Staffing & Human Resources

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…

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…

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.…

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…

You can easily think of a long career in the fundraising profession in terms of time, growth and opportunity. To have a career in this field you must have an interest in attributes that point you in a career direction. A long career may consist of 10 positions or more. My four-quarter career theory focuses on four major career stages...

You could argue that a nonprofit needs money, talent, publicity, gifts in kind, etc. But why does it need these things? To get its mission done. And that’s a point that most people on the inside of the nonprofit forget, that the whole effort is about the cause, not the organization. This topic is one that every major gift officer and every manager related to major gifts must get straight in order for major gifts to be successful. Here are the major areas where this goes wrong...

Donors ultimately give to successful and winning organizations. The question is: Who rates nonprofits, and how do they rate them? A number of organizations exist to rate charities. These organizations need to be transparent, honest and ethical. In addition to an organization’s sample-rating criteria, I would like to see background information and results on the following areas to provide more insight when rating the fundraising organization...

Diversity in nonprofits has multiple facets. Diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, ability and others, among board members, staff and volunteers are essential in nonprofits for three important reasons: 1. Diversity helps serve the needs of our community. Diversity among the people working in nonprofits helps ensure people being served are represented at…

“I felt disappointed.” That is what one chief development officer (CDO) said when questioned about the budget he had been assigned. This CDO had presented a revenue budget to his CEO that was reality-based, taking into account what was in the pipeline and measures for growth. What he got back was a number that was more than two-and-a-half times the 10 percent growth the organization had attained in the prior year. Why would a CEO assign a revenue budget that the person in charge of revenue feels is unrealistic?...

One of my biggest soapbox items is the opportunity and responsibility we have to shape the 
future of our sector with talented young professionals. Where are we going wrong, and why are so many recent college graduates repeatedly passing over the nonprofit sector as a serious career choice? Here are four things we can do better to promote the nonprofit sector as a career choice...