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Reply To: Private: Inflation outside of salaries?
Salaries are the biggest for our org for sure! We went fully remote during the pandemic and will stay that way, so rent isn’t an…
Reply To: Private: Managing and using cash reserves
Thank goodness for organizations like Human Services Council, (for nonprofits), LiveOn NY (for aging network services) and United Neighborhood Houses (for settlement houses.) They are…
Reply To: Private: Managing and using cash reserves
I am struck by this paragraph of yours Nancy: “Three nonprofits in my sector went out of business in the past two years and left…
Reply To: Private: Managing and using cash reserves
I think the article is absolutely helpful in considering the pros and cons of endowments and reserves. I have had the experiences described in the…
Reply To: Private: One time windfall
I’m wondering how equitable practices and the voices of people an organization serves might be included in the process more? With so many boards not…
Reply To: Private: Inflation outside of salaries?
That is a great question. Do salaries get the most attention because they are, as you said, the largest percentage of the budget and really…
Reply To: Private: Inflation outside of salaries?
This is a nice question. I wonder if the lack of response means that salaries indeed are the one overriding issue here. What else might…
Reply To: Private: Managing and using cash reserves
Thanks to Ruth for posting up that old summary of arguments about endowment building. It has had a lot of staying power since it was…
Reply To: Private: Managing and using cash reserves
I thought I’d take the opportunity to link to an article by Mark Hager, one of the moderators on this site, entitled “should your nonprofit…
Reply To: Private: Managing and using cash reserves
Having both reserves and endowment gives me as the Executive Director/CEO some comfort and freedman to be innovative and timely in responding to needs. For…