About
Small community-based nonprofit organizations provide essential services in towns and cities all around Arkansas. They run after-school programs and domestic violence shelters. They help seniors prepare taxes and train the unemployed for new jobs. They build affordable housing and mentor young people. Across the state, small nonprofits are often the lifeblood of their communities, providing help and resources to residents.
Experience has shown that many community-based nonprofits operate at the edge of existence, even when they have provided essential programs over a long period of time. With limited staff and inadequate resources to hire those with the appropriate skills, it can be extremely difficult for these organizations to conduct the administrative tasks so critical to their sustainability. Training and capacity building exercises are not the solutions to these problems when organizations cannot afford to hire staff with skills needed for these jobs. The social good these nonprofits provide to their communities is jeopardized when they do not have the time or staff to do these administrative functions well.
Arkansas Nonprofit Services was formed by Arkansans who understand the difficulties small nonprofits face. To support the missions of nonprofits across the state, Arkansas Nonprofit Services offers bookkeeping and financial management, website and newsletter development, grants management and donor development. These services are provided at a reasonable cost based on the needs and resources of each group. Through Arkansas Nonprofit Services, participating groups will have access to professional services designed to increase their long-term sustainability.
Experience has shown that many community-based nonprofits operate at the edge of existence, even when they have provided essential programs over a long period of time. With limited staff and inadequate resources to hire those with the appropriate skills, it can be extremely difficult for these organizations to conduct the administrative tasks so critical to their sustainability. Training and capacity building exercises are not the solutions to these problems when organizations cannot afford to hire staff with skills needed for these jobs. The social good these nonprofits provide to their communities is jeopardized when they do not have the time or staff to do these administrative functions well.
Arkansas Nonprofit Services was formed by Arkansans who understand the difficulties small nonprofits face. To support the missions of nonprofits across the state, Arkansas Nonprofit Services offers bookkeeping and financial management, website and newsletter development, grants management and donor development. These services are provided at a reasonable cost based on the needs and resources of each group. Through Arkansas Nonprofit Services, participating groups will have access to professional services designed to increase their long-term sustainability.
Glenn Nishimura
With more than 35 years of executive and leadership experience in nonprofit management, Glenn Nishimura has expertise in program development, technical assistance delivery, network creation and training. His particular area of experience lies in organizational and program development for small, rural nonprofits. Most recently, as program director for the Mid South Delta program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), he helped nonprofit community development corporations build and rehab more than 3,100 affordable homes in 56 economically distressed counties and parishes in the Mississippi delta. He has a BS in mathematical economics from Brown University. He is currently an independent community development consultant.
With more than 35 years of executive and leadership experience in nonprofit management, Glenn Nishimura has expertise in program development, technical assistance delivery, network creation and training. His particular area of experience lies in organizational and program development for small, rural nonprofits. Most recently, as program director for the Mid South Delta program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), he helped nonprofit community development corporations build and rehab more than 3,100 affordable homes in 56 economically distressed counties and parishes in the Mississippi delta. He has a BS in mathematical economics from Brown University. He is currently an independent community development consultant.
