In honor of JRP’s 10th anniversary and volunteer appreciation month, we are reposting oldies but goodies. This is from September 2016. Louise continues to volunteer with JRP and is the Board President of the Pasadena…
Tag: board service
Flashback Friday: The Volunteer Who Came to Stay
Building a Flexible Board
If your organization is yoga-related, you should have a flexible board, right? But building good boards is hard for most nonprofits. JRP has done many projects for School Yoga, which teaches mindfulness techniques rooted in…
JRP Builds a New Village
Reposting this news to celebrate Ten Thousand Villages’ Fair Trade Rug Event. Check out the rugs through Sunday at 567 South Lake Ave., Pasadena , CA 91101. Melanie really, really loves her fair trade rug…
JRP Places Board Members to Plant Trees & Build Communities
Jericho Road Pasadena’s mission is to support other nonprofits. One of the ways JRP does this is to recruit, train and place board members. Cheryl Leutjen (cherylleutjen.com) attended JRP board training class in 2017 and joined the…
Board Member Placed at Shepherd’s Door
Boston Private Bank values nonprofits: they understand the special banking needs of nonprofits, they sponsor events, and they encourage their staff to join nonprofit boards. 2 staff from Pasadena’s BPB location have gone through JRP’s…
Nonprofit Strong
Have you considered serving on a nonprofit board? JRP offers a quarterly board development series, which is great for people who would like to join a board, people already serving on a board, or nonprofit…
Reconciling the Supply & Demand of Good Intentions
Reconciling the Supply & Demand of Good Intentions: Why we must strike a balance between high-volume and high-touch service programs. This 2014 article by John Cary from the Stanford Social Innovation Review is still so…
Nov. 13: Nonprofit Financial Management Workshop
Nov. 13: Nonprofit Financial Management Workshop Boards have the ultimate responsibility to make sure that their organization spends money wisely, ethically and legally. Topics will include the board’s role in financial management, budgeting, executing a…
Nonprofits Have … Profits??
Nonprofits Have … Profits?? Yup, it’s true – nonprofits should have money! One of the key responsibilities of nonprofit boards is to make sure their organization has enough resources to work toward their mission and…
Be An Effective Board Member
Are you currently serving on a nonprofit board? How much money do you raise for your organization? What other resources to do bring to the cause? Join the third session of Jericho Road Pasadena’s quarterly…
Be All You Can Be
Serving on a nonprofit board benefits the community and builds leadership skills and community connections. Have you ever considered serving on a nonprofit board? If so, you are invited to JRP’s Effective Board quarterly workshop…