r/nonprofit

I know many nonprofits have shifted into survival mode in the last several years as funding envelopes close and restrictions are greater, while need only grows.

I have been in this sector about 6 years and had a wonderful mentor for about 2.5 years, but it feels lately like things have completely changed and theres less of relationship focus than before. It seems like you’re just expected to know everything and training is more of a veil that an actual process. I have younger friends entering the field and taking on full program responsibilities with no guidance or real leadership.

Curious what other folks experiences are with mentorship? Have you found mentors outside of your job, did you pay someone, or did you figure it out on your own?

I am creating videos walking through the process(es) for downloading and using information to do the month end close for a nonprofit. I know there will be personal data (PIA) shown in the video and I am not going to go through and blur them out. If I have to do that, I just will leave it as text.

I know Youtube does not allow PIA and will delete videos if they find it. I am thinking of just loading it to a secure folder on the organization's Google drive.

Does anyone have a better idea?

Our organization puts on an event that has a lot of small expenses, many of which are last minute. We do not give out our card for anyone to use it when we need someone to pop over to the store for sodas or plastic forks etc. What‘s the best way to handle reimbursements to volunteers, and what are you using? Is there a reason to use checks over ACH or venmo etc?