Thursday, April 13, 2006

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Forum: New Help Needed for Nonprofit EDs

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Forum: New Help Needed for Nonprofit EDs: "Nonprofit executive directors tried telling us in the first Daring to Lead report five years ago. They said it loudly and clearly to the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2004. They tell us again in Daring to Lead 2006, a national study conducted by the Meyer Foundation and CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. The sobering news from this last survey of 2,000 nonprofit executive directors is that three quarters don’t plan to be in their current jobs five years from now. According to the report, “Frustrations with boards of directors and institutional funders, lack of management and administrative support, and below-market compensation add stress to a role that can be challenging even in the best circumstances.”

In case their message hasn’t been getting through to the funding community, here it is, put another way:"

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