Community Inroads Inc

Center of excellence in board governance and leadership: our volunteers help build engaged boards and executives who understand their responsibilities as leaders of the nonprofit. This program focuses on 3 services: 1. Cultural inclusion program for nonprofit boards (in our 13th year of operations) prepares local professionals of color (also known as recruits) to be leaders on nonprofit boards by providing 12 hours of training on board governance by subject matter experts, 9 hours of facilitated dialogue on cultural inclusion by paid diversity consultants to promote welcoming inclusive boards, the matching of recruits with participating nonprofit boards, and the monitoring of all board placements to help ensure successful experiences for both recruits and nonprofits. The cultural inclusion program was honored with a gateway cities innovation award by mass inc. In highlighting "strategies to increase diversity and equity in civic leadership". The program is also a 2024 commonwealth seminar change maker awardee for promoting local civic engagement. 2. Board tune up (btu) also known as healthy board development, which works with individual boards to strengthen their effectiveness as a governing body. It includes facilitation of a roles to goals process, strategic plans, customized board training, board retreats, and coaching for executive directors and board chairs. 3. Executive director, cfo, development and board chair roundtables as well as small sector groups provide venues for nonprofit executives to learn and network with one another on relevant issues

Local workshops on nonprofit management are conducted by subject matter experts.