Sources to Help Draw Up Nonprofit Employment Contracts
JOB MARKET Nearly any nonprofit-management book contains a section on employment contracts, but some volumes focus exclusively on the subject -- look for those in the business-law section of bookstores and libraries. Other resources include: The American Society of Association Executives’ Web site…
By Kelly A.J. Powers
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A Guide to Creating Employment Agreements That Protect Both Leaders and Their Charities
Employment contracts, when properly negotiated and constructed, benefit both the organization and the staff, say lawyers who help charities create those agreements. And yet, few nonprofit groups strike such deals with their leaders.
By Kelly A.J. Powers
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For Pregnant Nonprofit Employees, Negotiating Time Off Takes Careful Preparation
JOB MARKET By Alison Stein Wellner Leeann Doherty had just started her new job last year as a communication specialist at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, in Concord, when she got some unexpected news: She was pregnant for the first time. “I was really nervous about telling…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Large Grants in 2002: a Sampling
Grant recipient Amount Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2003
2003 budget Percentage change from 2002 Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) $30,000,000 (A) + 16.0% James Graham Brown Foundation (Louisville, Ky.) $17,000,000 (A) + 13.8% Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) 1 $31,669,364 (P) + 0.6% Carnegie Corporation of New York 2…
Assets and Grant Making at 91 Big Foundations
Ninety-one of the nation’s 229 biggest foundations did not respond to The Chronicle‘s repeated requests for information about their grant making and assets in 2001 and their plans for the year ahead. Following are data from those foundations’ informational tax returns and from the Foundation…
Nobody Wants to Give Money Away, by Robert F. Hartsook, advises fund raisers on effective ways to cultivate large gifts. Mr. Hartsook, chairman and chief executive officer of Hartsook Companies, a fund-raising consulting company in Wichita, Kan., writes that while “nobody wants to give money away,”…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Guide to Creating a Charity Budget
Budgeting Your Way to Financial Stability, by Debra L. Ruegg, Terry M. Fraser, Anne L. Howden, and Susan Kenny Stevens, explains how nonprofit managers and board members might design an annual budget for their small to mid-size organization. The authors, all of the LarsonAllen Public Service Group,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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How Nonprofit Organizations Can Compete Successfully for Donors and Clients
Mission-Based Marketing: Positioning Your Not-for-Profit in an Increasingly Competitive World, Second Edition
By Jessica Kronstadt
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A Handbook on Community-Development Projects
The Community Economic Development Handbook: Strategies and Tools to Revitalize Your Neighborhood
By Jessica Kronstadt
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