Become A Partner of HandsOn NWNC
Join or Give
We welcome financial contributions from businesses and individuals at any level. Donations through our website or checks can be mailed to our physical address. Donations from individuals are fully tax-deductible, as allowed by law. Nonprofits can become or renew as a Supporting Partner here.
Consultant/Vendor Partners
Nonprofits often seek external expertise to address organizational challenges and advance their missions. HandsOn NWNC is committed to building strong partnerships with qualified consultants and vendors throughout our region to help strengthen nonprofit organizations across northwestern North Carolina. To provide nonprofits with access to a trusted network of professional resources, HandsOn NWNC invites interested consultants and vendors to apply as Consultant/Vendor Partners. To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- A minimum of three years of experience working with nonprofits as a staff member, board member, volunteer, consultant, or vendor.
- A minimum of two years of recent experience providing consulting or vendor services to nonprofits.
- Demonstrated expertise in their stated area(s) of practice.
By becoming a Consultant/Vendor Partner with HandsOn NWNC for $100 per year, you’ll receive:
- A one-year listing on our website
- A complimentary one-time notation in our monthly newsletter, upon request, which reaches more than 700 nonprofit representatives throughout our region, including Forsyth, Guilford, Davidson, Davie, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin Counties.
- The opportunity to offer a free information session to nonprofits within our network. To find out more about these sessions and the responsibilities of Consultants/Vendors and HandsOn NWNC, click here.
If you’re interested in being on our Consultant/Vendor list, please complete this form.
Funding Partners
In addition to our Supporting Partners, HandsOn NWNC relies on institutional funders that invest in our mission and programming. These funders include: Forsyth County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA.), The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, The Winston-Salem Foundation, VolunteerNC, and Wake Forest University’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement.
Supporting Partners (Nonprofits)
HandsOn NWNC invites nonprofits to financially support our mission to build their effectiveness and efficiency, and increase volunteerism. Becoming a Supporting Partner allows organizations to demonstrate the value they place on their relationship with HandsOn NWNC. In exchange, they receive a variety of annual benefits and privileges not available to other members of our network.
Certain core services, including the ability to list volunteer opportunities on our GetConnected volunteer portal and receive The Nonprofit Connection, are currently offered free of charge to all nonprofits.
Special opportunities for Supporting Partners include:
- Priority and/or discounted registration for workshops and first consideration for other training and technical assistance opportunities. Typically, Supporting Partners are eligible for over $800 in discounts. Since you can send multiple staff and board members to our events, your savings could be even larger!
- Exclusive opportunities to participate in Nonprofit Board Speed Dating sessions.
- Special marketing and other opportunities before they become available to our wider network of nonprofits.
- A customized list of service projects for your clients, members, or employees that meets your exact specifications, for FREE! (available upon request.)
- Ability to purchase blocks of consulting time for $350/ 8 hours or $50/hr, allowing you to engage staff expertise to directly help your organization (i.e. strategic planning, in-house board and staff training, etc.) provided at these reduced rates.
- The organization’s profile highlighted as the “featured nonprofit” and FREE event marketing in our volunteer newsletters.
- Eligibility to receive a 10% discount to become a member of the NC Center for Nonprofits by using the code HANDSON10.
The base level of support to become a Supporting Partner is only $50 per organization annually. We ask larger organizations to voluntarily give at a level more commensurate with their budget, as identified in the chart below:
Support Level |
Organization’s Budget Size |
|---|---|
| $50 | <$300,000 |
| $100 | $300,000 – $500,000 |
| $150 | $501,000 – $750,000 |
| $200 | $751,000 – $1 million |
| $200/million of budget | $1M+ |
Current Supporting Partners:
Allegacy Federal Credit Union
Bridging the Gap of Northwest Forsyth County/Inspiring Hope Learning Center
City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Department
Crosby Scholars
Crossnore Communities for Children
Disability Advocates of Northwest North Carolina
Giving 365, Inc.
Goodwill of NWNC
Guilford Nonprofit Consortium
Heart Math Tutoring
Into The Wild
Lead Girls of NC
Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce
Love Community Development Corporation
New Arrivals Institute
Piedmont Environmental Alliance
Piedmont Regional Association of Volunteer Administration
Salemtowne Retirement Community
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
SECU Family House
Senior Services
SpayKind
The Winston-Salem Foundation
Triad Cultural Arts
Triad Restorative Justice
TROSA
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Youth Life Skills Institute
Wake Forest University Office of Civic and Community Engagement
Winston-Salem Ambassadors