Medical Mutual’s Transformational Volunteer Experience
Rob Zaremsky Director, Business & Community Engagement September 7, 2022“Volunteering should be transformational, not transactional.” This is a phrase that we share on a regular basis during our enhanced volunteering sessions with volunteers from BVU Business...
Create a Meaningful Corporate Volunteer Program
Why should businesses focus efforts on employee engagement and corporate social responsibility? Community engagement greatly increases employee satisfaction and retention. According to a recent Deloitte Millennial Survey, 75 percent of respondents relayed that...
Skill CONNECT Volunteer Spotlight: Stephanie Smith
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...
Volunteer Spotlight: Alley Davis
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...
Are you being a good steward of your nonprofit’s heathcare dollars? By Kate Hubben, Vice President, NFP
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...
Volunteer Spotlight: Tim Raimey
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 youth...
Stories of Impact: How a BVU Encore Fellow helped Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center navigate the COVID-19 pandemic
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...
Leveraging your 990 for Branding
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...
Diversity & Inclusion in the Nonprofit Boardroom
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...
Sustaining your Mission with Mergers & Strategic Alliances
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...