Clazzical Notes proudly presents Global Voices: A Musical Journey, Celebrating the People and Cultures of the World on Friday, April 27, 7:30 pm at the Lineage Performing Arts Center, 89 South Fair Oaks Blvd, Pasadena,…
Author: Melanie Goodyear
Virtual Volunteers
Virtual volunteering is on the rise, not surprising considering the amazing technology available to connect people around the world. JRP has several great virtual volunteers, including a web developer in Maryland, database developers California’s Bay…
What’s your idea of fun?
Hiking, golf, gardening, Netflix? What’s your idea of fun? For Jericho Road Pasadena co-founder John Blue, it’s doing something constructive for the community. “I’m very serious. It is fun when I’ve done something useful and…
The Garden is My Stage
Join Arlington Garden for an Earth Day celebration and fundraiser, tomorrow, Sunday, April 22 at 7pm. Take a seat under the olive trees, and let the garden and the music embrace all your senses. Mayita Dinos,…
The Leadership Connection
We post a lot about nonprofit boards, because they are such a crucial piece of nonprofit success. Find out more about how Jericho Road Pasadena matched Bret Schaefer with the board of Friends in Deed and…
Strategic Planning Project Completed for Alive & Well Women
I have attended Alive & Well Women’s (aliveandwellwomen.org) retreats, so know first-hand what a wonderful community of women they create, who love and enjoy being in our bodies just as we are. Although AWW founder…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: What do we do about them?
The Pasadena Executive Roundtable invites you to a panel discussion on: Diversity, inclusion and equity: how do nonprofits change centuries of discrimination?? We’ve been hearing lots of terms to be more inclusive (and thereby effective)…
Planned Giving – Hit the Snooze Button
The topic of planned giving is boring even to fundraisers. It can require a lot of legal infrastructure, it requires talking to donors about end of life choices, which is never an easy discussion, and…
Help Get $11 Billion to Our Communities
With federal budget cuts looming, California needs to close a tax loophole for big business. As part of CalNonprofits’ campaign Nonprofits Standing Up for California Communities, CalNonprofits is on the steering committee of a collaboration…
Grant Writing Project Complete for School Yoga
Grants can be a major source of revenue for nonprofits, but applying for grants is complicated, especially for small nonprofits, which may lack the time and infrastructure for large grant requests. JRP volunteer Pat McClellan…
Throwback Thursday: Pasadena Senior Center
One of JRP’s favorite nonprofit partners is the Pasadena Senior Center (www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org). Most recently, JRP volunteer Bob Harrison completed a staff retreat for PSC. The staff really enjoyed the retreat and working with Bob, reporting…
Finance Project Complete for Pas. Museum of California Art
Nonprofit is our tax status, not our financial model. Yet finances continue to be a challenge for many nonprofits, not only in having enough money to achieve our lofty missions, but also in managing the…