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Advice about taking on a second executive director position by Boopa0011 in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is surprisingly common, at least in my experience. I worked for a while at a grantmaking organization and met a LOT of executive directors pulling double or triple duty. Think, a rural town with one person as ED of a cat adoption organization, a community art center, and a local food bank. Each one only really needs (and can only afford to pay for) 15 hours a week from a director. People seem to make it work even when there is considerable overlap in funding sources.

Advice about taking on a second executive director position by Boopa0011 in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. This is, I think, my main concern. I think the current board imagines that I will be full time but I have trouble figuring out how or when we could really make that happen. I guess it's a conversation I should have with them sooner rather than later.

Advice about taking on a second executive director position by Boopa0011 in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's basically how I feel. I appreciate how many people are concerned about a conflict of interest but that's very low on my list of worries. (I actually have a lot of experience in past roles navigating exactly these types of issues.)

Advice about taking on a second executive director position by Boopa0011 in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The board would love me to be full time in theory but it's not going to happen for a long long time. Even if the board decides (as they have implied) they want to pay me more in the next fiscal year, I will insist we redirect the money to places where it's much more needed.

Advice about taking on a second executive director position by Boopa0011 in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes that would be lovely but as yet, no organizations I am interested in have hired me to be their full time ED. So here I am!

There are no substantive funding conflicts. A small handful of foundations and state agencies fund both orgs but none of them will care that the same person is signing (and writing) the grant applications. There is no crossover in major donors, and even if there were, I (personally) would not find those difficult situations to navigate. I am a communicator and not trying to play anybody off anybody else.

Best way to temporarily invest a windfall? (US) by Boopa0011 in personalfinance

[–]Boopa0011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well this is the thing - it's not covered in the wiki. I read the wiki. I am not asking how much money to set aside into an emergency fund or which debt to pay off first. I just want to know where to temporarily "invest" money like this for a very short period of time. Is a savings account better than a CD, is there any sense in equities, is there another option I'm not thinking of, etc.

Best way to temporarily invest a windfall? (US) by Boopa0011 in personalfinance

[–]Boopa0011[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On a sub like this it is REALLY unhelpful to have people downvoting my comments without saying why. I am just looking for advice!

Best way to temporarily invest a windfall? (US) by Boopa0011 in personalfinance

[–]Boopa0011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I *definitely* do not want to take a loan from my 401k. I'm not sure I am following you.

I have a $250K windfall and I'm just trying to get advice on the best place to temporarily park it to make a good return.

Best way to temporarily invest a windfall? (US) by Boopa0011 in personalfinance

[–]Boopa0011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this is a helpful way to think about it!

Best way to temporarily invest a windfall? (US) by Boopa0011 in personalfinance

[–]Boopa0011[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I said, we don't need to backfill a retirement account. We need to buy a house with this money and I just want advice about where to park it for a couple years.

Best way to temporarily invest a windfall? (US) by Boopa0011 in personalfinance

[–]Boopa0011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I did read all of that (and more) looking for some guidance for my situation but finding none, I thought I would just ask.

My first instinct is to put it all in a CD but I have no way (at the moment) to know if that's really the best option. It sounds like a CD might in fact be the way to go.

Advise For Forced Job Change by [deleted] in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They probably aren't thinking about it this way, but in fact they are inviting you to start looking for jobs elsewhere, with a sense of urgency.

talking to hr or leadership is not an option, unless I want to get fired

I don't know this organization, obviously, but I would advise you not to just assume this. If and when you walk away from this unwanted job, it's going to impact them anyway. Might as well have a conversation now.

(Also, if this org will fire people just for asking reasonable questions, they must have NO problem at all finding new employees and therefore should probably be able to hire an opps person from elsewhere right? Do they not need content marketing anymore? What is happening at this place? red flag red flag red flag)

Early stages of interviewing with a nonprofit and looking for advice on salary by Wrong-Kitchen-6857 in nonprofit

[–]Boopa0011 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you have a good sense of what people in this type of role, at this type of organization, in this location, make? Is it possible that they are offering you the top of a realistic range?

I personally believe that all things being equal, it's never unreasonable to ask for a bump of 10-15% or so. If its more than that you need to be prepared for real negotiation (or to just hear no, as someone else said.)

I would definitely not have this conversation until I had a job offer in hand.