Nonprofit Survey Listening Sessions - IN PERSON
Last Fall, nonprofit organizations from across Northeast Wisconsin completed a regional survey to share how they had been affected throughout 2025 and what types of support would be most valuable moving forward. We are deeply grateful to every organization that took time to respond.
The survey gave us valuable starting data, and it also raised important follow-up questions. To continue learning, the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and Basic Needs Giving Partnership, together with Nonprofit Leadership Initiative, are hosting a series of Nonprofit Listening Sessions. These conversations will focus on better understanding what nonprofits mean when they name certain needs, how funders and partners can be most supportive, what's needed right now, and where those needs fall along a continuum - from longstanding, ongoing challenges to more urgent or time sensitive issues.
These sessions are designed as spaces for nonprofit and community leaders to gather around key topics that emerged from the survey:
- Advocacy
- Capacity Building
- Technical Assistance
- Board Training
- General Training & Support
Through a series of small, self-directed discussion groups, participants will explore how these issues show up in their day-to-day work and help shape what meaningful support in 2026 could look like.
What to Expect During and After These Sessions
Each session is interactive, and conversation driven, giving participants the chances to talk about:
- How you would define and prioritize the topic,
- What challenges and opportunities you're seeing, and
- What meaningful support in 2026 could look like for your organization, for area nonprofits, and for the broader community.
Participants will rotate through four different discussion tables of your own choosing. Throughout the sessions, we'll use simple tools to capture insights, themes, and recommendations.
There are two in-person offerings of the listening sessions, and one virtual offering (please see the Nonprofit Listening Sessions - VIRTUAL events page to register for the virtual offering).
The in-person offerings are scheduled for:
- Tuesday, February 17th | 8:00 AM networking / 8:30 - 10:00 AM session - Registration for this session is now closed.
- Thursday, February 26th | 3:00 PM networking / 3:30 to 5:00 PM session
While registering, please select one of the offerings that best fits your schedule. Should all three sessions completely fill, we will schedule additional sessions at a later date.
After the full series wraps up, the Community Foundation will share a summary report summarizing highlighting what we heard.
We hope you'll join us. We're looking forward to listening, learning, and understanding how we can best support your work in 2026.
