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Mission Statement


The mission of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands is to be the leader in assisting nonprofit organizations as they build their individual capacity and collective influence.

Goals


Organizational Model and encourage best practices to increase effectiveness

Promote the benefits of diversity

Planning and implementing actions for long term stability

Demonstrate flexibility in meeting changing demands

Be the intuitive choice for information regarding the nonprofit sector

Member Services


Advocate best practices for members

Maximize members’ resources and capacity

Provide leadership for board development & governance

Provide cost-savings opportunities

Bartering services and items on web via a ‘resource’ page

Monitor, advocate, and publicize public policy issues that impact the nonprofit sector

Promote collaboration and networking among members, between NAM and other organizations; and across the nonprofit, government and business sectors Increase awareness about the role and power of the nonprofit

Provide guidance and leadership on information technology issues


Top Ten Reasons to Join NAM

  1. Increased networking opportunities for information-sharing and collaboration.
  2. Cost reductions through group purchasing and preferred provider arrangements.
  3. Enhanced employee benefits resulting from the availability of group insurance plans.
  4. Staff and board development using customized professional training programs.
  5. Increased operational efficiencies from technology based consulting services.
  6. Resourceful and practical fundraising seminars, including e-commerce development.
  7. Comprehensive marketing and promotion of services, programs, and special events.
  8. Timely information on public policy issues and governmental regulatory initiatives.
  9. Innovative workshops from renowned experts in a variety of fields.
  10. Comprehensive community calendar listing your events on the NAM website.

Membership Application

Board of Directors

Staff


Anne Hindery

Chief Executive Officer

anne@nonprofitam.org 


Anne Hindery is the Chief Executive Officer of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands (NAM).  NAM’s purpose is to connect, promote and support its members and the nonprofit sector.  Hindery came to NAM in 2008 with a unique background in nonprofits, philanthropy and community work including experience as Director for the Alegent Community Benefit Trust, Program Director for the Omaha Community Foundation, a Law Enforcement Coordinator for the United States Attorney's Office, Nebraska District and grant writer for the City of Omaha.


Anne has more than twenty years experience in public and nonprofit sector program development and management and brings strong skills in facilitation, grant writing and grant management, working with community and neighborhood groups and government agencies and nonprofits and local funders. Ms. Hindery received her Bachelor's degree from Creighton University and Master’s in Public Administration from University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Active in her community, Hindery was a member of the Nonprofit Executive Institute, Class 3, a proud graduate of Leadership Omaha Class of 28, and was in Class 2 of the Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute.  She also serves on UNO’s Certified Public Manager Program, Advisory Board; UNO’s American Humanics Community Council, was a founding Member for the Neighborhood Center for Greater Omaha and is a member of the Dundee Memorial Park Neighborhood Association Board.


Organization’s History

In 1993, seven local nonprofit organizations joined together to form ServNet, a nonprofit collaboration. Its purpose was to establish a strong, unified voice for nonprofit agencies that demonstrated and asserted leadership, advocacy and service in response to community and organizational needs. A membership fee was established, based on agency budget size, to provide the resources to build a structure that would achieve the goals of cooperation and collaboration.

In 2002 ServNet determined it was time to broaden the mission and explore nonprofit issues beyond those of the human services sector it initially supported. It studied several different nonprofit models of collaboration and management services, consulting with both the Human Services Federation in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the Colorado Springs Chamber Nonprofit Partnership.

The membership recognized that a formal, sustained commitment to work together to establish a common mission should be the broader nonprofit vision of ServNet. The benefits to all nonprofit agencies, large and small, would be significant. This decision led ServNet to expand its mission, vision and name to become the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands (NAM). A steering committee guided expansion of the new entity. Representatives from the arts, health care, human services and technology worked together to develop the expansion business plan which opened NAM membership to all 501(c)(3) corporations in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa.