We do this through customized strategic support and affordable live and work space. GoodWork is a not-for-profit organization that provides high-value customized incubator services including executive coaching, access to successful business professionals and nonprofit leaders, expert training, resources, programs, and professional development and peer to peer support and networking, to start-up and early-stage nonprofits to help bring their innovative ideas to fruition. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, GoodWork currently serves the communities of Strafford and eastern Rockingham Counties, with plans to expand the geographic region we serve as the model is tested and proven. Developing a mission, putting together marketing and fundraising plans, and submitting all the necessary paperwork required to achieve tax-exempt status can be daunting tasks that emerging nonprofits may struggle with on top of establishing credibility, building their network, and finding affordable office space. GoodWork provides a solution to that challenge. Startup, early-stage, and small to mid-size nonprofits often have little to no technology, legal, human resources, and operational expertise in-house. The cost for top-notch service in each of these critical areas can be out of reach for these organizations. At GoodWork, incubator participants have access to pro bono professional consultation and support. GoodWork incubator participants go through a rigorous intake and assessment process that informs the development of a report that includes recommendations for optimization, a slate of goals and deliverables, suggested cohort learning opportunities, and a timeline for completion of measurable outcomes. Accepted incubator participants will engage in the incubation process for up to two years. Upon entry, participants will begin working with an executive coach, professional partners, and a mentor. The GoodWork team of skilled and experienced coaches, professional partners, and mentors facilitate learning and guide nonprofits on the path towards success. GoodWork builds on the nonprofit organization’s strengths and supports organizations to be more effective, collaborative, adaptive, and better prepared to achieve their missions. The GoodWork team works with leaders and organizations to improve systems, enhance communication, support the development of leadership, staff, and board, reduce conflict, and clarify the mission and strategic vision. The GoodWork professional partners network consists of dozens of experienced business leaders, consultants, and nonprofit experts, who provide counsel to our incubator participants. GoodWork mentors are seasoned nonprofit leaders who share their knowledge and experience, provide support, and assist participants as they network and build social capital in the community. Nonprofit founders are in a unique position, balancing the demands of all that’s required to establish and grow a new organization. The GoodWork community provides nonprofit leaders with a shared brain trust where they can gain professional and moral support. A list of our professional partners, mentors, and incubator participants can be found at www.goodworkseacoast.org which will launch in February 2020. Business Description
GoodWork is registered in the State of New Hampshire as a not-for-profit, 501c3 corporation, founded and directed by a volunteer Board of Directors representing civic, business, and charitable sectors. The organization is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The concept of a nonprofit incubator emerged from a Seacoast Family Foundation's deep commitment to the wellbeing of the social, environmental, and economic well-being of their community. Family members have served on a number of nonprofit boards and in
GoodWork Leadership Team
With over fifty years of combined nonprofit and business experience, the GoodWork Leadership Team is the foundation to serving incubator participants. Molly Hodgson and Maria Sillari work collaboratively with the nonprofits we serve to develop innovative and creative strategies and solutions. Molly and Maria are professional coaches following the standards of ethical conduct by the International Coaching Federation and share a joint commitment to the Continuous Improvement Career Coaching Model developed by the University of New Hampshire. (full credentials to be secured in 2020). They have an unmatched depth of social capital and vast knowledge of the New Hampshire nonprofit ecosystem critical to forging collaborative partnerships, generating resources, and leveraging support for our incubator participants. Molly Hodgson, Chief Executive Officer/Nonprofit Executive Coach
Molly is a seasoned executive with an extensive track record of successful leadership in nonprofit business operations. She has an extraordinary depth of experience in organizational strategy, program design and development, event management and fund procurement. Molly is a results-oriented leader with the highest level of professionalism and integrity. Molly served as the President of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director of New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility, and was the first Executive Director of New Hampshire Made Inc. Molly has served as a Hoffman Haas Fellowship Mentor, participated in the Institute for Advanced Nonprofit Leadership, served on the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Piscataqua Region and Chaired the Leadership Seacoast Board. She has served as a Lead Judge for the New Hampshire Best Companies to Work for Competition, is an honorary inductee in the Golden Key International Honor Society and was selected to the inaugural 40 Under Forty Young Leaders Making New Hampshire Better. Maria Sillari, Chief Operations Officer/Nonprofit Executive Coach
Maria is a successful and knowledgeable professional with a passion for the nonprofit sector. She is a creative, highly effective problem solver, experienced facilitator, and project manager with a thirty-year track record of success in a wide variety of projects. Maria has helped a broad range of nonprofits as an independent consultant delivering project management, program research and planning, coalition building, organizational development, meeting facilitation, grant review and analysis, fund development, , bookkeeping, and financial management and strategy. Maria is the Program Consultant for New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Artist Advancement Grant, was the first director of the Greater Seacoast Coalition to End Homelessness (now Home for All), and served as both the Campaign Director and Director of Fund Distribution for United Way of the Greater Seacoast where she was a co-founder and liaison to the Partnership for Effective Nonprofits. Maria is a founding board member of Womenaid of Greater Portsmouth, served as President of the Board of the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, served on the board of Leadership Seacoast and is a Study Circle Facilitator for Portsmouth Listens and a New Hampshire Listens Fellow. vested heavily in promising start-ups and high-impact organizations for decades. For more information about GoodWork visit www.goodworkseacoast.org
