The Ripple Effect: CEN a Nonprofit Empowering Nonprofits
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Shana Peete, CEO of the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN), discusses how her organization empowers nonprofit leaders and boards through workshops, cohort programs, and consulting services. CEN uses its IDEAL framework (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Liberation) to help nonprofits build representative boards, improve leadership capacity, and create sustainable organizational practices across the Bay Area and beyond.
Key takeaways
- CEN offers three-day intensive bootcamps, workshops, and consulting to help nonprofit leaders and staff develop practical skills in areas like strategic planning, fundraising, and conflict resolution.
- The organization runs programs to build representative nonprofit boards, addressing the fact that 82-84% of nonprofit board members identify as white despite serving diverse communities.
- CEN's work creates ripple effects throughout the nonprofit sector; supporting the organization means strengthening the capacity of hundreds of nonprofits to serve their communities more effectively.
- The organization helps nonprofits clarify their mission, vision, and values to identify new funding and collaboration opportunities and innovate their programs.
- CEN recently made its first donation to The Sogoal Land Trust to support Native community efforts to repatriate and heal stolen lands.
About Shana PeeteShana Peete is the CEO of the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits. She holds a JD, has practiced law for several years, led various community initiatives, and teaches tennis to students of all ages.
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Program: The Ripple Effect: CEN a Nonprofit Empowering Nonprofits
Speaker: Shana Peete
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Send Happy DollarsProgram: The Ripple Effect: CEN a Nonprofit Empowering Nonprofits
Speaker: Shana Peete
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This week, we explore possibilities for supporting the sustainability of nonprofit leaders and the organizations they serve. The speaker's organization, CEN, has adopted IDEAL values (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Liberation) that ground its approach to ensure more just and impactful outcomes for the sector. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities CEN and its community members face and ways to get involved and support their efforts.
Shana Peete serves as the current Chief Executive Officer for the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN). Prior to joining CEN in 2019, she was the founding executive director of a Tri-Valley nonprofit dedicated to offering individuals and families a hand up from poverty. She has a Bachelor of Science in international business and a Doctor of Jurisprudence. Before moving to the Bay Area, Shana practiced law for eight years. In addition, she has professional experience that includes managing the Excel Child Development Center, serving as a program coordinator for Read Aloud America, and managing a 30-person customer fulfillment team for Amazon. In her spare time, she enjoys teaching the game of tennis to students of all ages and using her gift of communication—in English and Spanish—to bring people together.
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