Center For Volunteer And Nonprofit Leadership Of Marin

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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 59,000 PASSENGERS OVER 760,000 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.

MANAGEMENT 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 2021 CVNL'S LEARNING & LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT SERVED MORE THAN 900 PROFESSIONALS IN TOTAL THROUGH A COLLECTION OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM. 35 GRADUATED FROM THE EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, FORMERLY CALLED THE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM. THE LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER, USED BY NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS TO CONDUCT GRANT RESEARCH, NOW FEATURES ACCESS TO GRANTSTATION AND 15 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE UTILIZED OUR DISCOUNTED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FUND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS.CVNL'S EXECUTIVE SEARCH DEPARTMENT PLACED FIVE SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS IN THE BAY AREA.CVNL'S CONSULTING SERVICES ADVANCED THE CAPABILITIES OF 26 ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH 36 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 211 MEMBERS TO WHOM WE PROVIDED AN ARRAY OF SERVICES AND BENEFITS INCLUDING DISCOUNTS ON EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS. PRODUCED BY CVNL, THE 28TH 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 600 COMMUNITY LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS, LOCAL DIGNITARIES, AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. OUR HONORED RECIPIENTS WERE PRESENTED WITH AWARDS TOTALING $35,000. SIMILARLY, THE 6TH ANNUAL HEART OF NAPA AWARDS WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED AND HELD VIRTUALLY. NEARLY 230 WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND $22,500 WAS AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING NONPROFITS AND LEADERS SERVING NAPA COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE INAUGURAL HEART OF SONOMA COUNTY AWARDS EVENT WAS LAUNCHED VIRTUALLY IN 2021, AND RECEIVED A WARM RECEPTION FROM A NEW AUDIENCE WHO SUBMITTED OVER 120 WRITTEN NOMINATIONS ACROSS THE 8 AWARD CATEGORIES. HEART OF SONOMA COUNTY DREW A CROWD OF NEARLY 500, 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 $250,000 AND BENEFITTED 22,555 INDIVIDUALS AND 1,109 FAMILIES CVNL ACTS AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR PROJECTS SEEKING TO ADDRESS COMPELLING COMMUNITY-WIDE NEEDS. FOUR PROJECTS WERE SPONSORED THIS YEAR: MARIN VOAD, OPENING DOORS MARIN, POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE, SHORE UP MARIN CITY.

VOLUNTEER SERVICES: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 PORTALS WHICH MATCHES OVER 8,250 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 TRAININGS, WHICH WERE ALL VIRTUAL DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, FOCUSED ON DISASTER LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANNING, DONATIONS MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERING, PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID, AND MORE. CVNL ALSO VIRTUALLY BROUGHT VOLUNTEER MANAGERS TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE NORTH BAY TO FORM THE VOLUNTEER MANAGER PEER LEARNING NETWORK. DURING TIMES OF DISASTER, SUCH AS DURING 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, CVNL RECRUITED AND DEPLOYED THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE LNU LIGHTENING COMPLEX FIRES, THE WALBRIDGE FIRE, THE WOODWARD FIRE, AND THE GLASS FIRE.