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Upcoming Activities
Board Governance Boot Camp Fall 2022 - SESSION 4: Strategic Board Development - with Linda Jacobs
December 7, 2022, from 9am to 11:00am – via Zoom

Given the board’s tremendous responsibility and decision-making power and the length of most board member’s tenures, making sure you have the right composition of leaders on your board is essential. In this course, we will look at ways nonprofits can “get the right people around the table” and keep them engaged through ongoing development and evaluation

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FREE Information Session: Management Essential Series Spring 2023 - with CVNL's Learning & Leadership team
December 14, 2022, from 12 to 1pm – via Zoom

Management Essentials series is a focused, immersive program with 15 hours of learning and coaching from expert faculty and nonprofit professionals.Management Essentials has two main goals:

  • Develop strong personal leadership and problem-solving skills.
  • Apply these skills to the major nonprofit responsibilities and functions.
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Scott B. Peterson, CVNL Director of Learning & Leadership
FREE Information Session: Grant Writing Certificate Program - Spring 2023 - with CVNL's Learning & Leadership team
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 from 12pm to 1pm – via Zoom

Join us for a FREE information session about the Grant Writing Certificate program at CVNL. 

The four-session series led by expert faculty to help build the grant proposal program within your nonprofit.  When it comes to grant writing, you may be a good writer, or even a great writer, but everyone can improve their skills at any time in their career.  

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CVNL Features

CVNL ON THE POWER OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN AN EMPOWERED ORGANIZATION

As we enter the month of April, we once again welcome Global Volunteer Month and the millions of people that make it worth celebrating. Those involved in the field of volunteerism faced challenges bigger than ever before, as the pandemic continued to disrupt nonprofit services across the country.

CVNL Statistics

7,250

Total # of
nonprofits

Registered 501c3’s in Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties, per IRS and National Center for Charitable Statistics

$465,440

Return on Volunteer Investment

based on number of volunteer hours served in Marin, Napa, and Solano Counties multiplied by $29.09 ROVI in CA, per Independent Sector

6 years

Average tenure of a nonprofit executive

2016 Nonprofit Quarterly Survey on Executive Leaders

15 years

Average director tenure/term limit

Deliotte 2016 Board Practices report; BoardSource
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