K9 Youth Alliance is an organization fueled by an awesome idea: teaching at-risk teens to train shelter dogs. Guided by K9YA staff and volunteers, the teens learn responsibility and self-discipline while creating well-trained, socialized dogs…
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Financial Fine-Tuning for Noted NPO
Elizabeth House has provided shelter, hope and support to homeless pregnant women and their children for over 20 years. No for-profit or nonprofit business survives that long without highly skilled management – and that’s something…
Donor-Advised Funds
Contributions to donor-advised funds (DAFs) are a fast-growing philanthropic tool. Recent analyses express concerns about the impact of DAFs on nonprofits, particularly those held by commercial firms like Schwab and Fidelity. To help our community…
Catalyst & Coffee
I look forward to speaking at the monthly Catalyst & Coffee (https://www.meetup.com/Catalyst-Coffee-Speakers-Series/) meeting on Tues. Mar. 26 at 8 am. We’ll discuss the changes in nonprofits becoming more business-like entities, especially the proliferation of social…
Nonprofit Answer Guide
The Center for Nonprofit Management (cnmsocal.org) has a great tool called the Nonprofit Answer Guide with 2-minute answers for busy nonprofits (nonprofitanswerguide.org). If you are a nonprofit staff person or volunteer and have a question…
JRP Will Be At Neighborhood Church on Sunday
We’ll be at NUUC on Sunday (March 17) telling the congregation about our services. If you attend NUUC or you’re just in the neighborhood, please stop by our table on the patio between 10:30 –…
Next PERT Meeting is on Social Enterprise
Social enterprises are more-than-profit businesses that use blended-value models to create a revenue-generating business with a social-value generating element. Join presenter Betsy Densmore, Founder & Manager Director of Academies for Social Entrepreneurship, to learn more…
Save the Date for the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast 2019
Join Mayor Terry Tornek for the 46th Annual Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, hosted by Friends in Deed. Thursday, May 9th, 7:30 – 9:00 am at the Pasadena Convention Center. Many thanks to presenting sponsor Comerica Bank!
The Calling of Delight
I recently listened to this lovely interview with Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the many nonprofits JRP has served. It was an inspiration to hear Fr. Greg talk about the delight…
Throwback Thursday: Planting a Garden
It’s sometimes hard to see the long-term impact of JRP’s nonprofit capacity building working. But in looking back at all of our work with Arlington Garden, we see the fruit of our labor, both in…
New Website for the San Gabriel Women’s Foundation
Did you know that Jericho Road Pasadena serves nonprofits in the city surrounding Pasadena too? We recently completed a new website for the San Gabriel Women’s Foundation, which is comprised of Volunteers, blending together each member’s…
Throwback Thursday: JRP Volunteer Helps Arlington Garden Grow
This article is from March of 2012. We are so happy to see that Arlington Garden continues to grow and is one of the loveliest places in town! Just off a busy thoroughfare in southwest…