Dr. B.J. Bischoff is the owner of Bischoff Performance Improvement Consulting, a Sonoma firm specializing in building the capacity of nonprofit organizations and government agencies to better serve their stakeholders. She is a member of the Impact100 Sonoma Board of Directors and can be contacted at bjbischoff@bjbischoff.com
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The benefits of serving your community as a nonprofit volunteer
Last week was National Volunteer Week, so hats off to the one in four Californians who contribute their time to volunteer for their favorite nonprofit organizations! The Corporation for National & Community Service estimates that 32 percent of California volunteers … Continue reading
Nonprofit compensation: the importance of knowing who makes what
One of the difficult decisions members of the boards of directors of Sonoma Valley nonprofits make is how much to compensate their executive directors. And one of the difficult decisions nonprofit executive directors make is how much to compensate the … Continue reading
Nonprofit trends for 2012: predictions for the future
What societal trends will have the greatest impact on nonprofits in 2012? Convio, a firm that tracks nonprofit donor trends and provides software to help nonprofits manage their constituent relationships, predicted the following trends in a recently released report: (1) … Continue reading
Donor retention key to nonprofit’s financial sustainability
In 2006, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and The Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute launched the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), a nationwide, ten-year groundbreaking study designed to conduct research on fundraising effectiveness and help nonprofit organizations … Continue reading
Many nonprofits are thriving despite tough economy
As we head into the last quarter of the year, the time during which most individuals donate to their favorite charities, it’s a good time to assess how well these charities have been faring during this difficult economy. Last month, … Continue reading
The never-ending process of submitting grant applications
Almost any day of the week, you can find the staff and volunteers of many local nonprofits spending countless hours writing grant proposals to present to charitable foundations and businesses to meet their application deadlines. According to the American Association … Continue reading
Building strength through strong donor relationships
It is far better for members of a nonprofit organization’s leadership team to spend time planning ways to build a strong relationship with a donor than it is for them to plan how to get a donor or prospective donor … Continue reading
Is your nonprofit organization ready for a capital campaign?
As nonprofit organizations grow to meet increased community needs, the leadership of these organizations must often decide whether or not to engage in a capital campaign to raise the necessary funds that growth requires. A capital campaign is characterized as … Continue reading
To merge or not to merge…that is the question
In this difficult economy, an increasing number of individuals are suggesting that nonprofits with similar missions consider merging as a survival strategy. Before organizations consider a merger, its leaders should ask themselves if the merger will result in a stable … Continue reading
Effective leadership guides Valley’s nonprofits
Do leaders in the nonprofit sector exhibit more effective leadership skills than their for-profit counterparts? That’s what a major study has concluded. In a national study of 2,800 leaders conducted by the Community Resource Exchange, researchers discovered that nonprofit leaders … Continue reading