Benefits

Services

• Collaborate with colleagues and peers.
• Engage in collaborative project development.
• Access to private non-profit organization database.
• Receive preiodic E-Newsletter detailing current events for non-profit organizations.
• Receive membership discount with other Florida organizations, for example the Florida Community Development Corporation (FLACDC).

Training and Capacity Building

• Regularly scheduled member meetings and training.  Topics include affordable housing development, finance and rehabilitation, community economic development and asset development.
• Receive technical assistance to enhance organizational capacity building.  Topics include financial management, ethics, conflict of interest, crisis communication, public-private partnership development and others.
• Attend BAND sponsored conferences (2) featuring exciting speakers, workshops, member project updates and getting acquainted receptions.

Policy Development / Research / Advocacy

• Obtain an active voice in local and state public policymaking process around a range of issues impacting non-profit development and other affordable housing issues.
• Access to information, research, and publications on affordable housing, ending homelessness and other community economic development issues.
• Access to legislative and policy analysis on key state and federal budget items and legislation important to the community development field.
• Access to information and data specific to BAND members' project activities.

Resource Development

• Funding alerts - notification of various funding opportunities.
• Opportunities for collaborative proposal development and grant applications.
• Opportunity to receive BAND funded organizational capacity building funding support (conference/workshop scholarships).
• Program specific grant research and development – (fee based benefit).