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Changemakers Blog, Featured, NewsDecember 31, 2021December 30, 2021

December 2021 Newsletter

🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 Can you believe it? We’re only $3,210 away from reaching our goal of raising $50,000 this holiday season!! Today is the

Changemakers Blog, Featured, NewsNovember 30, 2021November 30, 2021

November 2021 Newsletter

❤️ #GIVINGTUESDAY This year, let’s make #GivingTuesday the official start to the giving season! Does your wishlist look similar to ours? 2022 Wishlist: ⭐ Model and implement

Changemakers Blog, Community ReflectionsSeptember 21, 2021September 21, 2021

How I Made Remote Onboarding Work for Me

To many folks in my circle, I am the quintessential job hopping millennial. After only a few years of using my undergrad degree and a nasty

Changemakers Blog, Community Reflections, FeaturedAugust 11, 2021August 11, 2021

Exciting News: RVC’s New Co-Executive Director Structure

This is it. The moment we’ve all been waiting for since Vu announced his retirement three years ago. WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STRUCTURE!!! I

Featured, NewsAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021

RVC announces new co-executive directors, celebrating its shared leadership approach

RVC named four employees as new co-executive directors today

Changemakers Blog, Community ReflectionsJuly 6, 2021August 26, 2021

Attention Small Nonprofits: If You Care about Your Employees, Help Them Retire

Those that are attracted to the nonprofit sector tend to be a caring bunch. They are often paid under-market wages and work long hours, justified (by both ourselves and our employers) by the meaning we derive from our work and the good we are doing in the world.

Changemakers Blog, Community Reflections, NewsMarch 15, 2021March 15, 2021

Making Philanthropy More Equitable: Introducing the Equitable Grantmaking Continuum

At RVC, we have worked with dozens of grassroots nonprofits of color over many years. Some of those organizations have thrived, others have folded. When it comes to building healthy organizations, there is no substitute for visionary leadership and dedicated, driven staff, but every organization we work with has this. So what does it mean when nonprofits have talented staff and a strong mission, yet still don’t thrive? The answer: it boils down to funding.

Changemakers Blog, Community Reflections, NewsJanuary 14, 2021January 14, 2021

How do you build leaderful organizations?

I’m still the Interim ED of RVC. Which was not the plan. When we first discussed extending the timeline, I was opposed. Dominant culture norms made me assume that was a bad thing – we need to change quickly! Be efficient!

Changemakers BlogMarch 21, 2019

So You’re Asked to Represent Your Community

3 Ways to Answer the Question, “Do I have capacity for that?” By Uma Rao, Rainier Valley Corps Capacity Building Coach In my work as a

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How I Made Remote Onboarding Work for Me

Exciting News: RVC’s New Co-Executive Director Structure

RVC announces new co-executive directors, celebrating its shared leadership approach

So You’re Asked to Represent Your Community

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