Posts by Julie Matthiessen
Representation and Diversity in Nonprofit Leadership Matters
Photo by RF._.studio from Pexels About a month ago I came across a quote in a Nonprofit Quarterly piece that stopped me in my tracks. “It’s estimated that 80 percent of the nonprofit workforce in NYC is made up of people of color, and 80 percent of those workers are women of color. Yet, only 16 percent of…
Read MoreLoading Up Your Nonprofit Resources Toolbox
Regardless of what type of business you’re in, it’s important to have a library of resources at your fingertips. For those of us in the business of helping others, it only makes sense that we collaborate in order to multiply our efforts and help in bigger ways than if we were each trying to do…
Read MoreCan Nonprofits Still Apply for Assistance Through the CARES Act?
Perhaps you held off on applying for federal assistance through the CARES Act for your nonprofit early on, thinking you would wait and see how long you could weather the storm. Or perhaps you did apply but you did not qualify for the EIDL Advance funds program (the forgivable portion of the program, which amounted…
Read MoreA Kindness Movement … and Why Now is the Perfect Time to Tap into It
Living through a global pandemic can stir up more emotions than any of us ever thought possible. Some days I move from disbelief to panic, to mental paralysis to tears, and then to laughter – what?! And that might be over the course of just one day. Can anyone else relate? Looking for a distraction…
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