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].
Nonprofit Matters: ‘Tis the season to email your donors
Last month, in preparation for sending out her end-of-year appeal to obtain donations before the tax year closes, a client asked for... Continue
What to do when donors want their money back
A colleague recently told me that last year he had made a donation to a local nonprofit organization for a specific purpose. He has... Continue
Time to dust off those bylaws?
Although a nonprofit’s bylaws form the foundation for the governance of the organization, most of its board members and staff have... Continue
Becoming a trusted nonprofit leader
In this election season, we’ve been hearing the word ‘trust’ thrown around quite a bit. We have become a society looking... Continue
Clarify board commitments in writing
Recently an executive director of a nonprofit organization lamented to me, “I just don’t know what to do about our board... Continue
Protect your donors’ privacy
When I sat down to have dinner at the bar of a local Sonoma restaurant last month, I noticed a sheet of paper laying directly in front... Continue
Using literature reviews to develop evidence-informed programs
Recently, a leader of a Sonoma Valley nonprofit organization identified a serious community problem that her organization has the ability... Continue
Evaluating a nonprofit’s true impact
Many leaders in the nonprofit sector have noticed that the landscape has changed significantly regarding the results donors and other... Continue
The power of small donations
Last week a friend asked me this simple, yet poignant question, “Do you really think my little $100 donation that I give to each... Continue
A new way to fund high performance nonprofits
Impact investing is “a pretty radical departure from how we’ve funded nonprofit organizations in the past,” said... Continue
