We are passionate about nonprofits.

They embody our best spirit and values, and infuse our communities with far-reaching benefits.  They heal, educate, shelter, protect, and nurture our humanity. And nothing drives us more at Innovative Resources Group than building on this power to affect change, improve lives, and influence public policy.

We're celebrating 21 busy years of strengthening a wide range of nonprofit organizations, enhancing their ability to achieve vital missions and to sustain this achievement over time. We call this “capacity building,” and never in history has the need for nonprofit capacity building and organizational effectiveness been more essential than right now. 

Even in a period of economic stress, people still give. According to Giving USA, total estimated charitable giving rose 3.8 percent last year—after 2 years of declines. We believe this is because nonprofits are the face of our community, champions of the common good. Donors and volunteers—people—want to make a difference. WE DO TOO.

Let us help you tap the potential you never realized you have.

 

NEWS!
from the world of nonprofit advancement.

How Nonprofits Make Data Fun and Informative

Nonprofits have long relied on stories to help stir emotion.

However, as the nonprofit world has evolved, so, too, has the need to communicate more than just emotion. Foundations and corporate supporters increasingly want to see numbers that show that nonprofits are delivering results. Donors want to see metrics to help them understand why they should contribute to one cause over another.
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Project Profiles

  • Lower Eastside Girls Club (NYC)

    Shortly after September 11, 2001, Innovative Resources was retained by the Lower Eastside Girls Club for capital project development and counsel. We began by helping the organization's professional staff and Board of Directors create a plan for developing city lots that had been donated by the City of New York.

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"The traditional notion of an effective volunteer leader has changed as philanthropy has changed. Having a powerful, influential, recognizable "name" no longer guarantees success."

--Beth Hershenhart

President and Chief Executive Officer