Welcome to Academy for Grassroots Organizations
Academy for Grassroots Organizations was formed in the year 2000 to meet the needs of a growing San Bernardino County by coalescing and strengthening its nonprofit sector.
Today, with a mission to improve the quality of life in our region by supporting and strengthening the social service sector, “AcademyGO” provides a variety of resources and nonprofit learning opportunities throughout the region and serves a network of more than 1,000 nonprofit professionals and volunteers.
As our CEO, Vici Nagel likes to say, "They improve our quality of life ... so we want to make sure that the thousands of amazing people and organizations working to change lives in our region have all the resources and skills they need to be successful. That's our mission in a nutshell."
Visit our Milestones Page to learn more about our exciting history.
The Fundraising Academy for Grassroots Organizations™
Now Accepting Applications for the Class of 2017
A comprehensive fund development curriculum that provides a learning structure and concrete tools that participants can take back to their organizations and begin implementing immediately. The basic design of The Academy involves nine full days of interactive group workshops, peer learning exercises, reading assignments, grant proposal development, and homework.
Course Dates are July 13 & 27, August 10 & 24, September 14, October 6, 13, 20 and 27.
2016 Members and Supporters Annual Publication
Featured Resource - Grants Bulletin
These bulletins have been compiled by Social Entrepreneurs, Inc., with support from First 5 San Bernardino. It is envisioned to be a resource for nonprofit organizations serving the Inland Empire. It is being provided to the Inland Empire Community Collaborative, The Fundraising Academy for Grassroots Organizations, and Inland Empire United Way to further these efforts. You can download the full reports by clicking on the image or the links below. To learn about more Funding Opportunities visit
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
A vicious cycle is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries. The cycle starts with funders’ unrealistic expectations about how much running a nonprofit costs, and results in nonprofits’ misrepresenting their costs while skimping on vital systems—acts that feed funders’ skewed beliefs. To break the nonprofit starvation cycle, funders must take the lead. Download the PDF
ieCapaciteria - The Inland Empire's Nonprofit Resource Directory
Are you using ieCapaciteria? Learn more about this valuable resource Here.
