You’re in the right place.
NTXLN is a community built by and for nonprofit professionals across North Texas. Whether you’re early in your career, leading a team, or somewhere in between, you’ll find real conversations, practical learning, and a peer network that genuinely understands your work.
Membership is free. Community is the point.
What We Do
We bring nonprofit professionals together around the topics that matter most; how the sector works, how organizations are funded, how to collaborate well, and how to grow a career that lasts. Our programming runs all year, follows a connected theme, and is designed for people who are already doing the work and want to do it with more confidence and clarity.
C.O.R.E. Monthly Meetings
Free, facilitated monthly gatherings. Every session is conversation-forward, grounded in real sector dynamics, and hosted with partnering nonprofits across the region. Come curious, leave with something you can use.
C.O.R.E. = Collaboration, Organizational Growth, Relationships, Ecosystem Impact
Connection Circles
Small group discussions hosted at Tarrant Area Food Bank, designed to go deeper. These sessions are where strategic reflection, applied learning, and peer exchange come together in a space built on trust and shared experience.
Professional Development Workshops
Skill-building sessions with practical tools, digital playbooks, and peer learning you can take straight back to your organization. Open to the full North Texas nonprofit community.
Partnering Nonprofits
Why It Works
Peer-driven. Practically focused. Genuinely connected.
Most professional development in the nonprofit sector targets either executives or people just getting started. NTXLN was built for the people in between: managers, directors, coordinators, and emerging leaders who carry real responsibility and deserve a community that reflects that.
We’re a network of people who learn better together than alone, and who believe that stronger professionals build stronger organizations.
Upcoming Gatherings
March 6th, 2026
Connection Circle
Hosted by: Tarrant Area Food Bank
Admission: Free with Food Donation
Join us for a practical conversation on how to evaluate collaboration opportunities through a lens of capacity, alignment, and long-term impact.
March 17th, 2026
Connection Circle
Hosted by: Tarrant Area Food Bank
Admission: Free with Food Donation
Join us as we close out Q1 with a discussion on the often-overlooked infrastructure of collaboration: the structures that sustain trust, accountability, and clarity over time.
March 26th, 2026
C.O.R.E. Meeting
Hosted by: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Admission: Free
This session will explore different collaboration models, how to assess when partnership strengthens impact versus adds complexity, and what it takes to structure collaborations through clear agreements and shared expectations.
April 16th, 2026 - C.O.R.E. Meeting
Hosted by: UNT Health Fort Worth
Admission: Free
Together, we will unpack what makes a program effective versus simply well intentioned, walking through the full life cycle from design to evaluation. The conversation will translate logic models and outcomes, explore what makes programs fundable, and highlight common program design mistakes with practical ways to address them.
Why Join
Connection.
Build relationships with nonprofit professionals across the region who are navigating the same terrain.
Learning.
Short, substantive formats built around what mid-level and emerging leaders actually need.
Action.
Every session is designed to send you back to work with something concrete.