Study Looks at Gender Gap on Boards of Region’s Largest Medical and Educational Institutions

The Nonprofit Center at La Salle and the Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (WNLI), and La Salle University Release Research Report on the Gender Gap in Nonprofit Medical and Educational Boardrooms in Greater Philadelphia

October 7, 2019

On Thursday, Oct.3, The Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (WNLI), The Nonprofit Center at La Salle, and La Salle University released the collaborative regional report, “The Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boardrooms: The 2019 Census of Women Board Members of the 50 Largest Medical and Educational Institutions in Greater Philadelphia.”

The analysis is Read more

October 10th, 2019 0 Comment

Insider Advice on the Perils of Skills-Based Volunteers

Nonprofit Business Advisor‘s May 18, 2018 issue features an interview with Laura Otten, director of The Nonprofit Center, in which she advised nonprofits on what they can reasonable expect from skills-based volunteers and where they should focus for best results.

You can read the entire interview here: Expert Warns Against Limits of Skills-based Volunteers

May 22nd, 2018 0 Comment

SHRM Sexual Harassment Policy and Complaint/Investigation Procedure

The Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) sexual harassment policy should look like that you can adapt to your workplace.   Click here to get a free copy of this policy >>

December 13th, 2017 0 Comment

SHRM Sexual Harassment Policy and Complaint/Investigation Procedure

While sexual harassment in the workplace is hardly a new issue and training programs have been going on for years, in the midst of the current  national reckoning, many nonprofits feel the need to be more proactive. The logical place to start is with effective sexual harassment workplace policies that management enforces.

The Nonprofit Center would like to share with you an example of The Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) sexual harassment policy should look like that you can adapt to your workplace.   Click here to get a free copy Read more

December 13th, 2017 0 Comment

News Release: Small Nonprofits Get Special Assistance from The Nonprofit Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SMALL NONPROFITS TARGETED FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE NONPROFIT CENTER
74 Classes for Nonprofit Professionals Launch in September

(Philadelphia, PA, August 14, 2019)– As it begins its 39th year of educational programming, The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University unveils a Small Nonprofit Learning Center, focused on the needs of organizations with budgets under $250,000.  The center provides educational programs and other capacity-building services to nonprofit organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond, to make them better able to compete in a Read more

September 7th, 2016 0 Comment

Nonprofit Center Survey Reveals Worsening Economic Situation

In May 2009, The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University’s School of Business, solicited nonprofit organizations in the region, via email and its website, to complete a short online survey regarding the impact of the current economic situation.

Below is a summary of the most significant findings from 185 respondents from Philadelphia and its environs.

57% indicated their current fiscal situation is worse than it was one year ago
38% indicated it was about the same
44% indicated that anticipate ending this fiscal year at a break even point Read more

June 7th, 2012 0 Comment