Nonprofit Matters ~ Dr. B.J. Bischoff

Dr. B.J. Bischoff Dr. B.J. Bischoff is the owner of Bischoff Performance Improvement Consulting, a Sonoma firm specializing in building the capacity of nonprofit organizations and public sector agencies to better serve their stakeholders. She assists her clients with strategic planning, training resulting in performance improvement, fund development, and community relations. She is Past President of Impact100 Sonoma and serves as a Sonoma County Board of Supervisors’ appointee to the Sonoma County Portfolio of Model Upstream Programs Review Committee. Contact her at [email protected].

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Breathing new life into membership-based nonprofits

Posted on March 10, 2018
Breathing new life into membership-based nonprofits

Thirty two percent of Sonoma Valley residents being 60 plus years old, it’s no wonder that the median age of member-based nonprofits... Continue

Nonprofits may be the biggest losers under the new tax law

Posted on January 12, 2018
Nonprofits may be the biggest losers under the new tax law

For the past 100 years, U.S. nonprofits have benefitted from the fact that Americans who filed an itemized tax return have been able... Continue

Fire survivors need your cash, not your clothing

Posted on December 11, 2017
Fire survivors need your cash, not your clothing

By Dr. B.J. Bischoff — Recently I was in a meeting with the leader of a Sonoma County nonprofit organization. I knew she had... Continue

Volunteers make us Sonoma Strong

Posted on October 26, 2017
Volunteers make us Sonoma Strong

By B.J. Bischoff It’s been a somber and stressful two weeks here in Sonoma Valley. Everyone I know knows someone who has lost... Continue

Mentoring our Valley’s future leaders

Posted on September 7, 2017

Later this month, Sonoma Valley’s La Luz Center will launch a new initiative to help emerging Sonoma Valley Latino leaders hone their... Continue

July is the season of change

Posted on July 20, 2017

July is a month of great change for many Sonoma Valley organizations. July begins the fiscal year for most Sonoma Valley nonprofits,... Continue

Addressing needs of Sonoma Valley seniors

Posted on June 2, 2017
Addressing needs of Sonoma Valley seniors

Last month, the Sonoma Valley Fund released its groundbreaking report describing Sonoma Valley’s nonprofit sector and the charitable... Continue

Make the most of your meetings

Posted on April 6, 2017

It seems that whenever I place a phone call to a staff member of any nonprofit organization, I’m told 90 percent of the time... Continue

How the Trump administration is affecting nonprofits

Posted on February 16, 2017
How the Trump administration is affecting nonprofits

Trump’s White House victory has already started shaking up the nonprofit world. As a result of the immigration executive order... Continue

Ways to keep your volunteers coming back

Posted on January 7, 2017

Volunteers are the lifeblood of most nonprofits. In fact, 85 percent of all nonprofits in the U.S. are run entirely by volunteers.... Continue


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