Interesting article on public benefit corporations in the LA Times. “When I was 30, I left a career as a hedge fund trader hoping to make a more positive contribution to the world. I founded…
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Volunteering to Help Others Helps Yourself!
Take a look at these many ways volunteering helps you as much as it does those you volunteer to help. http://www.upworthy.com/its-not-just-nice-here-are-11-research-backed-reasons-to-volunteer-your-time11-fascinating-facts-that-prove-helping-others-really-helps-you
Arboretum Seeks Part-Time Membership Assistant
The Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation is seeking an individual with a membership and customer service background. This position requires working with membership or a similar database preferably in an arboretum or museum. The ideal candidate…
Development Roundtable is April 13
APRIL DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE Pasadena is full of resources that we are not aware of. It’s time to do a little exploring in our own backyards. At our upcoming Development Roundtable, we’ll be touring La Pintoresca…
New Website for Pasadena Heritage
Having a robust web presence is a 21st century necessity for nonprofits, but few organizations have a large IT or marketing budget. Pasadena Heritage (pasadenaheritage.org) had needed to update their site to an easier to use…
Boards, Boards, Boards
While real estate is all about location, location, location, nonprofits are all about boards, boards, boards. Having volunteer leadership can be a challenge and board development is one of the most crucial issues for nonprofits.…
Hiring and Keeping Great Staff
Young & Healthy (yhpasadena.org) is one of Pasadena’s best-loved nonprofits and for good reason: they’re wonderful. They have been connecting uninsured and under-insured children with high-quality health care for over 20 years. They are always…
Board Development for Altadena Heritage
As an unincorporated area, Altadena lacks many of the protective ordinances that smaller cities in the San Gabriel Valley have. Altadena Heritage (altadenaheritage.org) is an all-volunteer organization that has advocated to preserve Altadena’s history since the mid-1980s.…
Class Action Suit Filed against PayPal’s Giving Platform
PayPal has a charity arm called the PayPal Giving Fund, which is supposed to be a service to collect donations through third party websites like GuideStar. I was glad to see this Nonprofit Quarterly article…
Black History Parade is Tomorrow
The Black History Parade, which was cancelled in Feb due to weather (how often does that happen in LA??) will take place tomorrow, Sat. Mar. 18, beginning at 10 a.m. at Charles White Park, Fair Oaks…
Chinese Philanthropy and Nonprofits in the US
Valley Nonprofit Resources (www.csun.edu/valley-nonprofit-resources) invites you to Chinese Philanthropy and Nonprofits in the US, a lecture about how Chinese immigrants and immigrant communities in the United States are increasingly involved in philanthropy. CSUN Sociology Professor…
Get Back to Basics
Jericho Road Pasadena Exec. Dir. Melanie Goodyear and Planned Parenthood LA Training and Development Manager Teena Thornton will present at the next DOVIA-LA meeting (doviala.org) on Fri. Mar. 17, 9:30 – 12 on the fundamentals of…