As Fishers has grown from the small town I found when moving here in 1991 to a city with a current population estimated at nearly 95,000, we have also seen growth in the number of not-for-profit organizations formed in our city. Even with the number of these organizations growing, the demand for services for Fishers families and young people grows even faster.
A group of Fishers non-profit leaders began to meet last year and explore ways to work together. That has resulted in the launch of the Fishers Non Profit Coalition. The Coalition has met four times so far, with the first gathering in July 2019 and the next session set for April 2020.
“As we have looked at data sets from the state and other organizations over the past few years we have seen a lot of disparity in numbers making it difficult for organizations like ours to serve the needs of our target population,” said Dr. Jody Britten, co-founder of the Fishers-based non-profit Early Learning Alliance Network, in a Coalition news release.
The Coalition says it is being founded to “identify needs, cultivate community, and curate data sources to support the social infrastructure of our growing community.” The idea for the coalition started with Alison Gatz, Executive Director of Youth Mentoring Initiative (YMI).
“We started the Coalition to identify Fishers non-profits who want to gather for conversation,” Gatz said. “There is power in collaboration and just understanding the landscape of support and expertise for the non-profit community.”
If you are involved with a Fishers non-profit group and would like to be a part of the Coalition, fill out the contact form at this link.
For more information about the Coalition, access the website at this link.