Allison Fine Answers Readers’ Questions on Careers, Management, Leadership, and More
Get advice on how not to lose ground in your career while you raise your kids, what to do when your boss isn’t listening to you, how to figure out when it’s time to seek a leadership job, and much more.
Foundation Salaries Vary Widely, Study Finds
The survey also showed a wide variation in benefits, with corporate foundations far more likely to provide maternity leave than other types of grant makers.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Feeding America Food Banks Criticized Diana Aviv’s Leadership in Letter to Board
In a letter sent three months before she left Feeding America, the leaders of 30 affiliated regional food banks relayed their concern that poor leadership was hurting the charity.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Podcast: How Reshma Saujani Helps Girls ‘March Up Into the Middle Class’
This week’s Business of Giving features the founder of Girls Who Code, which has helped thousands of girls in all 50 states get a head start on promising careers.
Nonprofits Win as Tech Company Replaces Referral Bonuses With Donations
Cloud storage company Box says employees have responded positively to its unusual effort to build a culture of charity. Meanwhile, the company is saving money.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
How to Nudge Reluctant Leaders to Ask for Money
Six tips to help nonprofit executives acquire the skills and confidence to help bring in money.
Feeding America CEO Diana Aviv Leaves Abruptly
Ms. Aviv, who joined the huge anti-hunger group two years ago, stepped down immediately, with no successor in place.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Top Advice for Nonprofit Managers and Leaders in the Year Ahead
What you need to know about leading in stressful times, overcoming bias, protecting your staff from sexual harassment, and more.
Our Best Guidance for Managing Your Nonprofit Career
Asking for raises, dealing with impossible managers, meeting with recruiters, or just carving out a little “me time": a look back at The Chronicle’s best advice of 2017 for your professional life.
On the Rise: Young Professionals Shaking Up the Nonprofit World
Meet a fundraiser who brought in $40 million for a new museum, a former Obama administration official heading up a health foundation, a Native American activist who builds bridges with grant makers, and other rising stars in philanthropy.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Reader’s Choice: The Most Popular Stories of 2017
We mined our data to compile the stories that readers clicked on the most this year, on topics including how to raise money from deep-pocketed donors, how to work smarter, and how to deal with a dysfunctional manager.
How Highly Rated Program Officers Earn Grantees’ Approval
They recognize that nonprofits are the experts in their subject areas and choose their words carefully so they don’t sound like they’re issuing mandates.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Creator of the Me Too Movement Calls on Foundations to Support Grass-Roots Activists
Tarana Burke, who founded a nonprofit that has recently gained traction, got small-foundation support that was “life changing.” But she and others say more is needed to bring more power to this moment.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Tools to Help Board Members Evaluate a Nonprofit Chief
See three downloadable documents that one organization used to set up a system for evaluating its leader.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
80% of Nonprofits in N.Y., D.C., and Philadelphia to Hire in 2018
Program growth, along with turnover and retirements, is driving employment trends, but many organizations struggle to find candidates with the right skills, says a report by PNP Staffing Group.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Protecting Fundraisers From Sexual Harassment by Donors: Advice From Experts
Leaders, managers, and board members play a crucial role in helping employees fend off a problem that doesn’t often get discussed: donors who expect sexual favors.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor