Why Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Sustainability Matter

We see a more equitable future by embracing common humanity where organizations and their board leadership recognize the worth of every person.

Given nonprofits' unique position, nonprofits and their boards can help heal our divided society. Nonprofits can help promote, embrace, and celebrate the common humanity in all people. In doing so, nonprofits must also acknowledge that an increasingly intolerant climate is challenging democratic values and ideals–the very things we stand for as organizations committed to advancing justice or protecting vulnerable populations from discrimination on any grounds whatsoever.

As a supporting organization of the social sector, we have the power to bring communities together and work toward change. We can make our voices heard against systems that systemically create unfairness for some groups while empowering others. This is what makes social responsibility important — an appreciation of different perspectives so that everyone's needs are represented in policymaking processes: whether it be through advocacy campaigns or creating successful programs that are supported by data and make a positive systemic impact.

Bridge Builder Strategies wants to help you and your boards strengthen your leadership. We have several programs in development that we implement with our development partners in our network. A few ways we do this is by providing networking opportunities such as retreats, training sessions, and advisory boards designed specifically for nonprofit leaders looking at how best to handle issues of race when it comes into play within an organization's work.

Bridge Builder Strategies can help your organization by:

• Providing tools and resources to support nonprofits and boards as they work to build capabilities and create impact

• Advocating for and supporting programs that address systemic inequities

• Communicating  impact for each organization's work and how best to address that in a way that is consistent with their mission

• Highlighting and celebrating nonprofit organizations that are leaders in their field

• Sharing best practices amongst our network of nonprofit organizations

• Challenging assumptions about strong leadership, board management, and program execution

• Continuing to have intentional hiring practices and developing an inclusive, accountable, and high-integrity culture

When boards of directors lead organizations with the trust and respect of their communities, they can drive meaningful change to create a more just society.

As a leading strategy firm for social impact organizations, nonprofits, boards, and foundations, Bridge Builder Strategies can help unleash the full potential of the social impact sector. We are using data and artificial intelligence (AI) in our work with these groups so that they can be more effective at achieving good public objectives while also being sustainable.

As leaders in this space, we at Bridge Builder Strategies want nothing less than for all nonprofits and board members to be able to break down barriers so that every social impact organization has an opportunity to create and deliver impact in their community while also upholding core values such as integrity and transparency.