Sandra is back this episode with baby Ila. Joshua House moves forward with building new homes in the warzone while Jim and Sandy plan to cross the border to Poland in search of building supplies. US officials Blinken and Austin visit Ukraine and discuss establishing the US ebassay just hours before 5 railway stations were bombed by Russia. 

Our guest today, Cassandra Welch, Communications Specialist at Catholic Relief Services, speaks to the generosity of the Moldovan people. Even though they are one of the poorest countries in Europe, they welcome Ukrainian refugees with open arms. Catholic Relief Services knows the trauma of war and crisis after helping over 120 million people across  5 continents. Through pre-planning for times like this, they were able to set up refugee camps through their global partner network and not only help the refugees immediate needs, but also their long-term needs like mental health and working through the psychological trauma of war.  

For more information about Catholic Relief Services (CRS) visit: https://www.crs.org/ 

Quick Glance: 

• 0:05 Sandra and Colton are back with baby Ila
• 2:00 Joshua House Update
• 2:50 Ukraine War Update
• 4:05 Jewish Nonprofit Highlights in Ukraine 
• 8:45 Intro to Catholic Relief Services and Cassandra Welch
• 12:10 importance of pre-planning for crisis
• 13:45 CRS relief and rehabilitation efforts 
• 17:45 Stories from Moldova
• 23:20 How can we help support

NonProfit Shoutouts:

• Joshua House: https://joshuahousecares.org/ 
• Tikva Children's Home https://www.tikvaodessa.org/ 
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee https://www.jdc.org/ 
• AFYA https://afyafoundation.org/ 
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society https://www.hias.org/

Colton Curry takes over for his wife and new mother Sandra in this episode of Ukraine Nonprofits Under Fire. David Higgins and Colton Curry praise Moldova for taking in an influx of refugees as yet another airstrike hits Lviv, just hours after Colton and Sandra departed, killing 7 and injuring 11. Despite all this, Colton and Sandra hold on to hope along with the rest of the Ukrainian population. Community continues to be at the forefront of everyone's mind as they fight for their freedom. 

David Higgins has the pleasure of speaking with Jim McCann, founder of Joshua House, as today’s guest. Jim confirms Colton’s sentiment of hope as he talks about house Joshua House is starting construction in the middle of a war zone in preparation of future need. A commercial kitchen is in store for this home to feed to the IDP’s (internally displaced people) in addition to housing them. Jim and David end the conversation on a sweet note coupled with a cry for help. Jim gives us a glimpse of the spectacular work that Joshua House is doing to turn the lives around of severely abused children in times of war and provides a true avenue we can use to support their mission.  

Quick Glances

• 0:05 Colton Curry’s new family.
• 2:15 Moldova housing hub for refugee’s.
• 8:00 Jim McCann, Founder of Joshua House. 
• 9:50 How are people holding up in Ukraine?
• 13:45 Joshua House Origin Story
• 19:40 Joshua House's current action plan for Ukraine.  
• 24:10 How to support Joshua House. 
• 35:00 Long term mission of Joshua House

NonProfit Shoutouts:

• Joshua House: https://joshuahousecares.org/ 

Learn more on our website: http://thenonprofitpodcast.org/     

David Higgins and Tracy Vanderneck discuss a pervasive issue that many nonprofits find themselves in on a daily basis: Firefighting. No, not the red fire truck type. This type of firefighting comes in the form of future planning neglect, ununified internal and external storytelling, and trying to operate in a vacuum. Tracy dives into how nonprofit leaders can stop managing crises, and move to managing success. As a chronic blogger and advocate of knowledge-sharing, Tracy packs this podcast with valuable, actionable steps nonprofit leaders can use to go from a heads down mentality to a forward thinking and systems driven organization.  

Tracy has 25 years of experience in fundraising, nonprofit leadership, and business development. She holds a Master of Science in Management (MSM) in Non-Profit Leadership, a Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning, is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), and is an Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Master Trainer. Needless to say, Tracy knows a thing or two about fundraising. 

Tracy and David highlight innovative nonprofit fundraising methods that yielded great success. From pivoting to online cooking classes, a 12k car wash event, to a 100+ million dollar donation, they breakdown how small to midsize nonprofits can better utilize their employees and donor data to make forward thinking decisions that can help remove the daily crisis management mindset.   

Tune into this week’s nonprofit podcast featuring Tracy Vanderneck on how to move from crisis management to managing success.

Quick Glance: 

• 4:25 Intro to Tracy Vanderneck
• 8:05 What has a masters in nonprofit management taught you?
• 12:55 What is working in fundraising now.
• 18:45 Fundraising funnel examples.
• 27:25 3 things leaders must embrace.
• 41:55 built for crisis VS built for success.
• 48:20 nonprofit systems of success.

Nonprofit Shoutouts:

• Habitat for Humanity - Pine Belt Mississippi: https://www.habitat.org/us-ms/hattiesburg/hfh-pine-belt 
• Hub City Farmers Market: https://www.hubcityfm.org/ 

Learn more on our website: http://thenonprofitpodcast.org/