Become a BVU Business Member
Engage your employees while making an impact on your community.
Whether you employ 5 people or 5,000, and whether your community engagement is fledgling or fine-tuned, BVU Cleveland can help your business tailor and elevate your approach to meet your strategic goals and employee desires.
Membership starts at $2,725. Contact us to learn how we can customize a membership package to connect you with group volunteer opportunities near you or otherwise meet your unique community engagement needs.
We connect passionate people with opportunities to serve.
Ready to make a difference?
Connect
There’s more than one way to connect with your community.
Volunteers make a huge impact in the daily operations of nonprofits and in the lives of everyday people. BVU’s nonprofit consulting and business engagement programs find volunteer opportunities that connect an individual’s passion with an organization’s pressing need. Learn how you can invest in our shared future and make a lasting change in the lives of others and—in your own life.
Board CONNECT
BVU’s board matching program helps professionals find the right nonprofit board where they can make an impact. More than 60% of candidates connected by BVU move into leadership positions on those boards.
Skill CONNECT
Experts from human resources, technology, finance, marketing, real estate, law, and other professions are needed to help nonprofits with specific projects. Share your specialized skills and talents.
Volunteer CONNECT
Business volunteer opportunities can make a tremendous impact while promoting teambuilding and boosting morale among employees.
Strategic Community Involvement Builds Powerful and Enduring Community Relationships
Meaningful Matches
Educate and Consult
Creating Opportunities, Building Communities
We create opportunities for you to network with and learn from other employers that give back strategically in Northeast Ohio. Through our nonprofit consulting we listen to your needs, and help you determine priorities and design the community engagement solutions that make sense for your business. Your people. Your priorities.
Young Leaders Integration
Young professionals are an integral part of our work force. Find out how to engage your staff and build bright business volunteer opportunities for community service.
Inclusion , Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA)
The Minority Pipeline Initiative recruits, connects, and trains individuals of color for board service in addition to helping nonprofits create an more inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible environment.
Business Partner Events
Every year BVU Cleveland presents over 40 seminars packed with useful and practical knowledge, from nonprofit governance and management topics to board roles, public policy and corporate logistics.
Consulting & Training
Strategy Development
Access the knowledge, expertise, and experience of BVU Cleveland to help you get the most out of your community outreach, philanthropy and employee engagement. We work with you to understand and design a strategy and policy recommendations that enable you to make a greater impact in our community.
Development of Employee Volunteer Committee
Create or energize an employee-led steering committee to plan an annual calendar of impactful volunteer events. BVU helps you define the structure and responsibilities of an Employee Volunteer Committee and identify potential participants.
Employee Volunteer Interest Survey
Assess current volunteer activities and employee interests through BVU’s Employee Volunteer Interest Survey. Leverage your findings to inform a community engagement strategy that delivers results for your business, your team and the community.
Customized Community Engagement Event
Let BVU bring the training and education to you through tailored on-site programs that inspire your employees to support community needs and become effective members of nonprofit boards.