A nonprofit executive director calls on foundations to step up, cut red tape, loose resources, and enable nonprofits to meet the needs of the moment.
I just got off a heartbreaking call with a fellow nonprofit executive director. It was the third such call today. She’s reached her limit. Relying on antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, she’s losing her grip and her connection to the community she loves and serves. She is among an alarming number of nonprofit leaders who are on the brink. All while our nation is on the edge of civil unrest and facing threats of civil war from far-right extremists. Oh—and then there’s the pandemic.
What does transparency toward staff in the workplace look like? Three nonprofit leaders share stories of their struggles and triumphs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two international reports on COVID-19 and inequality paint a grim economic picture of the pandemic’s toll at a global scale. According to the ILO, the global economy lost the equivalent of 225 million full-time jobs.
Often, federal student loan debt is seen as an issue for people in their twenties and thirties, but 22 percent of loans outstanding are held by Americans over the age of 50.
