How Nonprofits Can Nurture Genuine Appreciation For Team Members
How Nonprofits Can Nurture Genuine Appreciation For Team Members is a March 2024 publication of the Forbes Nonprofit Council by Patricia McIlreavy. In this era of heightened competition for talent, remote work environments and increased burnout rates, nonprofit leaders must prioritize staff appreciation and recognition as a strategic imperative. This publication offers a number of strategies for nurturing appreciation.
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In Abundance: An Analysis of the Thriving Landscape of Collective Giving in the U.S.
In Abundance: An Analysis of the Thriving Landscape of Collective Giving in the U.S. is a 2024 national research report on various approaches to collective giving from the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Colmena Consulting, and Philanthropy Together. Practiced in cultures all around the world, collective giving brings people together to pool their resources, including time, talent, treasure, testimony, and ties – often referred to as the 5 T’s. Groups like giving circles, Social Venture Partners chapters, giving projects, and fundraising circles have long served as democratic and philanthropic learning hubs – bringing historically marginalized voices into philanthropic decision-making spaces, challenging preconceived notions of who is considered a philanthropist, and elevating members as integral actors in the sector’s efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in giving.
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2023 Nonprofit Organizations Salary and Benefits Report
This comprehensive report provides current salary information on 232 nonprofit positions from entry level to the executive office, and complete data on 94 employee benefit offerings including healthcare, retirement, executive perks, vacation, and much more. It also includes detailed salary and benefits trend data for 2023. The NonProfit Times has been producing this report for over 15 years.
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The New Nonprofits
This article by Steven Mintz for Inside Higher Education overviews the ever-growing nonprofit sector – which is now by some measures the third-largest area of employment in the United States, with over 1.5 million workers. It also discusses how academic institutions and faculty can best prepare their students, especially those in the humanities and the “soft” social sciences, for future work and careers with nonprofit organizations.
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Trust in Nonprofits, Philanthropy Continues to Decline, Study Finds
This article highlights results from an Independent Sector study, which shows the increasing decline of the trust Americans have in nonprofits. Additionally, the amount of distrust in philanthropy has also increased significantly.
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15 Nonprofit Leaders Share Startup Strategies To Leverage For Success
Featuring 15 members of the Forbes Nonprofit Council, this article discusses specific methods they’ve leveraged from startups to thrive in the face of constraints and how these strategies have proven instrumental in propelling their organizations toward sustainable success.
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2022 Equitable Nonprofit Workplace Report
2022 Equitable Nonprofit Workplace Report, co-authored by the Center for Nonprofit Management and Envision Consulting, presents current compensation and benefits data for a broad range of nonprofit jobs in Southern California. It also offers insights into the experiences of local nonprofit employees and organizations viewed through an equity lens, and makes recommendations for strengthening equity throughout an organization’s compensation, benefits, and human resources practices.
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A Guide For Attracting, Rewarding and Retaining Volunteers
This article highlights multiple ways organizations can attract volunteers. It also discusses both the benefit and impact that rewarding volunteers may have on retention.
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A Practical Process Guide to Getting and Keeping Your Volunteers
This article highlights multiple ways organizations can attract volunteers and how providing a nonprofit’s volunteers with the same recruitment, training, mentoring, and appreciation as employees can reduce turnover and create a better overall volunteer experience.
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How Nonprofits and NGOs Can Get Real Value From Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is about making decisions that provide clarity and alignment to best put critical resources to use to achieve a nonprofit’s goals. It sounds simple, yet many organizations struggle with the process, not knowing why, where, or how to start. This article can help. It shares four vital elements common to most strategic planning approaches and a number of common pitfalls to avoid.
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