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What are the Biggest Challenges in Getting (and Keeping) Your Nonprofit’s Staff and Volunteers?

Blue Avocado

When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is your biggest challenge in recruiting and retaining skilled staff or volunteers?” It has been increasingly difficult to not only recruit and retain skilled staff, but just to get them to the interview process!

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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for relevant experience to the cause and underwent a final round of due diligence. This is Scott’s second grant to LISC, one of the nation’s largest community development organizations.

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What do nonprofits struggle with the most?

Blue Avocado

Debbie from Cat Tales Wildlife Center Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Challenges Volunteer recruitment — and retaining those volunteers — has changed dramatically since COVID. There are far too many options available for individuals who want to volunteer with nonprofit organizations and give back to their communities. .”

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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

PBEB has recruited a board of directors (subject to regulatory approval) of banking experts, elected officials from participating jurisdictions, and subject matter experts on issues like clean energy and affordable housing. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts.

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It’s time to invest in volunteer engagement  

Candid

Recruiting, training, recognizing, and retaining volunteers requires dedicated resources, yet funding for these efforts is almost nonexistent. Advocate: Emphasize the vital role of volunteering in driving broader societal change and community development. Volunteers may be unpaid; they are not free.

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US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?

NonProfit Quarterly

Since 1973, I have started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement sectors. Nonprofits canand ought toengage in a wide range of civic and election-related activities. More Power. More Public!

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What’s Next for CDFIs? The Challenge and Opportunity of Place

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Brian Koellish on iStock Nearly a third of US communities are CDFI deserts. In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes.

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