People across the country continue to rally together during our nation’s most challenging times to help our neighbors. This isn’t new. But it is newsworthy. We’ve witnessed everyday people springing into action after the September 11 attacks, on every Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, after devastating natural disasters along our coasts and across the nation and, most recently, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
About 9.2 million American women (of 12.29 million workers) work in the nonprofit sector. That is 75% of the nonprofit workforce, which is the third largest workforce in the country.
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” –Booker T. Washington
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy
With staggering inflation and recent declines in the stock market, nonprofit leaders are bracing for the possibility of a recession. Based on recent history, a recession could mean a prolonged period of hardship for nonprofits. During both the major recession from 2007 through 2009 and the brief economic downturn at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, recovery came much more slowly for nonprofits than for the economy as a whole.
- Nonprofit staff and the people we serve have expertise and lived experience that lawmakers need to hear in order to make the best possible policy decisions. It's essential to build relationships with lawmakers if for no other reason than to limit the harm they might cause the people you serve.
Caroline McDowell, Marketing & Communications Manager, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Lisa Hazirjian, Ph.D., Win Together Consulting
The post-election period is an excellent time for nonprofit leaders to build their relationships with newly-elected members of Congress and the NC General Assembly by sending emails to congratulate them on their recent victories. Whether you send a succinct note or add a bit more about your organization and your policy priorities, be sure to avoid making statements that might be interpreted as partisan in nature (e.g., references to political parties).
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Deviré Robinson, Vice President, Philanthropic Advancement, Foundation For The Carolinas and Former Board Chair, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
As Early Voting is underway in North Carolina, I want to use my position as the Center’s Board chair to highlight the Board’s unanimous decision to adopt a written policy allowing all Center staff to take paid time off to vote.