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Union-busting nonprofit gets busted

Union-busting nonprofit gets busted
The National Labor Relations Board goes after a union-busting nonprofit. Unexpected from a Republican administration, but very welcome. Once more, with feeling: the job of nonprofits is to combat poverty, not create it. And remember, the reason social services aren’t provided by the government is that public sector employees are unionized. The growth of nonprofit... Read more »
By Nonprofiteer,
March 12, 2018 at 1:43 pm
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Charities should fight poverty, not create it

Charities should fight poverty, not create it
The job of the charitable sector is to fight poverty, not create it. Someone should mention that to the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. Bravo to the SEIU for calling attention to the issue with a one-day strike of child-care workers. In the wake of the West Virginia teachers’ successful job action, it seems like unions... Read more »
By Nonprofiteer,
March 9, 2018 at 6:18 pm
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A Coop of Nonprofits Shares Front Door and Back Office

A Coop of Nonprofits Shares Front Door and Back Office
This effort in Minnesota brings together a bunch of human-service agencies into a coop of nonprofits which will provide prospective clients with a single entry point–“front door”–to gain access to the services they need while also providing the coop members with shared human-resource, financial management and other back-office functions. Chicago [and other] nonprofits, take note!... Read more »
By Nonprofiteer,
January 18, 2018 at 3:05 pm
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Remember overtime pay? It's back--yes, at nonprofits, too!

Remember overtime pay? It's back--yes, at nonprofits, too!
Remember overtime pay?  The Department of Labor is about to restore it–and yes, nonprofits will have to comply along with the rest of the business community.  Hooray!  And if any nonprofit Board member predicts the end of the world as we know it because of the requirement, ask him/her how much s/he is giving to... Read more »
By Nonprofiteer,
April 21, 2016 at 12:01 pm
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Low pay at nonprofits: a worm's-eye view

The Nonprofiteer rarely publishes the work of anyone else, but if ever there was a case for an exception it’s this post about the low pay at nonprofits.  ProgChik drills down into the f***ed-up world of nonprofit compensation (or nonprofit noncompensation, as the case may be).  Many thanks to the author for permitting me to... Read more »
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March 2, 2016 at 1:54 pm
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Gender gap in nonprofits, the sequel: we're worse paid, AND there are fewer of us

Gender gap in nonprofits, the sequel: we're worse paid, AND there are fewer of us
More gender gap! GuideStar reports that there are fewer women running nonprofits this year than last, AND that we’re paid worse.   No wonder we do this work!  
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September 17, 2015 at 10:53 am
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Gender Gap in Pay Persists in Social Enterprise--but women are happy!

Gender Gap in Pay Persists in Social Enterprise--but women are happy!
A study from the UK shows that the gender gap in pay persists even in social enterprises, but that women social entrepreneurs are nonetheless happier than their male counterparts.  The Nonprofiteer wonders if this means that women are particularly stupid, or if we’ve just learned to be content with the crumbs we get. We find... Read more »
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September 15, 2015 at 1:17 pm
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The Nonprofiteer Tips Her Hat To Nonprofits With Balls

The Nonprofiteer Tips Her Hat To Nonprofits With Balls
The Nonprofiteer aspires to be as witty as her colleague at Nonprofits With Balls, but til then she shares his most recent post.
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August 16, 2015 at 10:06 pm
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Overtime Regulations: Nonprofits Object. Don't.

Overtime Regulations: Nonprofits Object. Don't.
The Nonprofiteer is irate (so new?) about the response of some nonprofits to the Department of Labor’s proposal to adjust overtime regulations, so workers are entitled to overtime if they make $50K a year or less. (The current ceiling is less than $24K, below the Federal poverty level.) As reported by our indispensable colleague Rick... Read more »
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July 29, 2015 at 1:38 pm
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Surprise, surprise, surprise: For profit social services reduce costs by reducing quality

Surprise, surprise, surprise: For profit social services reduce costs by reducing quality
Now here’s a shocker: for profit social services reduce costs by reducing quality. The Nonprofiteer can’t imagine that the profit motive has anything to do with a business’s decision that labor is a cost center instead of the very thing we’re selling.  After all, every penny paid a worker is a penny out of shareholders’... Read more »
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August 5, 2014 at 11:30 am
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