Nonprofit Capacity Building
Thrive’s Nonprofit Capacity Building services focus on building the capacity of nonprofits to help them solve the most urgent challenges that impact their work and ability to meet their clients’ needs.
Thrive surveyed nonprofit leadership staff to determine the most urgent unmet needs and challenges of local nonprofits that serve San Mateo County communities and beyond. According to the survey findings, aside from fundraising, the top four issues are:
Hiring and retaining employees
Spreading the word about our organization
Staff leadership development
Recruiting qualified board members
To provide real value to nonprofit organizations in San Mateo County and to strengthen their sustainability and effectiveness, our key capacity-building offerings were developed to address these particular nonprofit challenges.
Our Capacity Building Offerings
Employee Recruitment
To address the number one nonprofit challenge - hiring and retaining employees - we offer:
Nonprofit Career Summit & Job Fair
Thrive's annual meet-and-greet event that matches local nonprofits with job seekers and volunteers, who are interested in exploring both careers and short-term opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
Thrive Job Board
A free online platform where job seekers and volunteers can find new opportunities in the Silicon Valley nonprofit sector. Nonprofits can advertise their job openings on our Thrive Job Board to find the right candidates faster. To be featured on the platform, please submit your job description using this quick online form.
Marketing Communications
The Thrive Community Newsletter and Event Calendar are created to help you spread the word about your organization and share important updates and events with our exclusive Thrive community. Everyone benefits from your contribution of information about local events, workshops, opportunities, and reports. To be featured on our community calendar, please submit your event announcements using this quick online form.
Leadership & Staff Development
To create space for insightful professional conversations and meaningful networking, we host:
Quarterly Leadership Circle Luncheons (LCLs)
Thrive LCLs are exclusive to Thrive Member nonprofit CEOs and EDs and provide an opportunity to engage with peers in a small trusted group setting. The intention is for participants to leave the meeting with increased perspective and nuggets of usable ideas and tactics around critical issues facing nonprofit leaders.
Bi-monthly Roundtable Discussions
Thrive has partnered with the Silicon Valley chapter of the Social Impact Advisory Group to offer bi-monthly lunchtime discussions on a variety of timely topics that are particularly focused on nonprofit and business collaboration.
Board Recruitment & Development
OnBoard Together Initiative
The OnBoard Together initiative is designed to help nonprofits build strong boards of directors. In collaboration with the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits and Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits, we offer:
OnBoard Workshops
Educational training sessions that are created to provide current and prospective board members and nonprofits with essential knowledge and high-quality resources for board service and nonprofit board management.
OnBoard Match events
OnBoard Match events are designed to connect prospective board members with agencies, generate awareness, and develop a pipeline of candidates for participating nonprofits.
Questions?
Please contact Georgia Farooq, the Executive Director of Thrive, to explore additional capacity building offerings and discuss custom programs for your organization.
