About Us
For CEOs, by CEOs
Our Mission
Our mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by cultivating trusted relationships, advancing executive leadership, and advocating for the collective needs of health and human services nonprofit organizations across Palm Beach County.
Our Vision
A thriving, collaborative nonprofit community where organizational leaders are supported, connected, and empowered to drive meaningful and equitable change.
Core Values
- Leadership – We empower nonprofit leaders to drive lasting change.
- Integrity – We act with transparency, honesty, and accountability.
- Collaboration – We connect health and human services nonprofits to build stronger, collective impact.
- Innovation – We adapt and lead proactively in a changing environment.
- Respect and Dignity – We honor the contributions and perspectives of every organization and leader.
Guiding Principles
- Provide a unified voice for nonprofit organizations providing health and human services in Palm Beach County.
- Coordinate a collective message to the public and private sectors about the importance of health and human services in Palm Beach County.
- Advocate at the grassroots level regarding gaps and needs in health and human services in Palm Beach County.
- Provide opportunities for information sharing toward greater efficiencies.
- Work in collaboration without duplicating other existing resources.
Why the Nonprofit Chamber?
Professional Organization
The Chamber of Nonprofit Health & Human Services Agencies in Palm Beach County provides the only professional organization just for health and human services nonprofits in Palm Beach County. It provides a setting for nonprofits to gather, discuss and resolve common issues, develop collaborative relationships, and promote the economic and social value of nonprofits in Palm Beach County. We serve to develop and articulate a unified voice for the nonprofit health and human services network.
Benefits
The Chamber membership have found funding collaborators through this organization; many have discovered the benefits of sharing resources, and others have learned strategies for grant-writing, succession planning, human resource development and many other valuable tools for enhancing their own missions.
Meetings
Meetings include discussions of issues introduced by the membership, presentations by local experts on topics of interest to nonprofit leadership, and an all-important period of time is set aside for nonprofits to share information through networking.
Funding
The Chamber’s board is grateful to Allegany Franciscan Ministries for its financial support of the Chamber and its belief in our mission and goals.
Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Inc. is a nonprofit Catholic organization focused on improving the overall health status of individuals through increasing access to health services and information. Allegany Franciscan Ministries provides grants to organizations in three regions of Florida: Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie Counties, and the Tampa Bay area of Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Guided by the tradition and vision of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY, and a member of Catholic Health East, Allegany Franciscan Ministries strives to be a catalyst for systemic change, committing resources and working collaboratively to promote physical, mental, spiritual, societal and cultural health and well-being in these communities. Since 1998, Allegany Franciscan Ministries has awarded over $60 million to more than 1,250 organizations. For more information, please visit Allegany Franciscan Ministries’ website at www.afmfl.org.