources. Marcy and her husband have three grown children and one grandchild. In her free time, she loves hiking, skiing, climbing Colorado’s 14’ers and traveling.

To apply: please submit a resume and letter of interest explaining your relevant experience to email hidden; JavaScript is required with ‘CRC Grants Internship’ as the subject line.

Community Resource Center is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a commitment to affirmative action principles. People of color, women, immigrants, and refugees, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and people from low-income backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Volunteer With Us!

CRC believes in the power of volunteers to greatly impact the work and reach of the nonprofit sector. Our volunteers build the capacity of individuals, organizations and networks across the state. CRC’s volunteers are community leaders, local government officials, statewide grant makers, young professionals, nonprofit executives, students and mentors all with a vested interest in building the capacity and lifting up the work of Colorado’s diverse communities.

How do I get started?

Do you want to be part of CRC’s large scale impact within our state’s nonprofit community? We are always looking for dedicated volunteers to help us further our reach and impact! Please check below for our open volunteer opportunities. Looking to contribute a specific skill or expertise? We are always happy to work with you to fulfill your interests!

Please complete the volunteer application below and we will follow up with you!

Colorado Grants Guide® Research Volunteer Position

The Colorado Grants Guide Research Volunteer will help develop and manage the Colorado Grants Guide® by updating the live database and researching funders who provide support to Colorado nonprofits and communities using public information like organizational websites and accessing annual reports, IRS tax documents, and other financial information. You will gain in-depth knowledge of the Colorado and national grantmaking landscape and strengthen research skills necessary to sustain a nonprofit organization.

Location:

This is a fully remote position.

Major Responsibilities:

· Efficiently research and update funder profiles using a variety of online and public resources

· Work with proprietary and confidential information

· Communicate with the Program Coordinator to ensure profile accuracy

· Provide insight and expertise as we launch our new platform

· Help develop new strategies and opportunities that can benefit the subscriber’s experience

Qualifications:

· General computer and online research proficiency

· Data entry experience preferred

· Self-motivated with excellent analytical skills

· Highly organized and detail oriented

· Access to a computer and Internet

Commitment:

Weekly schedule is flexible. A minimum commitment of 2 hours (including check-in) per week for 8 weeks is required.

Support:

· Training for this position will be provided

· Weekly check-in for questions and guidance

To Apply:

Please complete the Application Form. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Benefits:

· Gain insight on how to research and sustain a nonprofit organization

· Free access to onsite CRC-led trainings and workshops.

· Virtual networking opportunities

· CRC swag

CRC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for staff, AmeriCorps VISTAs, volunteers and program participants. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people to apply.

Colorado Grants Guide® Research Volunteer Application

For more information, please contact:

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