Nevada Volunteers

“The governor of nevada appoints the board of directors.”

“The board is given a draft copy of the form 990 for review and any necessary changes are made. A final copy is then approved by the board prior to filing.”

“The board and employees are required to disclose any instance of a conflict of interest at the time of first employment or becoming a board member. The disclosure is then required each additional year to monitor if there have been any changes. If a conflict exists, that board member will remove themselves from discussion and abstain from voting on the matter relating to the conflict.”

“Compensation for the executive director position is initially established by the organization's search committee, which is comprised of eight independent commission board members. The search committee uses the sservices of a third-party consultant to gather comparative salary data which includes multiple sources from similarly situated nonprofit organizations. Once the initial salary is established, the executive committee reviews and approves bonus and merit increases for the executive director position on an annual basis during a performance review. All decisions are documented in the minutes of committee meetings.”

“All governing documents, financial statements, and policies are available upon request at the organization's reno office.”

“Nevada volunteers engaged with approximately 50 volunteers in 2023. The volunteers served in various roles including commissioners, grant funding peer review for americorps and volunteer generation fund, event planning committee members and general office and management support.”

“Nevada volunteers is a 501(c)(3) and is recognized as the governor's commission on service. Nevada volunteers is among a network of state service commissions across the united states, with commissions also established in washington dc, puerto rico, and guam. As a state service commission, nevada volunteers was organized under the laws of the state of nevada to carry out national service activities in nevada. Nevada volunteers is supported by commissioners, a body appointed by the nevada governor to provide oversight of national and community service programs, contribute to a 3-year national service state service plan, review and approve grant funding applications. As a federal fiscal administrator for americorps, nevada volunteers provided funding to 10 operational programs and 2 planning grants. Planning grants are given to programs interested in hosting americorps service members but need a year of support to build their program. Within the 10 operational programs, this funding allowed for an expected 420 national service members to engage in direct service opportunities to align with the needs of nevadans, impacting 15 of our 17 counties in nevada. Members area of service included k-12 education mentoring and support, stem academic achievement, healthy living education in rural communities, economic opportunity, access to health care, environmental stewardship and improvement to public lands, and disaster response. In addition to acquiring leadership and career development skills, national service members receive a variety of benefits that include a living stipend, an education award at the end of their term service, student loan deferment during service, and training. Full-time members are also eligible to receive health care and childcare.”

“With functional accommodations placed in 2021, the nevada volunteers team maintains exceptional service to grantees, community partners, and stakeholders. Recognizing a need, our organization enhanced nvvolunteerconnect-a platform to match nonprofit organizations with volunteers seeking opportunities-to also include boardconnect and a court- ordered community service search engine. Nvvolunteerconnect and these enhancements are the first statewide sites to connect our communities with opportunities for volunteer service. Americorps support allowed us to introduce volunteer generation fund micro grants to 32 non-profit organizations with no prior experience with americorps, volunteer generation fund, or nevada volunteers. The awards of up to 5,000 were invested in strengthening volunteer management programs and recognition, essential components of building and maintaining a robust unpaid workforce across our state. Americorps funding allowed our organization to continue granting volunteer generation fund awards to nonprofit organizations that were seeking to strengthen volunteer recognition and volunteer management programs, essential components of building and maintaining a robust unpaid workforce across our nevada. Additionally, nevada volunteers expanded the reach of our statewide website-nvv olunteerconnect.org, to connect organizations with a more diverse base of volunteers; provide capacity building mini- grants up to 25,000 to organizations interested in implementing new evidence-based volunteer management best practices, and to provide training and technical assistance to organizations about evidence-based volunteer management best practices. Nevada volunteers celebrated inspirational stories of 26 award-winning finalists at the 20th anniversary of the governor's points of light awards, our organization's annual signature event. A governor's points of light award is the highest honor bestowed by a nevada governor and nevada volunteers to celebrate the individuals and organizations who model nevada values of service, responsibility, cooperation, compassion, and the power of partnership. For the first time, this event was held at the blind center of nevada, a community partner venue.”