The MBL Group, LLC is a consulting firm based in
Portland, Oregon that focuses exclusively on Human Resources. MBL created the
Stewardship Services Program over ten years ago as a means to provide affordable
human resources support to nonprofit organizations. The Stewardship Services mission
is to “Serve Those Who Serve Others.” Through the program, MBL has
been a proud sponsor of the Nonprofit Salary & Benefits Survey since 2001. MBL
donates all of their time and materials for the survey and is paid only from the
revenue received from the sale of surveys to participants. Nearly one-half
of MBL’s consulting work is in the compensation arena (for both profit and
nonprofit organizations), including the design and delivery of base pay, performance
management programs, and incentive plans. MBL’s clients come from a variety
of industries including health care, technology, retail, manufacturing, and services
companies. |
The Neighborhood Partnership Fund (NPF)
is an Oregon nonprofit intermediary that provides ideas, resources, and training
to community development organizations and partners creating economic opportunities
and affordable housing for low-income people. Technical Assistance
for Community Services (TACS) provides assistance to nonprofit organizations
to help them develop the people and skills they need to achieve their missions.
TACS has provided training and/or consultation for over 3,000 nonprofits throughout
Oregon and Washington. TACS provides workshops, networks, and consultations on
financial management, board development, strategic planning, building diversity,
and organizational development and leadership issues. United Way
of the Columbia-Willamette (UW) is a local, nonprofit organization that
has helped people in Multnomah, Clark, Clackamas, and Washington Counties since
1920. UW’s mission is: Helping people, changing lives, making every contribution
count. UW works to bring the whole community together to create long-term, lasting
change in conditions like poverty, lack of education, and isolation. UW is a caring
force of individual and corporate community investors and volunteers dedicated
to helping people live with opportunity, hope and the support of their communities
in time of need. Willamette Valley Development Officers (WVDO)
serves people raising funds for nonprofit organizations by linking them with others
in the community and providing affordable opportunities for their professional
growth and education. WVDO is Oregon's largest organization for Development professionals,
with a current membership of more than 750 individuals. Now in its 27th year,
WVDO is our region's premier service organization for Development Officers, Executive
Directors, Board members, Event Coordinators, Marketing Managers and other nonprofit
professionals and community leaders. The Nonprofit Network of Southwest
Washington, founded in 2000, brings professional training, information,
resources and communications to nonprofit organizations working in Southwest Washington.
The Nonprofit Network connects nonprofits with friends, funding and tools needed
to accomplish their mission and build strong communities. Bend Chamber
Of Commerce - Nonprofit Council comprised of all 120+ nonprofit members
of the Chamber and exists to represent the interests of the nonprofit membership.
The Nonprofit Council's mission statement is “To promote sustainable economic
vitality for both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and to celebrate and
recognize the nonprofits’ work and their supporters in the business community.”
The group's focus in 2007 consists of collaboration (between nonprofit organizations,
as well as with the business community), membership issues, visibility for the
nonprofit community, and developing best practices. Community Action
Directors of Oregon Community Action Agencies (CAAs), formerly called
Community Action Programs (CAPs), came into existence with President Johnson's
"War on Poverty" and the adoption of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. CAAs
were the first social service agencies to involve the lower-income people as members
of their Board of Directors to help set policies, design programs and evaluate
services intended to reduce or eliminate the causes and conditions of poverty. Each
Community Action Agency uses a community-based needs assessment to develop advocacy
and service priorities that provide services designed specifically for their own
community. The activities and services vary by agency, depending on the needs
of the community, local resources, and the opportunities for collaboration and
partnership with business, private non-profit organizations and state and local
government. |
