Human Resources

Sample "Waiver of Liability for Minors" to be edited to fit your organization's needs when hosting volunteers 17 years and under. (National Council of Nonprofits)

See also: The Hows and Whys of Volunteer Waivers

Sample "Waiver of Liability" to be edited to fit your organization's needs. (National Council of Nonprofits)

See also: The Hows and Whys of Volunteer Waivers

The National Council of Nonprofits provides insight on an important question: "Interns: Employee or Volunteer?" to help you manage and conduct your nonprofit's internships.

Part of a series of short guides commissioned by the Weingart Foundation to support nonprofits in Los Angeles, the "HR Best Practices Toolkit" was presented at the Center for Nonprofit Management's 501(c)onference in 2014. It includes sample language, templates, and its written content covers: performance management; recruitment, hiring, and retention; program staffing; ongoing professional development; and resolving problems.

In this Nonprofit Quarterly article, Juanita Rilling, the executive director of the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI), speaks on the types of disaster response giving and guidelines that go along with them. (Nonprofit Quarterly)

Does your organization want to learn more about how to effectively include members of the LGBTQIA community? Does everyone in your organization understand what all those letters mean? Could your nonprofit use support with best practices and creating an affirming culture for LGBTQIA colleagues and community members? Heather Branham, LCSW and Stephen Wiseman, LCSW of Just Conversations presented this webinar as part of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits' Walking the Talk: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion series. You’ll discover:

Use this compilation of wage data from the National Compensation Survey to help determine the value of specialized skills when assessing salary levels for a position at your organization. (The Bureau of Labor Statistics)

This checklist lays out the prepatory work for managing incoming interns and how to set expectations for them so they can seamlessly integrate into your workplace and office culture. (National Council of Nonprofits)

Sample Confidentiality Agreement for Board and Staff Members during an executive search (North Carolina Center for Nonprofits)

Nonprofit board members are usually volunteers. Even though compensating board members is standard in the business world, only a small percentage of nonprofits compensate board members. (The Balance - Small Business, 2020)