EIN 68-0101012

Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
76
Year formed
1965
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
We advance nonprofits and volunteerism by strengthening leadership, encouraging innovation and empowering individuals in our community.
Also known as...
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin
Total revenues
$6,470,072
2022
Total expenses
$6,116,377
2022
Total assets
$4,593,024
2022
Num. employees
76
2022

Program areas at CVNL

Volunteer Wheels:This program operates Sonoma County's paratransit service, providing rides to people with a disability or a health condition that prevents them from using Sonoma County's regular bus services. Staff and volunteers drove more than 37,000 passengers over 500,000 miles to doctor visits, critical appointments, and work sites. Volunteer Wheels provides elderly and disabled residents and visitors in Sonoma County with the opportunity to live with a degree of independence they could not otherwise achieve. Volunteer Wheels is funded through our service contract with Sonoma County Transit and community contributions.
CVNL's Volunteer Services operates throughout the North Bay by engaging individuals, nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, and community groups in volunteering. This department matches volunteers and groups with the causes they care about, and also works to build the capacity of nonprofits and government agencies to utilize volunteers more effectively. We run an online volunteer matching portal which matches over 8,000 volunteers annually, and we also place and manage AmeriCorps members dedicated to strengthening volunteer program infrastructure in Bay Area nonprofits. CVNL trained and consulted with nonprofits to help them elevate their levels of volunteer engagement and disaster readiness. The training courses, which were all virtual due to the pandemic, focused on disaster leadership and communication, continuity of operations planning, donations management, emergency volunteering, virtual volunteering, psychological first aid, DEI in volunteer recruitment and engagement and returning to a new normal post pandemic and more. CVNL also virtually brought volunteer managers together from across the North Bay to learn from each other in the Volunteer Manager Peer Learning Network, the Volunteer Engagement and Training Program and Leading with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Volunteer Engagement. During times of disaster, such as wildfires or widespread pandemic, CVNL operates Emergency Volunteer Centers (EVCs) in Sonoma, Napa, Solano and Marin Counties. These EVCs mobilize the power of volunteers to respond to the urgent community needs that arise during disasters. In 2021 and 2022, CVNL recruited and deployed hundreds of volunteers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to staff and operate the vaccination and testing sites for the County.
Nonprofits throughout Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano and the surrounding Bay Area rely on CVNL for expert guidance, professional and organizational development, and nonprofit management expertise through Volunteer Services, Leadership Programs, Executive Search, and Consulting Services.In 2022, CVNL's Learning & Leadership department served 140 professionals through a portfolio of leadership training programs and professional development curricula. CVNL developed a new program called Management Essentials for people managers to enhance team dynamics and performance. Another new program, Leading for Equity and Inclusion, focused on supporting nonprofits to plan, implement, and monitor strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and with community partners. In this same period, CVNL's Board Governance Bootcamp was augmented from a single workshop to a series of four topical sessions. Through a partnership with GrantStation, 23 CVNL members were provided discounted access to the proprietary database which supports nonprofit professionals conducting grant research and strengthens their fund development process.CVNL's Executive Search department placed four senior level positions in the Bay Area.CVNL's Consulting Services advanced the capabilities of 68 organizations through 53 consulting projects and capacity-building activities related to board governance, organizational assessment, strategic planning, executive coaching, and meeting facilitation, among others. In addition to the consulting services offered, our team provides brief pro bono sessions to new member organizations and supports general information and referral to the broader nonprofit organizations as needed.CVNL had an active membership pool of 193 members to whom we provided an array of services and benefits including discounts on educational training sessions.Produced by CVNL, the 29th Annual Heart of Marin Awards recognized outstanding Marin nonprofits and the committed individuals who served throughout the previous year. The virtual event was attended by over 370 community leaders, volunteers, local dignitaries, and distinguished members of the business community. Our honored recipients were presented with awards totaling $35,000. Similarly, the 7th Annual Heart of Napa Awards was successfully executed and held in-person at the Napa Valley Expo Center. Nearly 250 were in attendance and $22,500 was awarded to outstanding nonprofits and leaders serving Napa County. The 2nd Heart of Sonoma County Awards event was held for the first time in-person and received a warm reception from a new audience who submitted 99 written nominations across the eight award categories. Heart of Sonoma County drew a crowd of nearly 300, and distributed $35,000 to local nonprofits, volunteers, and leaders. The Secret Santa program is a partnership of CVNL, KZST Radio Station, and Friedman's Home Improvement, along with thousands of local businesses, agencies, volunteers, and donors who work together to bring joy and hope community wide. This year the Secret Santa program raised over $350,000 and benefitted 19,676 individuals.CVNL acts as a fiscal sponsor for projects seeking to address compelling community-wide needs. Five projects were sponsored this year: Marin VOAD, Opening Doors Marin, Powerful Beyond Measure, Shore Up Marin City and the San Francisco Debutante Ball.
The Marin VOAD fosters effective service delivery to those affected by disasters in Marin through the collaboration of community agencies throughout the disaster cycle -mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.Opening Doors Marin is a public-private coalition working to end chronic and veteran homelessness in our community by increasing housing opportunities for the most vulnerable. We also support the broader efforts in affordable and workforce housing to create a balanced community with options for all income levels.Powerful Beyond Measure educates and empowers underrepresented girls from the Bay Area to become leaders in their communities.Shore Up Marin City, which recently rebranded as Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice, is an organization advocating for equitable inclusion of low-income communities in planning and community preparedness with a focus on Emergency Preparedness; Flooding and Hazard Mitigation; Sea Level Rise and Climate Adaptation; Habitat Restoration; and Social Equity.San Francisco Debutante Ball provides philanthropic support of capital and operational projects, community relations, medical education, and research of the California Pacific Medical Center Foundation.
e. Court Referral:This program is the referral agency for residents of Sonoma County who are assigned community service work by the Sonoma County courts and probation department. The program provides placement, follow-up, monitoring and reports on people referred to complete community service work. Those referred to the program may be from traffic court, adult diversion services, the adult and juvenile probation departments, or directly from the criminal and civil courts with conditional sentences. Our program also manages homeless court referrals in partnership with St. Vincent de Paul for people who are completing court mandated hours to vacate court fines that are barriers to obtaining their driver's license or access to housing. Referrals for community service work are made in lieu of fines or jail, as a condition of diversion or dismissal, or as a condition of sentencing. Clients are matched by holding telephonic and virtual interviews to determine skills, availability and limitations. The court referral program also manages student volunteers from the Sonoma County Office of Education who are completing volunteer hours for their school district or as a condition of a return to school contract.

Grants made by CVNL

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Okizu FoundationScholarship Awards$30,000

Who funds Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Leonard & Beryl Buck FoundationProvide Support for Fy 22$570,000
Solano Community FoundationSolano County Cert Program Coordinator$50,000
San Francisco Community Agencies Responding To DisasterBa Uasi Program Subcontractor. Delivered Training Services.$34,160
...and 14 more grants received

Personnel at CVNL

NameTitleCompensation
Linda JacobsChief Executive Officer$211,691
Susan BrownDirector of Executive Search$100,872
Lievin MwambaChief Financial Officer / Director of Finance and Operations$142,333
Christine PaquetteVice Chair / Director$0
Diane HernandezSecretary$0
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for CVNL

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,195,374
Program services$914,807
Investment income and dividends$20,704
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$339,187
Total revenues$6,470,072

Form 990s for CVNL

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-13990View PDF
2021-062022-05-12990View PDF
2020-062021-05-25990View PDF
2019-062021-02-09990View PDF
2018-062019-11-04990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
July 11, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
May 12, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
May 10, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $22,500 from Marin Community Foundation
November 15, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
August 4, 2022
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $102,000 from The Home Depot Foundation and Homer Fund
Nonprofit Types
Business and community development organizationsFamily service centersCharities
Issues
Human servicesChildrenCommunity improvement
Characteristics
Receives government fundingManagement and technical assistanceCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donationsFiscal sponsor
General information
Address
1 Mcinnis Pkwy 175
San Rafael, CA 94903
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
Website URL
cvnl.org/ 
Phone
(415) 479-5710
IRS details
EIN
68-0101012
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1965
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S50: Nonprofit Management
NAICS code, primary
624190: Individual and Family Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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