Mission and Values
Our Mission
Co-creating a vibrant, exemplary nonprofit community in Greater Louisville through collaboration, shared learning, advocacy, and the promotion of innovation and excellence.
We believe that nonprofits
- help make available a broad spectrum of arts, performing arts and humanities, health care, and social services to citizens of the region
- serve the community and increase the opportunities for its citizens to reach their potential
- support the growth of the private, for-profit sector by making the region a more attractive place to live and raise families
- offer members of the community an opportunity to actualize their values by supporting initiatives that promote the common good
- often struggle with limited resources to provide services to people who many times are unable to pay for those services
We will
- treat requests for our assistance with respect and as an opportunity to extend the potential benefit of an organization’s mission
- protect the confidentiality of all information that emerges in the consultation process with our clients
- honestly reflect an organization’s current position relative to its stated values, mission and goals for the future
- truly appreciate and recognize the power of consensus and diversity
- assist the client in the recognition of internal and external resources to further its mission
- assure that our work is competently performed and guided by the needs and interests of the clients
- keep our word
We promise to
- be honest in the way we gather, report and present information
- remain free of outside interests or business relationships that may compromise the credibility or integrity of our services
- take responsibility for our decisions, acknowledge our limitations and learn from our mistakes
- act honorably and ethically in dealing with the public, our clients and our colleagues
- be guided by our mission in order to transcend personal interests or conflicts between or among staff, volunteers and board members
- try to always do the right thing
- be conscientious in observing these principles
