The annual conference of the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits is held in June in Jackson, Mississippi. Grant writing and other workshops may be scheduled around the state, and on-site workshops are held periodically at the Center. For more information on currently scheduled workshops, prices and registration, visit our calendar. The Center offers workshops on topics such as Board roles and responsibilities, budgeting and financial management, starting a nonprofit organization, planning and evaluation, fund raising, grant writing, staff and volunteer management, public relations, technology and nonprofits, and many other topics. The Center can also provide facilitation for Board retreats and custom workshops.
Fees vary for workshops and services.
The Center promotes policies that will encourage giving and volunteering, hold down costs for nonprofit organizations and make their work more effective. For example, the Center supports charitable deductions for people who do not itemize on their taxes, a consistent charitable sales tax exemption for Mississippi, volunteer liability protections, charitable solicitation laws to prevent fraud, advocacy right of nonprofit organizations, and good government contracting policies with nonprofits. In support of these policies, the Center remains well within allowable limits on legislative lobbying by charitable organizations. Members, including associate members, receive the Center's newsletter, The 501 News, Nonprofit World, a nonprofit management publication of the Society for Nonprofit Organizations, which is based in Wisconsin. Separate subscriptions to the newsletter are not available at this time, but individual copies may be requested by contacting the Center via phone or e-mail.