Joy Skjegstad
Joy Skjegstad, author of Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry (Alban Institute 2007) and Starting A Nonprofit At Your Church (Alban Institute 2002), is a national speaker and consultant on nonprofit management and ministry development. She has more than 20 years of experience starting and growing nonprofit organizations, with a special focus on faith-based groups, and youth and community development. She has served as the Executive Director of the Park Avenue Foundation at Park Avenue United Methodist Church and is the founder of the Institute for Ministry Leaders, a university-based training program that builds the management capacity of churches and other ministry organizations. She also served as the President of Sanctuary Community.
How to Contact
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books
Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry (Alban, 2007)
Starting A Nonprofit At Your Church (Alban, 2002)
“How to Approach Funders When Writing A Grant Application” (article)
“The Case for Nonprofits” (article)
Consulting services provided
Strategic Planning
Facilitate processes that lead to sharply focused vision, mission and action plans.
Organizational Assessment and Development
Evaluate organizational effectiveness and identify areas for improvement. Develop plans for staffing, finances, governance, program development and evaluation.
Board Development and Training
Increase board effectiveness: clarify roles, build skills, and create new energy.
Fundraising Strategies
Assess fundraising capacity and develop fundraising plans. Develop key fundraising/marketing messages. Coach staff and volunteers on creating effective funding proposals and individual donor strategies.
Marketing Plans
Develop key messages and marketing strategies. Identify audiences and brand characteristics.
Community Ministry Design and Launch
For churches that desire to reach out into their community in new ways. Develop and facilitate processes to discern vision, identify priorities, design new ministry and engage the congregation. Provide expertise in developing church-based nonprofits.
Training
Upcoming Alban webinars
Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry (half-day or full day)
Can be tailored for secular organizations
Step-by-step process of securing funding from corporations and foundations. Topics include assessing whether grant funding is right for your ministry, finding funders, communicating with secular funders, and writing a winning grant proposal.
Communicating with Donors (half-day)
How to talk to just about anyone about giving to your organization. Tips on building your case, and conversing with foundation funders and individual donors.
Nonprofit 101 (half-day)
Steps to forming and launching a nonprofit organization, including basics on vision and mission, legal process, and forming a Board of Directors.
Strengthening Your Board of Directors (half-day)
Role of the board, effective staff-board relationships, board recruitment, and strategies for increasing board effectiveness.
Strategic Planning for Your Ministry (half-day)
Can be tailored to secular organizations
Strategic planning can help organizations gain focus, become more action-oriented and engage key people in their work. Session covers the elements of a strategic plan, the role of spiritual discernment, implementing a planning process, including key groups and people, and developing outcomes and action plans.
Starting A Nonprofit at Your Church (half-day or full-day)
Steps to forming a 501©3 connected to a church congregation, with a special focus on governance models and building a healthy relationship between the church and nonprofit.
Developing Your Community Ministry (half-day or full-day)
Planning and launching church-based community ministry: building relationships in community, discerning vision and setting goals, planning programs, and building support in the congregation.
Joy also provides customized training in fundraising, nonprofit management, and ministry development.
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