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GroundWork group article in Business First
GroundWork group article in Information Week
GroundWork group Receives TopCat Award!
GroundWork group and CIVIC Join Together!
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| GroundWork group Receives TopCat Award! |
We are excited to announce that GroundWork group is the recipient of the first TopCat Innovation Award for
"Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery." This is a testimonial for the work that has been accomplished
in a two year period by the GroundWork group team!
We are very grateful to TechColumbus for the award and our entire support network.
By definition, the winning Nominee is a non-profit organization that has applied or implemented a technology
or process change that has positively impacted the ability of the organization to provide services, such as,
by measurably increasing the number of constituents services, by measurably increasing the extent to which one
or more constituents has been served, by measurably increasing generation of funds through fundraising effort,
or by achieving some other significant described impact.
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| GroundWork group and CIVIC Join Together! |
We are eager to share some exciting news. GroundWork group and CIVIC have now merged to form a new organization
which will be positioned to meet even more of your information technology needs.
GroundWork group and CIVIC share a common mission and passion for helping the nonprofit community effectively
utilize technology. For some time now we have recognized that there could be significant synergies between our
organizations and earlier this year we began discussions to determine how we might collaborate to provide you
with an even better and broader range of service offerings. Recognizing the importance of solid operating
structures for nonprofits, The Columbus Foundation generously funded the services of a nationally-recognized
consultant in the field of nonprofit governance, finance and structuring to facilitate our discussions. Our
organizations, consultants and client agency representatives engaged in a very thoughtful and deliberative
exploration of options. The result was a vote by the boards of both organizations to merge into a new
entity, effective January 1, 2008.
This is a tremendous step forward for each of our organizations, and we are very excited about the future and
its possibilities. CIVIC has developed a Nonprofit Data Management System that allows organizations to
seamlessly manage information related to donors, clients, volunteers, board members, mailing lists,
subscribers, ticket buyers, and event participants. We believe combining the capabilities of CIVIC with our
organization will result in a new entity that will further enhance the technical capacity of non-profit
organizations in our community.
As part of our decision-making team, we enlisted help in our discussions from several of our clients, including
Nancy Brantner, Executive Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Central Ohio, who said, "I saw right away that
bringing under one roof the longtime management system expertise of CIVIC with the technical know-how of
GroundWork group would provide the kinds of combined strengths and efficiencies which could only benefit our
nonprofit community." Funders are also embracing our merger plan. Patricia Cash, National City Bank Senior
Vice President, noted that this is "an opportunity to create a technology assistance provider like no other.
The end result is a more efficient, less costly delivery system."
The same staff members will continue to deliver to you the quality products, services and support that you have
come to rely on and expect. As we move forward with the merger and further develop the new organization, we
fully expect to deliver an even more enhanced suite of product and service offerings which will help your
organization to expand your technical capability and build IT capacity.
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