We wrote this toolkit to help support organizers, leaders of organizations and funders in their attempts to express their values more fully in the treatment of nonprofit staff.
Throughout the research conducted by Staffing the Mission and All Due Respect, we frequently heard requests to help nonprofit organizations get more specific about the types of changes they could consider to align their values and practices in service of their mission.
We don’t intend to offer rigid prescriptions, and we know that each of those choices must be made in the context of an organization’s size, budget and culture. If something in this toolkit seems like it doesn’t apply to you, we encourage you to focus instead on the pieces that do. But if something seems impossible, we also encourage you to think about why, and about what it would take to create the conditions where aspirational policies could become part of your organization’s practice.
We offer this toolkit as a living and dynamic document, full of our own experiences and ideas. If you think of ways to add something missing, or amend something that doesn’t land quite right, please reach out and help make this the strongest tool it can be: [email protected].
Disclaimer: Users should not construe any information in the toolkit as legal advice. We are not experts in state labor laws, and we don’t know your specific situation. But we hope you will find some recommendations useful to you and your organization’s journey towards equity.