by BVU Team | Apr 4, 2025
About Cleveland Institute of Art The Cleveland Institute of Art is a private, nonprofit college of art and design that has been the training ground for students for more than 140 years. The college was originally opened as the Western Reserve School of Design for...
by BVU Team | Mar 28, 2025
About Effective Leadership Academy Effective Leadership Academy’s mission is to help people develop their most valuable asset-themselves. Through a variety of hands-on, engaging activities our students and educators take a “journey of self-discovery” and gain...
by BVU Team | Mar 28, 2025
About Spanish American Committee Since 1966, the Spanish American Committee (SAC) has been dedicated to serving as the gateway to socioeconomic success for the Spanish/Hispanic community of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and Northeast Ohio. The SAC has been creating...
by BVU Team | Mar 28, 2025
About Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries Founded in 1969, the mission of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) is to challenge systemic injustices faced by those who are oppressed, forgotten, and hurting by providing responsive solutions, advocacy, and hope. LMM’s...
by BVU Team | Mar 28, 2025
About Cleveland Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program MOTTEP’s mission is to increase the number of registered organ, eye and tissue donors in the Greater Cleveland minority community through health education and promotion. MOTTEP was established in...
by BVU Team | Feb 15, 2022
What was signing up to be a volunteer like? Getting started was easy. After completing a brief profile, BVU staff walked me through levels and time commitments of engagement and we determined four key areas where I felt I could best extend my expertise. She then...
by BVU Team | Dec 13, 2021
Alley has been with Eaton for 14 years and recently moved to Cleveland. Transplanting to Cleveland during COVID was isolating. Volunteerism seemed like a great outlet to get to know more people. Eaton held a big volunteer day. It was exciting to Alley and she signed...
by BVU Team | Dec 7, 2021
By Kate Hubben, Vice President, NFP With a national labor shortage, it’s more important than ever to protect the quality of your employee benefit plans to attract and retain employees. For a non-profit organization, those stakes can be even higher because you have to...
by BVU Team | Jul 26, 2021
Tim Raimey, healthcare performance improvement KPMG professional has served his country through military service and his community through nonprofit board service. What nonprofit causes get you up in the morning? I don’t just want to keep...
by BVU Team | Jun 23, 2021
By Emily Foote-Huth, Cleveland Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic presented a number of challenges for local organizations – from the health and safety of staff and clients to the disruption of services and financial uncertainty. Many of these issues landed on human...
by BVU Team | Sep 8, 2020
By Helen Weeber, CPA Director, HW Nonprofit Advisors What do you think of when you hear the word “branding”? Chances are, you think of a retailer or other for-profit business trying to attract customers. While branding is important for businesses, it’s also critical...
by BVU Team | Jun 2, 2020
By Elizabeth Voudouris Nonprofits in Northeast Ohio address our community’s most complex and challenging issues. Nonprofit boards that prioritize and support diversity and inclusion are better positioned to navigate and address this work. Eighty-four percent of...
by BVU Team | Apr 10, 2020
At BVU, we work with over 800 nonprofits each year, and from this unique vantage point, we have an intimate view of trends in the nonprofit sector. In addition to business continuity and financial scenario planning, nonprofits may sometimes need to consider strategic...
