Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership
Programs
Volunteer Wheels Paratransit Service
Volunteer Wheels:This program operates Sonoma County's paratransit service, providing rides to people with a disability or a health condition that prevents them from using Sonoma County's regular bus services. Staff and volunteers drove more than 37,000 passengers over 500,000 miles to doctor visits, critical appointments, and work sites. Volunteer Wheels provides elderly and disabled residents and visitors in Sonoma County with the opportunity to live with a degree of independence they could not otherwise achieve. Volunteer Wheels is funded through our service contract with Sonoma County Transit and community contributions.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.9MCVNL Nonprofit Support Services
Nonprofits throughout Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano and the surrounding Bay Area rely on CVNL for expert guidance, professional and organizational development, and nonprofit management expertise through Volunteer Services, Leadership Programs, Executive Search, and Consulting Services.In 2022, CVNL's Learning & Leadership department served 140 professionals through a portfolio of leadership training programs and professional development curricula. CVNL developed a new program called Management Essentials for people managers to enhance team dynamics and performance. Another new program, Leading for Equity and Inclusion, focused on supporting nonprofits to plan, implement, and monitor strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and with community partners. In this same period, CVNL's Board Governance Bootcamp was augmented from a single workshop to a series of four topical sessions. Through a partnership with GrantStation, 23 CVNL members were provided discounted access to the proprietary database which supports nonprofit professionals conducting grant research and strengthens their fund development process.CVNL's Executive Search department placed four senior level positions in the Bay Area.CVNL's Consulting Services advanced the capabilities of 68 organizations through 53 consulting projects and capacity-building activities related to board governance, organizational assessment, strategic planning, executive coaching, and meeting facilitation, among others. In addition to the consulting services offered, our team provides brief pro bono sessions to new member organizations and supports general information and referral to the broader nonprofit organizations as needed.CVNL had an active membership pool of 193 members to whom we provided an array of services and benefits including discounts on educational training sessions.Produced by CVNL, the 29th Annual Heart of Marin Awards recognized outstanding Marin nonprofits and the committed individuals who served throughout the previous year. The virtual event was attended by over 370 community leaders, volunteers, local dignitaries, and distinguished members of the business community. Our honored recipients were presented with awards totaling $35,000. Similarly, the 7th Annual Heart of Napa Awards was successfully executed and held in-person at the Napa Valley Expo Center. Nearly 250 were in attendance and $22,500 was awarded to outstanding nonprofits and leaders serving Napa County. The 2nd Heart of Sonoma County Awards event was held for the first time in-person and received a warm reception from a new audience who submitted 99 written nominations across the eight award categories. Heart of Sonoma County drew a crowd of nearly 300, and distributed $35,000 to local nonprofits, volunteers, and leaders. The Secret Santa program is a partnership of CVNL, KZST Radio Station, and Friedman's Home Improvement, along with thousands of local businesses, agencies, volunteers, and donors who work together to bring joy and hope community wide. This year the Secret Santa program raised over $350,000 and benefitted 19,676 individuals.CVNL acts as a fiscal sponsor for projects seeking to address compelling community-wide needs. Five projects were sponsored this year: Marin VOAD, Opening Doors Marin, Powerful Beyond Measure, Shore Up Marin City and the San Francisco Debutante Ball.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$492.7KCVNL Volunteer Engagement Programs
CVNL's Volunteer Services operates throughout the North Bay by engaging individuals, nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, and community groups in volunteering. This department matches volunteers and groups with the causes they care about, and also works to build the capacity of nonprofits and government agencies to utilize volunteers more effectively. We run an online volunteer matching portal which matches over 8,000 volunteers annually, and we also place and manage AmeriCorps members dedicated to strengthening volunteer program infrastructure in Bay Area nonprofits. CVNL trained and consulted with nonprofits to help them elevate their levels of volunteer engagement and disaster readiness. The training courses, which were all virtual due to the pandemic, focused on disaster leadership and communication, continuity of operations planning, donations management, emergency volunteering, virtual volunteering, psychological first aid, DEI in volunteer recruitment and engagement and returning to a new normal post pandemic and more. CVNL also virtually brought volunteer managers together from across the North Bay to learn from each other in the Volunteer Manager Peer Learning Network, the Volunteer Engagement and Training Program and Leading with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Volunteer Engagement. During times of disaster, such as wildfires or widespread pandemic, CVNL operates Emergency Volunteer Centers (EVCs) in Sonoma, Napa, Solano and Marin Counties. These EVCs mobilize the power of volunteers to respond to the urgent community needs that arise during disasters. In 2021 and 2022, CVNL recruited and deployed hundreds of volunteers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to staff and operate the vaccination and testing sites for the County.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$673K
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