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Membership is open to any individual or organization, regardless of physical location. The membership components that are available remotely are: one week of access to Foundation Directory Online, our Online Resource Library, Best Practices in Nonprofit Management video series, and access to the Standards for Excellence Tool. If you would like to drive up for a workshop, should you decide to stay the night, we do work with a local hotel that provides a discounted rate for Spokes members.

The development of the wheel revolutionized and streamlined our way of life.  Suddenly, we were able to move twice as much, twice as fast, with half as much effort.   That’s what we aim to do for our nonprofit sector, helping them strengthen their organization and tuning and placing their “spokes” needed to be able to work with more efficiency and more impact.

To visually convey the dramatic evolution from our previous entity, the Nonprofit Support Center’s name was changed to Spokes. The inspiration of Spokes came from how a wheel uses spokes to help people get where they want to go, faster and more efficiently. In this context, the name Spokes offers a clever metaphor for the work we do. We help nonprofits tune or replace their operational “spokes” and empower them to keep moving forward in their missions – impactfully and efficiently. These “spokes” can be anything from fund development and risk management to board development and human resources.

Spokes guides nonprofit organizations in achieving their goals with support and expert resources.

Building on 15 years of service and support for nonprofit organizations throughout the Central Coast, Spokes is inspired by a vision of a united and effective nonprofit sector powered by proficient leaders.

Spokes welcomes local professionals who would like to share their expertise in support of the nonprofit sector. Whether as a consultant who offers a reduced rate to Spokes member organizations or a faculty member who conducts a workshop on our behalf, we want YOU! Learn more about how you can make a difference doing what you do best! Please contact us to discuss your volunteer interests.