Our accomplishments last year gave us great reason to celebrate, and were due in large part to the support of people like you, who share our commitment to improve our communities through strengthening accountable nonprofits supported by informed donors.

Most notably, we implemented the new, state-of-the-art Accountability Standards that resulted from the previous year’s 12-month grassroots revision process. At the same time, the new Accountability Wizard review process for nonprofits was launched along with our refreshed Smart Givers website. Both the review process and the website have been designed to provide enhanced educational resources and tools for informed giving and nonprofit accountability.

Also in 2010, we did some promising exploration and relationship building with potential partners on a regional and national level. While we are a home-grown, Minnesota organization, we were gratified to hear again and again that our tools and resources can help nonprofits and donors everywhere—setting the stage for us to expand our unique services and our influence in the sector.

As we celebrate these accomplishments, we remind ourselves it’s because of the support and vision of our board, staff, volunteers, and people like you that our work is able to continue and grow into 2011 and beyond.

Sincerely,

Heidi Neff Christianson, Board Chair
Rich Cowles, Executive Director