Mission Elevation Program
The Mission Elevation program is designed for nonprofit organizations and quasi-government entities with a mission to make communities a better place for all residents in Virginia and the surrounding regions. The program will help you to step back and identify or refine the top challenge facing your organization and support you by providing individual coaching, peer group support and applied tools and frameworks to help you build capacity and achieve both mission-impact and organizational results.
How Does the Program Work?
Two senior leaders from each participating organization will join fellow non-profit leaders for over a year of amazing experiences all designed to help you achieve long-term mission impact and organizational sustainability including:
Four overnight retreats
A dedicated professional coach to guide your team
Multiple virtual connection points
Collaboration and support of like-minded leaders
The program begins by defining and refining your organization's specific end goal, which will guide your work throughout the program. In the program this is called a performance challenge. Each participating organization's performance challenge is different and is the most critical challenge or opportunity facing their work.
Using your organization's performance challenge as a roadmap, you will receive one-on-one guidance from experienced executive coaches, the support of like-minded nonprofit peers and the tools and resources in the program's customized curriculum.
Mission Elevation participants will come out of the program with the exact change that their organization needs to make a sustainable mission impact.
““Mission Elevation assisted our Agency to better align our mission with our funding strategies. It helped us to properly identify target markets that will help us to fulfill our goal to assist the most vulnerable in our footprint. This is a program that provides sustainable strategies for nonprofit leadership.””
Who can take part?
We believe that vibrant communities drive change. If you are a nonprofit organizations or quasi-government entity with a mission to make communities a better place for all residents in Virginia and/or the surrounding regions - this program is for you.
Join the Next Cohort
The next class will begin in early 2025, and applications are open to all nonprofits in Virginia and surrounding regions working in community development or housing.
Drop us a line! We would love to chat with you about the program and see if it is right for you and your organization. Contact Raven Bates by email or at 804-482-6232.
For more information about the program, visit our FAQ page.
VCDC envisions vibrant communities that benefit everyone and believes nonprofits are the driving force of change to make that happen. The Mission Elevation program is an extension of VCDC's commitment to support nonprofits and not-for-profit entities serving communities by providing a platform to help build the ability needed to spark internal change for increased mission impact.
For over 30 years we have worked tirelessly collaborating with many like-minded partners working not only to build quality affordable housing but to lift entire communities up. We believe in a people centered approach that puts collective good above the bottom-line.
Drive change in your organization with this unique program.
Congrats to the Mission Elevation Cohort 6 - Class of 2024! Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Habitat for Humanity of Franklin County, Harrisonburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Housing Alexandria, Judeo-Christian Outreach Center and Partnership for Housing Affordability
Gratitude to Our Sponsors
The Mission Elevation Program is made possible through the generosity of:
VCDC: Program Administrator and Sponsor
Virginia Housing
Bob and Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation