Resources
This page of educational resources represents an ever-growing library intended to help nonprofit leaders, staff, and boards increase their knowledge in fields relevant to nonprofit work. Included resources range from sample policies to formal nonprofit regulations and free libraries of resources compiled by other organizations. Any sample policies below are provided for educational and informational purposes only. We encourage organizations not to use the below policies verbatim, but rather to utilize them as a starting point in the creation of an organization's own policies and procedures.
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GENERAL
A Step-by-Step Guide in Fair-Chance Hiring in Philanthropy
A step-by-step guide on the ethics of fair-chance hiring.
Operations Manual Guide
Local consultant Ingrid Kirst talks about crafting an operating manual utilizing best practices.
Executive Search on a budget
Article from local consultant Ingrid Kirst.
Filament Essential Services HR Compliance Guide
Filament Essential Services has created an extensive guide for nonprofits that covers onboarding, recruiting, handbooks and more.
Overtime information
This document outlines situations in which certain workers may be exempt from typical laws regarding overtime pay.
National Council of Nonprofits resource library
The National Council of Nonprofits has put together a particular library of resources regarding nonprofit Employment.
Sample policies
Cause Collective Financial Procedures (Spring 2022)
RETENTION
Retention strategies for nonprofits
This article, put together by DonorBox, goes over 9 common strategies for helping with employee retention in the nonprofit sector.
Retention challenges and possible solutions
This piece, put together by the Senior HR Consultant of NonprofitHR, briefly goes over common problems and potential solutions for employee retention with nonprofits.
Webinar: retention strategies for nonprofits
This 2017 video webinar, organized by 501(c) Services, utilizes a panel of experts in the field to develop strategies for better employee retention.
ONBOARDING
10 keys to onboarding new nonprofit team members
This article, put together by the Forbes Nonprofit Council, goes over 10 key tips for onboarding new nonprofit employees.
How to successfully onboard nonprofit team members
This webinar, put together by Campbell & Company, utilizes examples to outline best practices for onboarding new nonprofit team members.
PERSONNEL POLICIES
Important nonprofit policies and procedures
This piece, put together by the Colorado Nonprofit Association, outlines a variety of important policies and procedures for nonprofit organizations to maintain.
Sample policies
Cause Collective Employee Handbook (Spring 2022)
RELEVANT LAWS
Federal laws for nonprofit HR managers to be aware of
This blog post, put together by the NEO Law Group, goes over a number of federal laws that are important for nonprofit HR managers to be aware of.
Nonprofit regulation in the US
This piece, put together by Ballotpedia, gives an overview of nonprofit regulation within the US before breaking down and comparing regulations between states.
DOCUMENT RETENTION
Nonprofit document retention policy
Similar to above, this article gives a guide for retention periods of different nonprofits, along with tips on writing document retention policies.