YMCA Urges Congress To Preserve Funding For Afterschool Programs
| Posted in Government on May 15, 2010 |
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CHICAGO, IL, May 12, 2010—The YMCA offered testimony before the U.S. House Subcommitee on Appropriations today to call for funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, currently the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to afterschool programs in the nation. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers funds allow funded sites, including many YMCAs, to establish and ...
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Nonprofit Job Market Better; Challenges Remain
| Posted in Careers on May 27, 2010 |
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The nonprofit job market may be stabilizing, yet nonprofits in the recession may be straining their workforces and paying inadequate attention to managing their human resources, a new survey says.
While over half of more than 500 U.S. nonprofits responding to the 2010 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey reported eliminating positions in 2009, only 10 percent said they intended to eliminate positions in 2010.
The survey, conducted through ...
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Corporate Volunteer Work Trails Goals
| Posted in Volunteerism on May 13, 2010 |
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While most U.S. companies are doing more to provide volunteer opportunities that let employees use their skills and help nonprofits advance their social goals, companies are not communicating their goals to nonprofits or helping them track the impact of corporate volunteerism, a new survey says.
Eighty-four percent of 303 corporate managers or other executives interviewed online for the 2010 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Study believe ...
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Despite Recession, Nonprofits Hiring
| Posted in Careers on May 13, 2010 |
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Even though nonprofits are cutting staff and expenses as they struggle to survive the recession, many are still hiring, with 24,000 management positions vacant this year, a new report says.
As of early this year, almost three in 10 nonprofits were planning to hire senior managers, says the survey conducted by Bridgespan Group and commissioned by American Express.
As Baby Boomers retire and nonprofit organizations become more complex, ...
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