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
May 7th, 2026
Connection Circle
Hosted by: Tarrant Area Food Bank
Admission: Free with Food Donation
Most of us learned volunteer coordination on the fly, and nobody warned us about the parts that are challenging.
This session is a candid conversation about what volunteer management looks like in real life: what motivates people to show up, what makes them disappear, and how to handle the situations nobody trained you for.
May 19th, 2026
C.O.R.E. Meeting
Hosted by: Girl Scouts Texas Oklahoma Plains
Partnership with: SouthState Bank
Admission: Free
We will dig into what motivates volunteers, how to set expectations that work for everyone involved, and how to create structures that keep your programming running even when coordinator capacity shifts.
We will look at how volunteer engagement is shifting, particularly around flexible and skills-based opportunities, and spend time on a hands-on activity to help you think through the different types of volunteers your organization works with and what coordinating them requires.
May 28th, 2026
Connection Circle
Hosted by: Tarrant Area Food Bank
Admission: Free with Food Donation
We're picking up where May 7th left off but you don't need to have been there to join this one.
This session is built around what's happening in your volunteer programs right now. Bring a situation you're navigating, a question you haven't been able to answer, or just an open mind. We'll work through it together.
June 16th, 2026
Connection Circle
Hosted by:Tarrant Area Food Bank
Admission: Free with Food Donation
Nonprofit work is meaningful. It's also a lot. Most teams are doing more with less, and the people who care most are often the first to wear down.
This session is a grounded conversation about how to recognize when a team, or a workplace culture, is starting to crack and what realistic options look like when you're not the one in charge.
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.