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WHAT IS LEADERBRIDGE?
LeaderBridge® is a comprehensive leadership initiative of the Crimsonbridge Foundation that works together with nonprofit leaders and programs to meet the leadership development interests of leaders of color and of diverse backgrounds in the Greater Washington DC Region.
LeaderBridge curates a collection of leadership experiences specifically for local leaders to come together, learn, meet peers, and find meaning in their leadership experience.
Through leadership development programs and an alumni network, LeaderBridge seeks to build the power and representation of nonprofit leaders who identify as Black, Indigenous, Asian, Hispanic or Latinx, multiracial, and from backgrounds underrepresented in leadership across the Greater Washington DC Region. By listening directly to leaders, we curate programming to meet the requests, interests, and needs of rising, founding, and established nonprofit leaders. LeaderBridge programs offer reduced rates for eligible nonprofit leaders, through support from the Crimsonbridge Foundation and other philanthropic partners.
IMPACT
200+
leaders
supported through leadership development
130+
nonprofits
supported through participating staff
90%
of participants
have continued their career in the nonprofit sector
Since 2016, more than 200 local nonprofit leaders have advanced their professional skills through LeaderBridge. Leaders report they were able to immediately implement their learning to advance their organizations and community – cultivating board members, implementing staff training, improving finance and development structures, revising communications systems, enhancing evaluation processes, and more. Moreover, leaders were retained in the nonprofit sector and a third of leaders were promoted since completing a LeaderBridge-affiliated experience.
LEADERBRIDGE PARTNERS SINCE 2016
LEADERBRIDGE TESTIMONIALS
The first couple of months in my new role felt daunting and I experienced imposter syndrome. However, thanks to the Certificate Program, I learned that some of the challenges I had been facing were challenges that other executive directors 5-10 years into their roles were still facing. I feel more confident now as a result of the Certificate Program."
Rafael Woldeab, LeaderBridge 2022 - Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate
Executive Director
City Blossoms
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