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Meet the Hidden Majority of Nonprofits: The All-Volunteer Organization

NonProfit Quarterly

Some of these small-budget organizations do pay people modest amounts: Soccer leagues pay referees for Saturday games, historical preservation societies pay gardeners, and parent-teacher associations (PTAs) pay after-school art teachers. An association? The job of management is done by the volunteer leaders, usually the board.

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Development & Marketing Associate

Anedot

Works closely with Senior Manager of Policy on housing rights campaigns to understand technical policy and share outcomes of grassroots engagement, educate residents about our housing priorities and strategy, support the development and distribution of materials like event flyers, one pagers, sign-on petitions, and more Organize community facing efforts (..)

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Strengthening Democracy by Practicing It

NonProfit Quarterly

Self-governing, bottom-up membership associations are replaced by donor-governed, top-down memberless “firms,” NGOs barred from partisan politics lest they compromise their donors’ tax benefits. Berkeley Journal of Sociology 17 (1972/73): 151–64. Access to public power now depends far more on ownership than on citizenship.

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Is fundraising hurting itself?

Fundraising Coach

There is a professional body: the Association of Fundraising Professionals." To which I'd answer,"Then why is there also the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy?" Most of us trying to create a profession of fundraising have borrowed from business, economics, sociology, anthropology, and neurology. You may say, "Wait!

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Jocelyn Harmon Joins Care2 as Director of Nonprofit Services

Care2

She started her career at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and then led the Development and Communications activities for the National Council of Nonprofits, an association of 22,000 local charities. Jocelyn has a Masters of Arts in Sociology from the University of Washington. ?

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Voter Engagement Coordinator

Anedot

Requirements Knowledge of Latino, immigrant, or low-income communities in Marin County Associate or Bachelor’s degree in social justice, social work, sociology, public policy, other related fields, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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Housing Rights Organizer

Anedot

Works closely with Senior Manager of Policy on housing rights campaigns to understand technical policy and share outcomes of grassroots engagement, educate residents about our housing priorities and strategy, support the development and distribution of materials like event flyers, one pagers, sign-on petitions, and more Organize community facing efforts (..)