Sustainable Strategies
Nonprofits have a tremendous impact on our state and our community. They represent more than $34 billion in assets and $1.5 billion in annual revenue. The nonprofit sector needs to be recognized as a major economic participant to our region.
Building the Way Home Through Innovation
HomeAid Sacramento leads the building and renovation of dignified shelter homes for the homeless in the Sacramento region
HomeAid Sacramento in Roseville is addressing the age-old problem of homelessness by serving as a facilitator between the regional homebuilding industry, and homeless shelter and service providers.
Fresher Sacramento Feeds Local Community and Entrepreneurship
The nonprofit in Oak Park spurs entrepreneurship among local high schoolers through its mission to provide nutritious, locally-sourced food
From a humble plastic folding table, the team behind Fresher Sacramento sells meals cooked in a spare kitchen of the Art Institute of Sacramento.
Green Tech: Education Spurs Local Economy
Nonprofit Prepares Local Youth for Jobs in the Green Sector
Right in California’s agricultural heart, innovative nonprofit Green Tech Education and Employment is growing something other than crops – it’s cultivating Sacramento’s next generation of skilled workers.
From Youth Program Development to Nonprofit Communications
Why one local man says that it’s never too late to be intentional with your career path
Now the marketing and communications manager for Sacramento Children’s Home, Houser ended up not too far from his origin in youth development, though you could say he took the long way around.
We Must Encourage Discussions on Mental Health
We are all affected by untreated mental illness, whether we are taxpayers, business owners or a person struggling to help a family member cope.
Bringing Healing Into Focus
Image Nation connects veterans with the arts in Nevada County
As a photographer and owner of the Morrison Hotel Gallery with locations in New York, West Hollywood and Maui, Peter Blachley understands how powerful the arts can be. So when he heard about Image Nation, a local photography program to help veterans, he wanted to get involved.
When The Giving Gets Good
Family-owned businesses with generous social responsibility platforms benefit Capital Region communities.
A number of the Capital Region’s most prominent family-owned businesses — like the River Cats — have made social responsibility a core tenet of their companies, employing staff and consultants to help make their programs central to who they are and how they operate.
5 Ways Your Family Business Can Maximize Philanthropic Giving
1. Discuss your values and motivations. Explore your family’s motivations behind your giving to better understand what you want to accomplish. By identifying core values, you’ll be able to direct your support to mirror the causes important to you.
From Travel Writer to Church Lady
How volunteering led one local woman to shift industries with intention
Mariann Eitzman has been in the workforce for several decades now, and her resume is long and varied. Currently the Next Steps Director for Bayside Adventure in Roseville, which is the organization’s newest church campus, she’s in charge of connecting new churchgoers to each other and to the new and continuing programs at the 3,000-attendee congregation.