Volunteers, Your Nonprofit Superpower!
What is your nonprofit’s superpower? It could be your amazing programs, your strong donor base, your passionate leaders and advocates. And there is an argument that all these point to your ...
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Making Nonprofit Voices Heard: Highlights from Nonprofit Action Day
Many of you joined us last week for Nonprofit Action Day. I was heartened by the turnout, your wonderful conversations, and the connections you made with one another. Advocates attended over 30 meetings with their legislators and educated them about NAWA’s priorities.
2025 Minimum Wage and Overtime Threshold
In 2025, there will be a new minimum wage and minimum salary threshold for workers to be exempt from overtime and other requirements in Washington. If you have not reviewed your nonprofit’s ...
Preparing to Hire Your Nonprofit’s First Employee
The Office of the Secretary of State records show over 62,000 registered nonprofit corporations in Washington. Most nonprofits are small, volunteer-run organizations. The milestone of preparing ...
Outdoor Heat and Wildfire Smoke Rules
Nonprofits work outside for many reasons, including summer camps, garden workdays, tabling at community events, and more. Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are common risks that can impact health ...
What’s up with the rising overtime threshold?
Nonprofits are talking about the difficulty adjusting to the state requirement that employees under a rising salary threshold must be paid overtime for any hours work beyond 40 in any single ...
Creating an Employee Handbook that Matches Our Values
In December 2022, the Nonprofit Association of Washington board approved new and improved personnel policies designed to move toward the future we would like to see for all nonprofits. We are ...
Safety & Health, Workers’ Compensation, & Early Return to Work
Keeping workers safe and healthy is an important part of human resources, but we know accidents can still happen in the workplace. Is your nonprofit ready to address an accident or injury when ...
We Can Reinvent Board Governance!
The Reinventing Boards Summit affirmed that boards can be reshaped and customized to meet the needs of an individual nonprofit organization, and we can rebuild with values like equity and power ...
Top Tips to Effectively Support Your DEI Staff
Many nonprofits have hired or are considering hiring one or more Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) specialists to lead efforts to make their organization more equitable. This work can be ...
Youth Employment
As the school year is coming to a close, more youth under the age of 18 will be looking for a summer job or volunteer opportunity. Working and volunteering provide valuable experience for young ...
Join us in Integrating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) Learning into Your Nonprofit
We know that keeping equity front and centered in our organization’s work is critical to meeting our mission. Here is one way the Nonprofit Association of Washington (NAWA) team is prioritizing ...
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