
Mergers can be so hard. Egos get bruised, toes get stomped, feelings get hurt. But that is not what happened this summer when three organizations focused on helping local nonprofits merged to form the BEAM Center for Nonprofits.

“Research on nonprofit boards in the Cincinnati region reveals a gap of several hundred board members needed in critical areas like health, education and public safety. Participation in the BOLD program can help to close that gap,” said Michael Jones, academic director of the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute at the University of Cincinnati.