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nailba charitable foundation Making a Difference in Your Community A MICHAEL T. SMITH PRESIDENT, NAILBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 18 perspectives APRIL 2016 s President of the NAILBA Charitable Foundation, I was invited to sit on the Grants Review Committee last year. Unfortunately I was unable to attend, but was interested in reviewing the grants that were submitted. I've sponsored several organizations in the past, and was curious about other charities sponsored by my fellow NAILBA members. I was reviewing this year's grant application summaries, and I was struck by the similarities I saw in the missions of the more than 40 grant submissions we received. This word cloud graphic illustrates the commonalities-the bigger the font size, the more often that word appears in the descriptions of the programs applying for a grant last year (courtesy of wordle.net). Compared to the handful of grant applications received in the first several years of the NAILBA Charitable Foundation, this growth in submissions is truly a testament to the fact that NAILBA members and our valued corporate partners truly "get" the mission of the Foundation. We want to help smaller public charities that generally have budgets of less than $5 million, and whose principal activities are directed toward services to benefit children. But we don't go looking for them-that's where our members and corporate partners come in. The secondary mission of the Foundation is to encourage you to be more active in your community. You are the "boots on the ground" in your community. Identifying a need and an organization that is helping meet that need is good for you and good for your business too. Other features in this issue of Perspectives address best practices, how to grow your business, and how http://www.wordle.net

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NAILBA Perspectives - April 2016

NAILBA Perspectives - April 2016
Contents
Chairman’s Corner
CEO Insights
Can You Tell If Your Agency is a Success? Measuring Your Results
NAILBA Charitable Foundation
Life Happens
Member Profile
Agency Successor Networking Group
Calendar of Events

NAILBA Perspectives - April 2016