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
Fundraiser Pay: Salaries by U.S. Region
The Chronicle identifies fundraising leaders who make some of the industry’s biggest salaries — as well as those whose compensation is in the middle and low ranges.
By CODY SWITZER and Joshua Hatch
Navigating Economic Diversity in the Nonprofit World
Read our collection of news articles and data studies to understand the role socioeconomic class plays in philanthropy and to learn what nonprofits and foundations are doing to recruit and retain people with modest economic backgrounds.
How to Ensure the Success of a Junior Board
A veteran development director shares tips for mobilizing young leaders to improve programs, drive up revenue, and develop future trustees.
By Margie Fleming Glennon
Chief Content Officer
CEO Pay at Large Nonprofits Increases 4%
The data from GuideStar also shows the gender pay gap persisting, especially at big groups.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Nonprofit Offers Guidance for Charities Worried About Deportation Raids
A legal group outlines legal rights of nonprofits and immigrants in the event of an immigration enforcement action.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Diversity Among Nonprofit Leaders Still a Long Way Off, Report Says
Ninety percent of CEOs and board chairs are white, according to data from BoardSource. But only a quarter are making diversity a top priority in recruiting.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Small Charities Should Lead by Example in Paid Parental Leave
Here’s how one nonprofit put such a policy in place, even though federal law doesn’t require small organizations to take such steps.
By CARLY ZIMMERMAN
Contributor
Nonprofits Are Hiring, Study Says, but Business Co-opts a Recruiting Edge
The Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey found that 50 percent of nonprofits plan to hire in 2017, down from 57 percent in 2016.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor