I worked for a nonprofit on a large wooded property. One day, a group of our volunteers learned that a gas company was planning to begin fracking near the property…
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I once worked for a nonprofit school, and learned the hard way how tight school budgets can be. Once the school year was over, the building was closed and hardly anyone even came into the building…
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I’m a consultant working with a 501(c)(3) organization that’s part of a very complicated, international organization, which includes a couple of c3’s, a c4, and a few standard issue for-profit entities. Basically, it used to just be one organization, but then they decided that each of their major departments should spin off on their own.
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I used to work for a nonprofit in town, but recently left my position and now work at a local coffee shop. The other day, I received a text from a coworker saying that a gentleman had come by and asked for me, or, to quote them:
“Someone came in and wanted to make sure you knew they came in.”
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Early on in my fundraising career, I worked at a small nonprofit that heavily relied on corporate funding and was trying to grow its individual donor base…
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In preparing for our annual gala, I updated my boss about the number of volunteers we had. He suddenly…
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We all know budgets are tight around goodbye parties and general staff appreciation events, but it takes something special to fall below the bar of the retirement party…
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We were hiring a new director of marketing (I was manager) and were in the process of interviewing a candidate…
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