Who We Are

The Nonprofit Executive Alliance (NEA) is an impact coalition of CEOs committed to advancing leadership, strengthening local communities, and providing a unified voice for the nonprofit sector. Together, we work to improve our industry and make South Florida a better place to live, work, play, learn, and visit. NEA is a non-partisan organization.

As individual members, we cultivate the knowledge and skills needed to amplify our missions and deepen our impact both personally and professionally. Collectively, we raise awareness of the power of the nonprofit sector, engage stakeholders, and elevate the role of nonprofits as essential partners to the public and private sectors.

Through collaboration, advocacy, and leadership, we position nonprofits as solution drivers tackling economic and community challenges, demonstrating every day that nonprofits are indispensable to building stronger, more resilient communities.

Advocacy:

• Government Relations
• Community Relations
• Funder Relations
• Media Leverage

Collaboration:

• Funding opportunities
• Collective Impact
• Local and Regional convenings
• Peer to Peer Support 

Education:

• Technology and Ai
• New Revenue Generation Ideas
• Nonprofit Trends
• Professional Development

Membership Benefits include:

• EXCLUSIVE Level Affinity Groups: A unique opportunity for Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Chief People Officer (HR), Facilities and Development Directors to exchange information, ideas and develop strong collegial networks that support the professional and personal development for key staff leaders. 
• Issue Based Affinity Groups: Engage with peers around shared priorities in Behavioral Health, Housing & Homelessness, and Arts & Culture. These groups foster collaboration, advocacy, and innovation on the issues shaping South Florida communities.
  
• Monthly CEO Meetings: Open only to the CEO of a member organization, we invite distinguished speakers, share substantive information and engage in meaningful discussion. Invited guests have included elected officials, sitting Judges and executives from major funders. Highly informative topics recently have included AI, cyber security, crisis communications and the impact of legislative changes.
• Ad Hoc Workgroups: Designed to address relevant and timely issues within the nonprofit community. 
• EXCLUSIVE Nonprofit ED/CEO Support Group: Following the Arcus Foundation Leadership Initiative model, this meeting provides a deeper dive to provide critical learning, mentoring, and peer-to-peer coaching for our members. Meetings are twice a month and facilitated by a professional licensed Psychotherapist.
• EXCLUSIVE Member Only email list: Funder announcements, legislative calls to action and relevant information is shared through a member only listserv.
• Grant Letters of Support: Through a culture of collaboration and partnership you can add a letter of support from the NEA to your grant application.
• Regional Offerings: Strengthening our sector means working together across the entire South Florida region. We engage business, faith based and government partners on a county and regional level and convene on shared issues. 
• EXCLUSIVE Events: Our NEA socials are a place for CEO's to connect with one another in a more intimate setting in order to deepen relationships and foster collaboration.  
• Code of Standard and Ethics: Our members adhere to the highest of ethical standards and represent the most well respected nonprofits in our community. Commitment to this code is a requirement for membership and members receive ongoing training opportunities in a variety of settings and formats in partnership with local funders. 
• Legislative Support: Recognizing the importance and impact of legislation at all levels of government, members receive regular updates on policy and funding changes and share advocacy alerts to raise awareness on a broad variety of topics relevant to the sector.  
• Preferred Partners: Access to a vetted listing of many different partner services to support your organization from PR to HR, Bookkeeping to IT. We've connected with the best of the best in their subject matter.  
• GrantStation Discount: As a member of the Nonprofit Executive Alliance you get a discounted rate of only $139 annually to GrantStation.  
• Highlights On Social Media: As a member, you will be highlighted on the NEA's Facebook and LinkedIn pages. 
• Member Directory: Listing in NEA's Member Directory with website link.
• Curated Members ONLY NEA Newsletter: Subscription to NEA's member only e-newsletters and updates.