4 Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2022

Nothing is more important to the health and sustainability of your nonprofit organization than getting qualified, high-performing people to serve on your board. Heidi Webb, CFRE has been working with nonprofit boards for over 22 years, including time spent serving as a board member for local and international organizations. Heidi will share her roadmap to building a “rock star” board by focusing your search in the right direction. She will review her answers to the most frequently asked about board responsibilities and structures, and give away tools she finds especially useful in this important recruitment and retention. This webinar is not just for start-up nonprofits or those of you who might be thinking about filling a one-person gap right now. There will always be board turnover. So it’s important to have a process in place rather than react to a need in-the-moment.

Stories are the heart of any organization. We use stories to inform, inspire empathy, and drive action. But how you tell those stories can take many forms. As witnessing impact in person became limited over the last year, stories needed to work harder to create connection. Being able to share stories in digital form to attract, steward and retain a supportive community creates an incredible opportunity.

We live in an epicenter of technological innovation and use technology in our daily lives. But most of us involved in the Bay Area nonprofit sector have yet to understand how the "digital transformation" happening in other industries can be initiated and practically applied within our organizations, helping us serve our beneficiaries and conduct our programs within a rapidly changing world. Foundation Center West will present a panel to address opportunities and challenges organizations face when thinking about the three areas that technology impacts organizations.

Why is due diligence important in grantmaking organizations? The process of satisfying legal requirements impacts many areas within an organization— mission alignment, stewardship, duty of care, reputation, outcomes & impact, and overall effectiveness to name a few. Join us for the April episode of our Blackbaud Grantmaking 2022 Thought Leadership Webinar Series, during which Elizabeth (Liz) Gousse Ballotte, Principal at PKF O’Connor Davies will review a host of what the staff at grantmaking organizations need to know to be compliant. Liz will cover: Due diligence models Grant applications and risk identification Structure and Governance Financial information, including budgets, financial statements, and IRS Form 990 Information Technology and internal controls Streamlining operations and increasing productivity And more.