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A Funder's Message to Other Funders About Overhead | Blue Avocado

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A Funder's Message to Other Funders About Overhead. A Funder's Message to Other Funders About Overhead. This article is adapted from a presentation made to Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). Our deepest thanks to Unmi Song. For speaking these truths:. Good afternoon; I am Unmi Song, President of the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation. The overhead issue is one of the most important - and most neglected - topics that funders should be thinking about and discussing. For nonprofits to achieve these things.

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Extreme Board Makeover | Blue Avocado

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Despite the complaints of executive directors that their boards "need training," often the most effective way to change a board is to change the people who are on it. And sometimes, a board itself realizes it needs to change faster and more dramatically than it can by adding a couple of new folks a year. I shouldn't be on this board anymore," commented the board member of a large national organization. "My boss' boss should be on this board.". The pitch to the potential change agents: "I'm not just askin...

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By Pamela Davis, President, and Andrew Hastings, Chairman Board of Directors, American Nonprofits. Ask Rita: Can I Just Hire Independent Contractors? Dear Rita in HR:. Are you going to rain on my parade? Found the Magic Wand Read more. Ask Rita in HR. If Your Board Looked Like Your Community. Moving Board Diversity from a 'Problem to Solve' to 'Something to Practice.' Staff and Board Members Weigh in on Common Hurdles and How to Overcome Them. This story is part of New Faces New Spaces. My time as treasu...

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Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes | Blue Avocado

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Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes. Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes. By Tim Wolfred and Jan Masaoka. The term "succession planning" brings to mind a large corporation with a long-time CEO first choosing, then grooming, a successor. But this practice is sharply declining even in large corporations and is even less relevant to most community-based organizations. Succession should be a topic taken up now . . . whether or not you are anticipating a change in executive...13; Does ...

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The Very Good but Seriously Flawed Executive Director | Blue Avocado

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The Very Good but Seriously Flawed Executive Director. The Very Good but Seriously Flawed Executive Director. No executive director has all gifts, and many are brilliant. But what about the nonprofit CEO who is terrific in some ways but whose strengths are matched with some troubling flaws as well? Sometimes there's nothing really. With an executive director, but nothing really. The executive is good at many things, but not . . . Non-catastrophic concerns about executives typically emerge in three types:.

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July 16, 2015. 8216; Blue Avocado. American Society of Cinematographers. Centre for Media Studies, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy. National Institute on Money in State Politics. Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. San Francisco Public Press. Southern California Public Radio. USC/Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project. For more information on how KLJD has helped these organizations and how we can help yours, please email.

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Legalities of Nonprofit Internships | Blue Avocado

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Legalities of Nonprofit Internships. Legalities of Nonprofit Internships. Ask Rita in HR. 13; Dear Rita:. Our nonprofit is getting inquiries from college students asking if we offer summer internships. I would love to have students assist us this summer, but we have no funds to pay them at regular employee wages. Do we have to pay interns? And if so, what is considered a legal stipend? Signed, Worried About Interns. 13; Dear Worried:. 13; When interns do not need to be paid minimum wa. 13; If even one of...

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From Black Panther to Nonprofit CFO | Blue Avocado

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From Black Panther to Nonprofit CFO. From Black Panther to Nonprofit CFO. Norma, how did you wind your way towards becoming a nonprofit CFO? Well, just a week after I graduated from high school I started at Cal State Los Angeles as a physical education major with a minor in mathematics, and was working on a teaching credential. As a South Central L.A. girl, I was going to pull myself up by my bootstraps, and didn't realize until later that I didn't have any boots! When I was a child and needed to go to t...

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From Black Panther to Nonprofit CFO | Blue Avocado

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From Black Panther to Nonprofit CFO. From Black Panther to Nonprofit CFO. Norma, how did you wind your way towards becoming a nonprofit CFO? Well, just a week after I graduated from high school I started at Cal State Los Angeles as a physical education major with a minor in mathematics, and was working on a teaching credential. As a South Central L.A. girl, I was going to pull myself up by my bootstraps, and didn't realize until later that I didn't have any boots! When I was a child and needed to go to t...