Staffing & Human Resources
December 30, 2015 at 9:31 am
Did you know that development directors who stay in jobs longer are able to raise significantly more money than if they were to hop from one organization to the next? It should come as no surprise. If fundraising truly is about relationships, development directors need to be at their organizations for enough years to develop…
December 29, 2015 at 9:37 am
When fundraising isn’t going well, the budget is in jeopardy and a nonprofit needs a miracle, the conversations seem to start the same way. “Our organization needs to raise a lot of money, more than we’ve ever raised before, and as soon as possible. Can you help?” Over the years I’ve received far too many…
December 28, 2015 at 9:55 am
“I don’t want to go to my board meeting.” Come on. You’ve said it, right? Oh please, be honest. You believe in your organization. You love the work. But preparing for a board meeting? Ugh. Board members–you hate them, too. Do you even bother to read the reports? You wanted to but (a) had no…
December 23, 2015 at 9:23 am
Uh oh. Christmas is Friday. And you’ve still got some friends in the office you need gifts for. But what do you get the fundraiser who has it all? Relax, we’ve got your back. Here are a few last minute gifts you can pick up that any fundraiser will love: 1. Thank-You Card Stationery You…
December 21, 2015 at 10:16 am
Is your social venture losing its homegrown talent—often to other social ventures? In the past two years, only 30 percent of open C-suite positions in the nonprofit sector were filled by an internal candidate (the rate at for-profits is 60 percent of positions). And almost half of their replacements came from other nonprofits. This comes at…
December 17, 2015 at 11:29 am
How often do you assess the systems that drive your organization? Your systems’ capabilities affect the processes carried out day-in and day-out by staff, managers, board members and volunteers. Focusing on those systems, here are six areas of consideration for assessing your nonprofit technology infrastructure that directly affect the overall management capabilities within your organization...
December 16, 2015 at 9:57 am
A Field Museum employee taking memberships at the door pocketed $900,000 in cash over seven years and is being investigated by federal authorities, museum executives said Friday. Disclosure of the alleged theft was made in a federally mandated tax report the natural history institution filed earlier this month. “Yes, it’s embarrassing somebody got away with…
December 15, 2015 at 10:05 am
In the past three years, America’s Charities has been releasing the country’s most incisive and comprehensive series of reports on trends in employee volunteering and giving. This year’s much-anticipated report was just released, and it’s packed with encouraging–even inspiring–data for anyone who cares about employee-centered corporate philanthropy. As a federation that connects public and private…
December 10, 2015 at 10:33 am
A group of New York nonprofits wants to see the minimum wage for state social service contract workers increased to $15 an hour. The move, if paid for by the state in contracts with nonprofit service providers, would cost the state about $300 million when fully phased in, according to a Fiscal Policy Institute estimate.…
December 9, 2015 at 10:40 am
The Hancock County Board of Supervisors wants a state audit of a nonprofit agency that receives federal funding to assist the underprivileged because four board members have resigned, saying they fear they will be liable because of mismanagement by other key board members. The four board members who resigned from the Gulf Coast Community Action…
