About Us
BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence Promote business volunteerism and foster excellence in nonprofit organizations.
BVU is a national model organization that strengthens nonprofits by involving thousands of volunteers from the community; engaging hundreds of business executives and professionals on nonprofit boards of directors; and providing leading-edge board and management consulting and training services for nonprofits. The Akron-based Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) and Cleveland-based Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) merged in September 2011, and have offices in both downtown Akron and Cleveland. The organization, led by Brian Broadbent, President & CEO, offers services to businesses and nonprofits throughout the region and provide one-stop shopping for volunteer referral, consulting and training.
Strategic and financial pressures are driving nonprofit
organizations to strengthen governance and management. In order for
a nonprofit to succeed, the organization's leadership needs to
develop a competitive vision, guide the organization through
change, maximize potential funding and focus limited resources in
achieving the greatest benefit for the community.
Businesses and employers are pursuing greater involvement in
addressing critical community issues. They recognize that strategic
involvement represents unique opportunities to improve the
community, while enhancing the company's position in the market and
developing and instilling vision, teamwork and leadership skills
among personnel.
BVU engages businesses, employers and members of the
community-at-large in productive and rewarding leadership and
volunteer activities. By leveraging their involvement, BVU
strengthens the leadership and expands the capacity of hundreds of
nonprofits, while enabling businesses and employers to build
strategic, powerful and enduring relationships with the community.
Additionally, BVU provides leading-edge board and management
consulting services to strengthen nonprofit organizations.
BVU focuses its resources, programs and services on the highest
impact services designed to strengthen nonprofits to best serve the
community's interests.
