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...
Getting the Governance Right: 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...
5 Steps to an Impactful Team Volunteer Project
Follow these steps for a successful employee volunteer project that is good for both your team and the organization you are serving. 1) Start with the need. The first question you should ask when you call or email a nonprofit is, "How can we help?" After listening,...
Randell McShepard Receives Richard W. Pogue Civic Leadership Award
The Pogue Award recognizes an individual who serves as a role model for community engagement, board leadership, volunteerism, philanthropy, and business support of Northeast Ohio’s nonprofit sector.