February 01, 2023 We Went in Search of Funders Prioritizing Nonprofit Pay and Benefits. The Results Were Underwhelming February 01, 2023/ Dawn Wolfe With worker burnout surging and nonprofits struggling to retain staff, we figured there must be some funders out there making better pay and benefits a part of their grantmaking. Spoiler alert: We only found one.Read More
January 10, 2023 This Funders Group Wants Philanthropy to Take the Lead on Nonprofit Worker Wellbeing January 10, 2023/ Wendy Paris Nonprofit workers are burned out, and the wellbeing of those working to make the world a better place has been overlooked for years. A collaborative group of a dozen funders is working to change that. Read More
November 08, 2022 Fund the People is Fighting for the Wellbeing of Nonprofit Workers — and Funders are Listening November 08, 2022/ Dawn Wolfe Fund the People is a small organization out to make some big changes to how grantmaking works, prioritizing increased funding in support of staff. The group has the ear of several major foundations.Read More
October 27, 2022 Organizers Are Burned Out. New Research Shows How Funders Can Improve Labor Standards October 27, 2022/ Kevin Simowitz and Chris Cardona, Guest Contributors The front-line workers who make organizing groups work are burned out, underpaid and under-appreciated. Guest authors from Ford Foundation and All Due Respect argue that funders can and must make organizing sustainable.Read More
September 28, 2022 Nonprofit Workers Are Burned Out. Here’s How Funders Make it Worse — and How They Can Help September 28, 2022/ Dawn Wolfe Between the pandemic, political and economic crises, and years of being underpaid and overworked, nonprofit staff are exhausted. Funders often contribute to their pain, but how might they help the sector recover?Read More
September 07, 2022 Durfee Isn’t Alone: Here’s Who’s Moving Money to Support the Wellbeing of Nonprofit Staff September 07, 2022/ Dawn Wolfe A search for funders offering support similar to the Durfee Foundation’s Lark Awards, which provide relief to exhausted nonprofit staff, only turned up a handful of names. Here’s a rundown.Read More
July 30, 2021 Five Lessons for Funders From the Implosion of a Nonprofit News Site July 30, 2021/ Trip Brennan Alleged worker mistreatment took The Appeal, a nonprofit news site, from ambitious expansion plans to complete implosion in a matter of months. Here’s what funders can do to help their grantees avoid a similar fate.Read More