Creating Support for
Community Leaders

The Center for Community Collaboration helps community-centered organizations succeed through coaching, consulting, and shared fundraising initiatives.

Here collaboration isn’t a buzz word, it’s a way of life.

Ever thought of a place where nonprofits can hold hands with other organizations, businesses and consultants, sharing everything from stellar advice to nifty resources?


Welcome to the Center for Community Collaboration (C3). Our mission is as clear as a summer sky: we're here to strengthen and elevate nonprofits, making sure you have what you need to continue the amazing work in your communities!

Empowering Communities,
Enabling Collaboration.

For this fall, C3 is offering three new programs to support organizations that are looking to grow or tackle challenges in their work. There are limited spots for each, so please make sure to apply today! All programs are free for nonprofits to participate.

  • Do you have quick questions about finance, operations, strategic planning, fundraising, or board management? We have open office hours for any leader in a nonprofit organization. We are here to brainstorm with you.

    “It was a great call. We covered a lot of ground in 30 minutes.” - Participant

  • Are you ready for the next chapter in your organization and need support to get there? We have nonprofit experts that are here to support you with anything from fundraising to finance to operations. Apply to receive a dedicated Nonprofit Coach for Q4 2023

  • Do you want to throw a fun and energizing fundraising event in 2024, but you need support? Do you want to collaborate with other organizations and meet new donors and new supporters? Apply to join our inaugural Open Benefit cohort to learn how to fundraise together.

    Applications are currently closed

Office Hours

Community Consultants

  • Rosalind Zavras

    FOUNDER & COACH
    Specialties: financial management, new technology, community-centric fundraising, grant writing, and growth and operational planning

    Consulting Practice: Aropa Consulting

    Office Hour slots

  • Takiya Green

    CONSULTANT
    Specialties: Grant writing and grant readiness

    Consulting Practice: Divine Consulting

    Office hour slots

  • Chelbye McIntyre

    CONSULTANT
    Specialties: strategic planning, budget management, operations, and innovative fundraising

    Consulting Practice: Envision Impact

    office hour slots

  • Justin Pinn

    EDUCATOR & CONSULTANT
    Specialties: Strategic visioning, Government relations strategy, grant readiness/writing, metrics, and theory of change development.

    Consulting Practice: Pinn Strategic Solutions

    Office Hour Slots
  • Jen Fournier

    Jen Fournier

    LAWYER & CONSULTANT
    Specialties: Leadership coaching, workplace wellness, people operations, and compliance

    Consulting Practice: Racebrook Consulting LLC

    Office Hour slots
  • Melissa DeClue

    Melissa DeClue

    CONSULTANT
    Specialties: Donor engagement strategies, major gift cultivation, impact reporting, donor communications, community-centric fundraising

    Consulting Practice: Amplify Missions

    Office Hour Slots
  • Giulia Gambale headshot

    Giulia Gambale

    CONSULTANT
    Specialties: Online communications, fundraising communications platforms and processes

    Consulting Practice: SheSoSocial

    Office Hour Slots

  • Chyla Graham

    CONSULTANT
    Specialties: financial literacy, accounting principles

    Consulting Practice: CNRG Accounting Advisory

    Office Hour Slots

We want to create equity in the nonprofit sector.

Our vision is an equitable world where all changemakers, especially nonprofit leaders of color, have the tools and community support to flourish. Through inclusive virtual resources, culturally-relevant events, and shared fundraising, we're building a just, interconnected future for everyone.

Introducing the C3 Board of Advisors

  • Alana Dina

    SMALL BUSINESS BANKER & COACH

  • Jennifer Gargiulo

    LIBRARIAN & SMALL BUSINESS MENTOR

  • Jerone Hsu

    Jerone Hsu

    MARKETING & GRASSROOTS STRATEGY

  • Rae Serrano

    OPERATIONS & STRATEGY EXPERT

  • Reena Singh

    DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING

FAQs

What is an Open Benefit?

This is a Shared Fundraising Event where multiple organizations come together to fundraise and plan together. The C3 manages all of the logistics and the partner organizations bring the donors and the volunteers together to help make a successful event. Revenue from ticket sales, auction, etc. are all shared, less the event fees.

How many Mentors are there?

We have a wide network of amazing nonprofit consultants. We emphasize finding consultants that have diverse lived experiences so we can match organizations with a specialist that understands their unique needs. Apply for a mentor today because there are only 3 spots for the fall.

Why coaching and mentoring?

We know that you are the experts of what you do. You serve your community with grit, care, and intentionality. Our goal at C3 is to elevate your work and support you where you need help. We have ambitious plans for next year and additional programming and for right now, we wanted to launch a flexible service that can support leaders as they tackle tough questions.

Why was this organization founded?

Hi! My name is Rosalind and I founded C3 to serve organizations that need the most support - community driven groups that are outside of traditional support structures. In the nonprofit sector, I see many organizations led by black and brown individuals or individuals with lived experience that are missing support. It isn’t about capacity building; it’s about network building! These are leaders that know their work and their communities, so I wanted to find a way to bring support to them.

I’m also excited by the idea of sharing resources - we can do more while consuming less resources overall. This creates a community where the culture is to support each other and collaborate on our work instead of perpetuating the silos that we often see. Remember that over 80% of nonprofits are less than $1 million in annual revenue. Imagine the amazing work we could do, if we all came together, pooled our resources and collaborated on our initiatives!