AWAKE to WOKE to WORK: Building a Race Equity Culture

Equity in the Center works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems within the social sector to increase racial equity.  This article defines the elements of a Race Equity Culture and its three stages, and provides guidance on building a race equity culture within...

Get Informed: Take the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge

The 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge brought to you by the YWCA of Greater Cleveland is designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership. You will...

How to Turn Your Board Members Into Fundraisers

A 3-Step Plan to Get Your Board on Board with Fundraising from Network for Good.  Our favorite take away: Each year, ask board members what role they feel most comfortable playing in fundraising and assign them a couple of tasks.

U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism

“The United States is in crisis. As we write this article, videos of racial violence and racist threats toward Black people in America flood social and news media channels. Public demonstrations against injustice are happening in at least 30 localities. During...

Hope and Passion for our Nonprofits

By Julie Clark Five takeaways from a panel of fantastic female nonprofit leaders. I had the opportunity recently to tune into a virtual panel with fantastic female leaders from our local nonprofit community as they discussed how nonprofits are faring and positioning...

BVU Webinar with RSM on PPP Loan Forgiveness

Join us to learn how to maximize your PPP loan forgiveness. In March and April, applying for the PPP loan was a hot topic for nonprofits.  Now that many organizations have applied for and received PPP funds, it’s time to focus on maximizing the loan forgiveness.  This...

Upcoming webinars from Tech Impact

By Julie Clark As we’ve all found out over the last few weeks, technology plays an essential role in how we do our work – how we collaborate as a team, how we fundraise, how we track and measure data.  At BVU, we’ve engaged Tech Impact to provide our managed IT...