Building Impact
Elsa Gomes Bondlow is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in community empowerment and nonprofit leadership. As the Founder and Principal of Ripple Acts since October 2021, Elsa works to amplify unheard voices and promote equitable resource distribution. Elsa also serves as a Consultant for Lindauer and as CEO and Co-Founder of the Social Equity Access Fund, which focuses on equitable wealth redistribution and access to financial resources. Elsa's leadership roles include Vice President of Growth and Partnership Development at Building Impact, and previous positions as Chief Development Officer at the International Institute of New England and Major Gifts Officer at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. With a Bachelor of Arts in International and Intercultural Communication from Fresno Pacific University and various certifications, Elsa is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations and communities.
Building Impact
Building Impact’s mission is to strengthen communities by empowering individuals and companies with the opportunity to volunteer, donate, and connect with high impact, local nonprofits working on critical social issues. WAYS TO SERVE Building Impact delivers high quality volunteer, donation, and networking opportunities to our clients to help them become more civically engaged. Through our Annual Programming, Building Impact offers several convenient ways for participants to serve local communities in-need: Donation Drives Volunteer Social Events In-Office Volunteer Events Pop-Up Shops & Lobby Events for Social Enterprises One-Off Donations Blood Drives Nonprofit Hosting We also provide teams and companies opportunities to leave their offices to go out into the community for hands-on volunteering in a Corporate Day of Service. OUR REACH We currently deliver community programming to 60+ buildings across Greater Boston, Metrowest, and the Merrimack Valley in communities including Andover, Boston, Burlington, Cambridge, Charlestown, Concord, Framingham, Needham, Newton, Marlborough, Medford, Lowell, Quincy, Waltham, and Woburn.