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by Nahida Nisa on January 23, 2019
Categories: Current Issue| HR and Employment Issues
Topic Tags: Financial Management | Legal/Compliance | Termination
The government shutdown is resulting in a severe funding shortfall for many nonprofits, both large and small, which is forcing many organizations to consider furloughs, decreased pay, and even layoffs. How can you determine your best and least painful options to navigate these troubled times? Unfortunately, government shutdowns have a huge impact on the stability of nonprofits, especially those that depend on federal funding. Nonprofit services and programs can be stretched to the absolute limits during a time like this, so please know your nonprofit isn’t alone! Here are some thoughts and recommendations to help you weather the shutdown: …
Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing you all a 2019 full of impact and fulfillment. While times may be hard for some nonprofits, especially those reliant on government grants, it’s moments like these when we need to band together, help one another, and di …
Does your workplace reflect your mission? For nonprofit and association leaders who pour all their energy and budget into their mission, this question can seem tangential. But what if your workplace was designed in a way that both reduces costs and ins …
Over decades in the social sector, I spent countless hours in the grant-seeking trenches and saw my share of things that left me wondering whether to laugh or cry. But then I became a foundation funder and encountered a prospective grantee’s “toxic dia …
Blue Avocado columnist Vu Le inspires us again with his ideas for nonprofit-themed children’s books. We should all be writing some! Today, I want to talk about children’s books. I am so sick of these children’s books that my one-year-old …
This morning, I woke up early and realized I was face-to-face with my son Viet, who has been sleeping in the same bed with his mom and me. Looking at our sweet little baby, who was still sleeping peacefully, one tiny hand under his soft and rosy cheek, …
Not all nonprofit organizations need or have paid staff. But in those that do, a frequently thorny issue is that of direct contact between staff and board members: Should board members have contact with staff independent of the executive directo …
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