After Facility Expansion, The WARM Place Plans For the Future

Founded in 1989, The WARM Place provides a safe, compassionate space for children and their families grieving the death of a loved one. On the heels of a successful capital campaign and facility expansion, the organization is primed for a fresh look at the future.  

When The WARM Place board chair reached out to us about possibly teaming to facilitate this strategic planning process, upon a recommendation by a mutual friend and Project Partners client, we jumped at the chance to partner with this outstanding nonprofit that has served many we know who have experienced the death of a loved one. 

We will serve as the consultant and facilitator of the planning process and the board workshop.  In addition, we will ensure delivery of the final plan document that includes organizational goals around five focus areas to include Board and Committees, Administration, Financial Stability/Fundraising, Community Impact, and Communications.

Now in our 29th year of business, our work has always come from referrals and repeat business.  Thank you for your continued support! 

AB Christian Learning Center to Develop a Roadmap For Continued Success

AB Christian Learning Center (ABCLC) is a faith-based, nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen and improve the academic performance of all youth by taking a holistic approach to addressing their needs. ABCLC has operated in Fort Worth since 2006 with visionary, hands-on leadership from its Founder and Executive Director. 

Thanks to a Toolbox Grant from the North Texas Community Foundation, Project Partners will provide consulting and strategic planning facilitation to help the Executive Director and her board.  Together, we will identify long-term strategic goals and short-term objectives for operations and programming, using stakeholder input and needs data. The results of this good work together will be a five-year strategic plan to help assure ongoing success for ABCLC’s important mission.

We have long admired the founding Executive Director’s servant-leadership across our community, including collaborative initiatives such as Strategic Pathways to Student Success, which we helped direct for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.  We are so glad to be teaming with her directly for the benefit of AB Christian Learning Center and the families they serve!

Open Arms Health Clinic Looks to the Future

Founded in 2011, Open Arms Health Clinic (OAHC), has served more than 4,000 people to date, most of whom are considered the working poor, as they are employed (thus not eligible for most assistance programs) but in great need of help. That service to the community has been made possible through the generosity of more than 60 volunteers to date and many incredible community partners.

Thanks to a ToolBox Grant from the North Texas Community Foundation, we have been invited to work with the founding Executive Director and Board (all volunteers!) to develop a strategic plan for the organization that will help to sustain and grow their mission, which is so needed in the community.

We love helping nonprofit leaders put the structures in place to help them thrive, so that they can focus on amazing service delivery and programs!

Lucky #13 it is!

Lucky #13 it is! 

 June 1 marked the beginning of a thirteenth year of work together with the HEB ISD Education Foundation, and we are proud to be teaming again with this thriving nonprofit whose sole mission is to support HEB ISD’s excellence in education.  We’ve had the pleasure to serve education foundations in Irving, Fort Worth, Plano, Birdville, Marble Falls, and Arlington, but few compare with the outstanding board, community, donor, and district engagement found within the HEB ISD Education Foundation. 

 Through more than a decade of work together, Project Partners has helped provide consistent results through three superintendents, six board chairs, and now thirteen volunteer boards of directors.  How lucky are we? 

TCHC and Project Partners – Together Again!

Tarrant County Homeless Coalition (TCHC) selected Project Partners as their consultant after receiving a ToolBox Grant from the North Texas Community Foundation in 2022. That work focused on board development and creating a culture that will attract strong talent and equip board members to be as effective as possible during their tenure. At the end of our time together, we presented a report to their Board of Directors and staff leadership that included a number of recommendations related to recruitment, orientation, and engagement. 

We were thrilled when TCHC reached out to us to continue this work, moving from the planning phase to the action phase. This spring and summer, we will be working with TCHC to operationalize many of the recommendations developed last year, including developing a board orientation process and working with the current board to develop a two-year strategic plan that focuses specifically on fundraising and board engagement. This plan will align with the strategic plan that the organization already has in place related to programs and operations. 

It's always a wonderful opportunity – both for us and for our clients – when we get to work together on multiple projects, particularly ones that build on one another. We love being your partner for good, every step of the way!