Shaping a Brighter, More Equitable Future
Through the Center for Diverse and Thriving Organizations, UBF equips nonprofit leaders of color with practical knowledge, peer support, and strategies that strengthen organizations and deepen community impact.
Center for Diverse & Thriving Organizations
Strong communities need strong organizations.
The Center for Diverse & Thriving Organizations (CDTO) builds nonprofit capacity by helping leaders and organizations strengthen the knowledge, systems, and organizational infrastructure needed to grow and create lasting community impact.
The Center provides a supportive environment where organizations can build on what they have, strengthen areas that need attention, and develop the capacity needed for long-term sustainability.
Through this work, we are helping strengthen community-centered organizations across Northeast Ohio so they can continue serving their communities and making a meaningful difference.
Interested in CDTO? For CDTO information, contact Venica Hearst at info@unitedblackfund.org.
Request CDTO InformationCapacity Building Curriculum
Accounting for Smaller Nonprofits
Leadership Development
Advocacy & Lobbying
Governance
Strategic Planning
Fundraising
Grant Writing
Capstone Presentation
Working with CDTO reshaped how I think about organizational growth and leadership. The team walked me through the process, helped identify the support my organization needed, and connected me with a valuable business resource. Through that referral, I am now working directly with a company that can support our next stage of growth. CDTO provided more than guidance; they helped turn strategy into action.
Melanie Butler
Dress for Success Cleveland
Our Fiscal Sponsorship Program
UBF Fiscal Projects helps community-rooted organizations responsibly manage charitable funding while strengthening the systems and capacity they need for long-term sustainability. Through a structured, time-limited fiscal partnership, UBF provides financial stewardship, grant administration, clear processes, responsive service, and connection to organizational-development resources.
Our goal is not simply to manage funds. It is to build strong fiscal partnerships that protect charitable resources, support community impact, and help organizations become increasingly sustainable and independent.
Fiscal partnership is a selective opportunity reached through readiness, due diligence, mutual fit, available program capacity, and formal approval. Applications will open in 2027.
Contact UBF
General Inquiries
Reach our team for questions about programs and partnerships.
info@unitedblackfund.org