Writing about last year’s accomplishments always feels a little stiff and formal to me, but 2010 was an exciting year for SKC. We celebrated our ten year anniversary. As part of that celebration we awarded the Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Awards to the Rose Brooks Center and the Down Syndrome Guild of KC. SKC was recognized as well by the Kansas Department of Commerce, we received their 2010 Business Excellence Award.
I am proud of the services we provided and our great support team. SKC provided services to 110 nonprofits, representing almost 10,000 hours of direct client services. There seems to be a lot of “10’s” in the statistics, but we lose the trend when we talk about staff. SKC has 11 nonprofit specialists on staff, and they are all perfect “10’s” in my book.
Some might think 13 is an unlucky number, but not so for the 13 SKC board members. This is an engaged group with diverse skills. The SKC Board supported our leadership award and greatly contributed to the success of our ten year anniversary event. They are always willing to be a sounding board and provide their wisdom and guidance.
2010 was not a year of recovery for our nonprofit sector. We saw some agencies gain, some lose, and some treaded water. Those with a solid focus on their mission and an engaged board tended to be in the gaining and treading water categories.
I look forward to 2011 with cautious optimism. I believe that SKC has been a solution for our clients who are stretching resources and searching for nonprofit expertise. I often ask our clients if SKC really delivers on our mission, do we really empower them to focus on their mission? One of my favorite responses was “absolutely, my board and I are able to make good sense of the financial situation and that has helped us do what we need to do. We were able to cut expenses, change programs and still serve the same number of kids.”
Best wishes for 2011, and here’s hoping we all get to do more with more in 2011.
Debra Box
Executive Director
I am proud of the services we provided and our great support team. SKC provided services to 110 nonprofits, representing almost 10,000 hours of direct client services. There seems to be a lot of “10’s” in the statistics, but we lose the trend when we talk about staff. SKC has 11 nonprofit specialists on staff, and they are all perfect “10’s” in my book.
Some might think 13 is an unlucky number, but not so for the 13 SKC board members. This is an engaged group with diverse skills. The SKC Board supported our leadership award and greatly contributed to the success of our ten year anniversary event. They are always willing to be a sounding board and provide their wisdom and guidance.
2010 was not a year of recovery for our nonprofit sector. We saw some agencies gain, some lose, and some treaded water. Those with a solid focus on their mission and an engaged board tended to be in the gaining and treading water categories.
I look forward to 2011 with cautious optimism. I believe that SKC has been a solution for our clients who are stretching resources and searching for nonprofit expertise. I often ask our clients if SKC really delivers on our mission, do we really empower them to focus on their mission? One of my favorite responses was “absolutely, my board and I are able to make good sense of the financial situation and that has helped us do what we need to do. We were able to cut expenses, change programs and still serve the same number of kids.”
Best wishes for 2011, and here’s hoping we all get to do more with more in 2011.
Debra Box
Executive Director
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