Comments on: #12 Non-Profit Organizations

By: Stuff Harvard People Like « Edwin Chen's Blog

Stuff Harvard People Like « Edwin Chen's Blog — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:48:20 +0000

[...] Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and so on). Other very fitting interests include Kiva, classical music, and [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:26:39 +0000

lol idk if this was a joke or not but if it wasnt, a non profit organization isnt a corporation or a business that fails at making profits!
it is an organization that does not issue stock shares, or sell something or provide a service in exchange for a profit. but instead uses the funds that go for a good cause. So they fundraise money, through donations, from the government or both and use it for their cause and also to pay their staff that help run the organization.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:20:24 +0000

Hmmm, I don’t think this is accurate at all. I have found that ALL of the nonprofit orgs that I’ve worked for here in Los Angeles to be extremely diverse, especially if compared to corporate America. And as far as accountability and pressure, there is certainly much of both. You are not pressured by shareholders or customers but rather donors and whoever you serve. Working the nonprofit sector can also be very demanding. Even if you work in one department you will also be working in several other ones. For example a person that works in Public Relations, will also have responsibilities in fundraising, event planning, pretty much anything that comes up! Non Profits are always understaffed so we wear many hats and are very over worked and usually underpaid. Competitive salaries only happen when it is a well known, very well-funded nonprofit. … FYI… PS I am not white.

By: black enigma

black enigma — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:07:43 +0000

i dont get this.
i think blacks are #1 in never making a profit when and if ever we start a corporation.
duz that make cents?

By: blogmafia

blogmafia — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:04:07 +0000

I have a sense of humor; nevertheless, I think accuracy is what makes these articles so funny.

Please point me in the direction of a nonprofit organization wherein “you don’t have accountability or pressure”… I would be relieved to be only responsible for delivering profit to shareholders. It beats qualifying “outcomes” and quantifying R.O.I. for multiple stakeholders from multiple, often overlapping funding sources…

By: Daniel Dickey

Daniel Dickey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:53:11 +0000

I think this blog is awesome… almost as awesome as mine (obviously my opinion is slightly bias).

DanielDickey.com

By: Bridget

Bridget — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:54:23 +0000

Yeah, what Nick said.

And while you’re at it, get me that 6 figure salary too – ’cause my low 30′s ain’t really cutting it!

By: Sexy V

Sexy V — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:21:43 +0000

White people, well all people, also enjoy http://www.NakedHipster.com. Mainly because the girls are hot and don’t have clothes on. Usually those two things go well together. You know, the hotness and the nakedness.
{}{}{}{}

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:21:04 +0000

I have a sense of humor; nevertheless, I think accuracy is what makes these articles so funny.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:41:13 +0000

Yup, I work for one.