Velora

I have been pretty quiet on LinkedIn for the last couple of weeks. It’s been intentional. I love taking time to fully unplug when I’m away with my family and for myself! But while I was offline, some really exciting things were happening behind the scenes at The Nonprofit Hive. Tasha Van Vlack and I have been working on a few big pieces over the last few months, and it feels pretty amazing to see them start coming to life. One of those pieces is our Hive Huddles. We’re still testing, learning, listening, and making adjustments based on how people are actually experiencing them - which is exactly the point. We don’t want to build things in a vacuum. We want to create spaces that feel useful, thoughtful, and worth showing up for. The other big piece is our new ecosystem partnership with Velora. I’m so excited to be working with Kimberly Bottom 🎙️ and the Velora team. This partnership gives us something we haven’t always had a lot of room for since starting the Hive: A little more space to think ahead. A little more bandwidth to dream and scheme. A little more flexibility to ask what’s possible for this community, this sector, and the conversations we want to keep creating. It feels pretty big and exciting! Because the Hive has always been about helping nonprofit folks connect, stay curious, hear different perspectives, and have real conversations about the work we’re all trying to move forward. And support like this helps us keep building that in a more sustainable way. Feeling grateful, excited, and very curious to see what comes next.

This weekend I rode the Cycle to the Summit race @Pikes Peak. Naturally, this is where I’m supposed to write a LinkedIn post about what climbing a mountain taught me about leadership. Grit. Resilience. Staying focused when the road gets steep. Building high-performing teams at altitude. Maybe something about switchbacks and career growth. Unfortunately, none of that is true. You start around 9,300 feet, which is already rude. Then you ride 12-ish miles, climb almost 5,000 feet, and top out at 14,115 feet. At no point was I thinking about work. I was mostly thinking, “Please do not let my heart explode,” “Why is there no oxygen,” and “Is breathing still on the roadmap?” Also, “I cannot believe I paid money to do this.” If you’re curious what it feels like, get on a Peloton, crank the resistance all the way up, pedal as hard as you can for two hours, and have someone slowly remove the air from your house. That gets you close. So no, I do not have a profound business lesson from Pike’s Peak. But I do have a product update. We just launched Velora Grant Management for nonprofits. It’s an AI-native tool to help teams find, apply for, and manage grants without living in spreadsheets, shared drives, and half-finished docs. Grant work is hard enough. The software should not make it worse. If you work with a nonprofit, or know someone who does, I’d love for you to check it out. And if you have feedback, send it my way. My heart rate is back under control, so I can take it. #PikesPeak #Cycling #Nonprofits #GrantManagement #AI #VeloraGrantManagement

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We’re excited to share that Velora is joining The Nonprofit Hive as a Strategic Ecosystem Partner. 🙌 (Full announcement here - https://lnkd.in/gvKJizaq) This is not a traditional sponsorship. It is part of a bigger shift we have been dreaming into: building deeper, values-aligned partnerships with organizations that want to support the nonprofit sector in ways that feel useful, thoughtful, and community-first. Velora’s support helps keep The Nonprofit Hive free for nonprofit professionals and strengthens the infrastructure behind our weekly peer connection work. That matters because connection does not happen by accident. It takes care. It takes coordination. It takes trust. And yes, 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. As The Hive continues to grow, we want to partner with organizations that understand what this community is really about: helping nonprofit people find each other, learn from each other, and feel less alone in the work. Velora is stepping into this partnership with that spirit. We’re grateful, excited, and looking forward to what we’ll build together ♥️ Tasha and Nicole

There’s a ton of work that goes into grant operations: finding opportunities, writing submissions, managing requirements, tracking outcomes, and so much more. The process can become chaotic, quickly! Today, we’re changing that. 🎉 We are incredibly thrilled to introduce Velora Grant Management, the AI-powered workspace built to handle your full grant lifecycle workflow. 💪 With Velora Grant Management, your nonprofit can: 🔍 Discover high-fit grants 📋 Manage opportunities in a central pipeline 🤖 Draft applications with AI 📅 Track requirements from award to impact ... and so much more! Start your free trial today! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g9kuaA56

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