Nonprofit employees make up 11% of Missouri's workforce, and nonprofit workforce burnout has been amplified in recent years. In 2022, 25% of nonprofit staff across the US quit their jobs, citing burnout as the most significant reason for turnover. Missouri nonprofit, philanthropy, and human service organizations report struggling with the effects of the “Great Resignation.”

 

The philanthropic sector has a role in shaping the conditions that fuel the “nonprofit starvation cycle” and lead to burnout. Staffing the Mission is an effort to address the cycle by equipping both nonprofits and funders to make nonprofit jobs more sustainable. While some Missouri funders are implementing unrestricted, multi-year funding, traditional philanthropy remains largely reluctant - or is uncertain how - to invest in the nonprofit and social services workforce.

 

 

This interactive, virtual workshop is designed for philanthropic staff and Board/Trustee leaders to learn more about how grantmaking practice affects the Missouri nonprofit workforce and identify opportunities to help build a more sustainable sector. Staffing the Mission (STM) will discuss how specific practices may promote or impede equitable, livable jobs at nonprofit organizations. Drawing from their newly released Sustainable Jobs Toolkit , STM will guide participants in auditing their own practices and designing action steps to support equity-oriented, worker-friendly practices through grantmaking. The session builds on components of trust-based philanthropy to clarify funders' roles in supporting workers to thrive.

 

 

PhilMO Member Registration: Please register via your website login.
Non-Member Funder Registration ($15): Please email carla@philmo.org to be registered.