ChangeRaisers is a relatively new consulting firm that hopes to bring greater stability to nonprofits and lower fundraising staff turnover. It’s a welcome approach in a field that needs the help.
Read MoreDrawing on recent reporting, Dawn Wolfe suggests three bold paths MacKenzie Scott could take to address stubborn sector challenges like warehoused wealth, underpaid nonprofit employees, and burdens placed on grantseekers.
Read MoreCHANGE Philanthropy’s Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals survey is perhaps the most in-depth instrument of its kind in the sector. It’s particularly apt this year as attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion escalate.
Read MoreFund the People and Staffing the Mission, two of the leading organizations calling for better nonprofit salaries and working conditions, recently merged. Leaders hope the move will bolster their work and draw new backers.
Read MoreIt seems intuitive that funding for higher salaries and benefits would improve a nonprofit’s ability to carry out its mission. But what does that impact look like? Here’s what the data and anecdotal evidence tell us.
Read MoreDrawing on past bad experiences with donors, guest author Jackson Cooper argues that organizations need to make sure they support their LGBTQ+ fundraisers, especially during a time of increased anti-LGBTQ+ animus.
Read MoreThe National Council of Nonprofits’ newly updated Nonprofit Workforce Survey makes it clear that across the sector, organizations still can’t hire and retain essential staff. Funding, obviously, is a big part of the problem.
Read MoreThrough the Hub ONE collaborative, four Michigan nonprofits are sharing admin and even fundraising functions, helping them save on operating costs, pay a living wage, and begin to address power disparities in funding.
Read MoreFunders have been contributing to the “nonprofit starvation cycle” for decades, but the latest wave of worker dissatisfaction is spurring some to prioritize labor conditions. Here are a few examples, with more to come.
Read MoreIn L.A. and elsewhere, the homeless service sector’s workers are often critically underpaid, and some are at risk of becoming homeless themselves. Part of the problem is funders’ focus on numbers over actual wellbeing.
Read MoreThis U.K.-based organization has had some success pushing funders to cover living wages for their grantees’ employees — and doing the same for private sector employment. Its new U.S. affiliate is also off to a promising start.
Read MoreThe sector has long been grappling with the “nonprofit starvation cycle,” in which organizations are never able to cover the full costs of their work. One key component of the problem has received too little attention — labor.
Read MoreWith its new $24.5 million Endeavor Fund, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund made a point of selecting grantees committed to their workers’ wellbeing. Haas is also being loud and proud about that fact in front of other funders.
Read MoreAmid burnout and poor retention, there’s a growing push for funders to provide greater support to nonprofit workers. Here’s a handful of organized efforts.
Read MoreWith burnout and retention struggles in the nonprofit world, more funders need to prioritize worker wellbeing among their grantees. We’ve compiled a list of criteria to determine whether a grantmaker is getting it right.
Read MoreNonprofit workers are suffering. Fortunately, there’s a lot that funders, especially, can and should do to create better sector jobs. This new toolkit lays out some action items for both funders and grantees.
Read MoreWith worker burnout surging and nonprofits struggling to retain staff, we figured there must be some funders out there making better pay and benefits a part of their grantmaking. Spoiler alert: We only found one.
Read MoreNonprofit workers are burned out, and the wellbeing of those working to make the world a better place has been overlooked for years. A collaborative group of a dozen funders is working to change that.
Read MoreFund the People is a small organization out to make some big changes to how grantmaking works, prioritizing increased funding in support of staff. The group has the ear of several major foundations.
Read MoreThe front-line workers who make organizing groups work are burned out, underpaid and under-appreciated. Guest authors from Ford Foundation and All Due Respect argue that funders can and must make organizing sustainable.
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