Hiring and Recruiting

Organizations that offer flexible work arrangements have a leg up in recruiting and retaining staff. The harder part is cultivating culture and in-person connection.

Young leaders talk about what they want from their nonprofit careers

Workers are financially stressed and burnt out, nonprofits are less involved in lobbying and advocacy than they were a generation ago, and public trust and donor participation are declining, according to a study from Independent Sector.

Salary increases for nonprofit executives lost their punch as the cost of living soared in recent years.

The bulk of unfilled jobs are frontline positions, but fundraisers and even top executives are in short supply.

As nonprofits struggle with high levels of staff turnover and fierce competition for leaders, a group of experts joined the Chronicle to discuss how to train and retain chief executives and how to cope with the so-called Great Resignation.

To solve the problem, some groups are offering bonuses, giving fundraisers more decision-making power, and more.

The most comprehensive look to date at the impact of Covid and economic jolts suggests that there was a lot of belt tightening early on for CEOs — so pay increases now need to make up for that and the tight job market.

The organization is using part of gift from MacKenzie Scott to offer employees $13,500 in the form of a forgivable loan. It hopes the benefit will

America’s nonprofits have promised to make their staffs look like America itself. Yet diversity remains elusive in the ranks of top fundraisers at the biggest organizations, despite significant turnover.