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5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green

Your nonprofit needs a skilled, dedicated team to advance its mission. By Debbie Willis Every new employee brings passion, talent, and a fresh perspective to your nonprofit. Your nonprofits new hires and long-time employees are all dedicated to making the world a better place, but they need an environment that allows them to flourish.

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Carly St. Onge’s Passion for Fundraising is Transforming Children’s Healthcare in Montana

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Onge, Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional (ACNP), has spent nearly 12 years cultivating her expertise in fundraising and nonprofit management, specifically in healthcare. Onge, ACNP, Chief Development Officer, Logan Health Children’s, shares a heartwarming moment with a young patient.

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Meet Chicago’s Keenen Stevenson: Advocate for Social Change and Youth Empowerment

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

What motivates someone to dedicate their career to both clinical social work and the nonprofit sector? A Path Rooted in Social Service Keenen Stevenson’s introduction to the nonprofit sector began early in his career when he worked with Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) for Children of D.C.

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What’s Next for Community Development Finance?

NonProfit Quarterly

Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. By contrast, according to the US SIF (Sustainable Investment Forum), the CDFI industry (including community development banks and credit unions) had $457.9

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From Volunteer to Vice President: How Arika Wells Is Shaping the Future of Tucson

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

She had just graduated from the University of San Diego , where she earned the nationally recognized Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP ) credential, married her college sweetheart, and left everything behind. But I had this nonprofit leadership minor, and I just loved it.” I couldn’t find a job in the nonprofit sector,” she said.

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Why Funders Should Follow the Federal Lead in Increasing Operational Allowances for Nonprofits (De Minimis Rate)

NonProfit Leadership Center

The de minimis rate is a federal standard allowing nonprofits to recover indirect costs that support their core operations, such as administrative expenses, rent, utilities, and technology. 5 Reasons Funders Should Raise Their Indirect Cost Allowances for Nonprofits 1.

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How Nonprofits Can Create Ethical AI Policies

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: ThisIsEngineering on Pexels Artificial intelligence (AI) has come to the nonprofit sector. Whether one views the technology as a force for good or something more sinister, the use of AI by nonprofits is sure to grow. Yet less than 10 percent of nonprofits have any kind of policy governing the use of AI.

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