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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · 1d

Our consultant is recommending more consultants.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Sep 11

Now we're at the part of the agenda where the vice presidents give shout-outs to each other.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Sep 8

We remain committed to hiring the best people--and then undercutting them by bringing in consultants for the important stuff.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am pleased that you are all back to the office three days a week. Be advised that I will be cacooned in my office on calls with the door closed at all times, just as I was pre-pandemic. Nature is healing!

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Jul 21

We will fight for our community and our beliefs.

Also, we don't feel it is appropriate right now to criticize the federal government during this grant funding cycle4.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Jun 13

With the end of the FY approaching, I think what staff really wants is an outdated proprietary budgeting system that is labyrinthine, counterintuitive, always crashing, and consistently wrong.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Jun 12

Our strategy is to be super strategic and lots of planning.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Jun 11

Due to our policy of not sending fundraising appeals during times of national strife and anxiety, we have not sent any such appeals since February of last year.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Jun 10

Org #1: Our fiscal year is July-June
Org #2: Our FY is April-March
Org #3: Our FY is Feb-Jan
Feds: Our FY is Oct-Sep

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · May 21

Look, you folks are the experts on this subject matter, but my instinct tells me ...

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · May 15

We have urgent, life-or-death issues to resolve in our meeting today, but first I want to complain about the vegan options for lunch.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · May 6

#1: My commitment is to execute strategy according to our values paradigm in bold pursuit of metrics arrived at through an iterative process.

#2: All I asked is where you want to go for lunch.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Apr 9

We are a science-based organization, but sometimes we are also a random-boardmember-idea-based organization.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Apr 2

As of now, we are no longer talking about the vision and leadership of the former CEO whose last day was Friday, and instead lauding the vision and leadership of the new CEO who starts Monday.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Mar 26

Just a quick note that the ED has a few suggested edits to your note on Sally's digital good-bye card.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Mar 25

I feel less bad now about not muting myself before flushing the toilet while on that Zoom call.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Mar 10

All of our member polling tells us to do this one thing, but one of our donors wants us to do this other thing so we're going to do that.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Mar 7

Before I get started on this thing that everyone wants to do, I am going to spend a lot of time finding someone to tell us not to.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Mar 6

The company we've hired to redesign our website doesn't have a website.

Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Feb 27

We acknowledge that this administration is working to destroy any and all progress we've made on the issues that are most important to us, but we nonetheless are committed to working with them in good faith.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Feb 27

Remember when they gave you free cheese pizza when you came into the office?

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Feb 25

We're all fundraisers!

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Feb 18

We will only fund you if you can demonstrate that you don't need the money. And if you don't need the funding, then we should probably put that money somewhere it will do more good.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Feb 13

That's an output, not an outcome.

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Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay.bsky.social · Feb 11

The Frequently Asked Questions in our FAQ have never been asked by anyone.