Community Hub
Welcome to the Community Hub!
This is a space for you to explore all of the resources and benefits that come with your Peer Network membership.
We're excited to keep building these networks with you in the spirit of mutual support and disrupting oppressive practices in finance and human resources.
Getting Started
You can send messages to each listserv by emailing: fpn@lists.compasspoint.org (Finance) and hr-bayarea-npo@lists.compasspoint.org (HR), respectively.
New members for 2025: you will be able to send and receive messages, and access our platform, as of February 1, 2025. Thank you for your patience!
Introduce yourself
Send a short message to let folks know who you are, what your role is, what organization you work with, and what you're excited to learn more about.
2025 Gathering Schedule
There will be a total of 6 gatherings in 2025, which will alternate between in-person/hybrid and virtual. We may hold additional gatherings depending on need and staff capacity.
Check back here soon for more updates, including specific times! Tentative dates are included below and are subject to change:
Friday, February 28
Thursday, April 10
Friday, May 30
Thursday, July 17
Thursday, September 4
Thursday, October 23
Interested in resources and notes from previous Cafés? Check out the Café Archives section further down.
Updating Message Frequency Preferences
To update your message preferences, log in to lists.compasspoint.org and click Subscriber Options to toggle between "standard", "digest plaintext format", or "rich digest messages attached".
Watch the video to the right for more detailed instructions.
Accessing the Listserv Archives
The listserv archives are a treasure trove of useful information! To access the archives:
- Go to lists.compasspoint.org and log in with your email address and password in the upper right-hand corner. [Note: this username / password are different from your CompassPoint profile which you use at compasspoint.org to register for trainings.]
- If you don’t currently have a password, log in with just your email address and the system will recognize you as a member and prompt you to create a password.
- View the video on the right for more information on navigating and searching the archives.
Discounted CompassPoint Trainings
As a thank you for your membership purchase, you receive 20% off of one 2025 CompassPoint workshop or new program registration. This can be used by yourself, or someone else at your org. To use your discount, visit our workshops or new programs pages and use the code(s) that were provided in your confirmation email. If you need support, email workshops@compasspoint.org or jessyz@compasspoint.org.
To learn more about how to use the discount and its restrictions, please visit our cancellations and transfer policy page. These codes are eligible on registrations made through December 31, 2025.
Please do not share these codes with folks outside the networks.
Questions/Support
Many answers to questions about membership can be found on the peer networks homepage, and in the peer networks FAQ.
If you have other questions, please reach out to workshops@compasspoint.org.
Café Archives
2024
June 21 -- Subject Specialists! Reviving Organizations in Crisis, Bringing Humanness to Budgeting, and Perspectives on Institutional Knowledge and Succession Planning
May 10 -- Convos on 4-Day Work Week, and Organizational Culture Building to Prevent Burnout (includes pre-readings, resources, and notes)
2023
- February 24 -- White Supremacy Culture & Burnout, Exploring Time and Capacity Tools Within Your Org
- CompassPoint's Capacity Planning Tool
- Slides from this session
- Tema Okun's White Supremacy Culture & PDF
- Class Action's resources for sustainable nonprofit jobs
- 10 Key Areas from Sustainable Jobs for Organizers Toolkit for a Stronger Movement
- Beyond Nonprofit Burnout inquiry form by Staffing the Mission, a program of Class Action
- March 24 -- Salary & Benefits, Best Practices in Supervision, Transparency
- April 28 -- Building Community, New Technology in a Post-Pandemic World
- June 9 -- 4-Day Work Week, Staff Retreat Planning
- August 4 -- Financial Literacy and Wealth Building, Incorporating Play into Organizational Culture, and 4-Day Work Week
- September 22 -- The Work Beyond DEI, Culture and Community Building in our Organizations, and Exploring the PEO Model
2022
- February 25 -- Employee Wellness, Remote Work, Equitable Compensation, & Working Less!
- April 15 -- Inclusive/Participatory Budgeting, and Equitable Practices in Compensation!
- May 20 -- Org Structures, Power and Decision-Making; More on Equitable Compensation; Building Belonging in Remote and Hybrid Spaces
- June 24 -- Discussion Topics Post-Compensation Conversation Between MediaJustice, CapRadio, and attendees
- Compiled Attendee Questions and some responses from our guests
- MediaJustice's Salary Framework & Philosophy FAQ
- August 5 -- Org Structures/Power/Decision-Making; Building Community Equitably While Remote/Hybrid; Getting Ready for Org Participatory Budgeting Process
- September 23 -- Discussion Topics Post-Building Community Conversation Between Net Impact, CompassPoint, and attendees
- Affinity Spaces; All-Staff Spaces; Integrating Staff Needs; In-Person Retreats
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