In the San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley, nonprofits employ 250,049 paid staff. This study quantifies the staff retention challenges of these nonprofits and investigates which nonprofit employees are leaving and where they are going. Data was collected by written survey and telephone interviews with 425 Bay Area nonprofit executive directors as well as four focus groups held in San Jose and Berkeley, California. (From the Executive Summary)

Included are recommendations to nonprofit boards of directors, nonprofit managers, nonprofit executives, funders and technical assistance providers on how to implement strategies to attract employees and retain them, and successfully manage the issues related to staff turnover.

 

For More Information Contact:

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
San Francisco Office
706 Mission Street
5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 415.541.9000
Fax: 415.541.7708
E-mail: [email protected]

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
San Jose Office
1922 The Alameda
Suite 212
San Jose, CA 95126
Tel: 408.248.9505
Fax: 408.248.9504
E-mail: [email protected]

 

Link:

http://www4.compasspoint.org/cpDir/files/documents/HelpWanted.pdf

In the San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley, nonprofits employ 250,049 paid staff. This study quantifies the staff retention challenges of these nonprofits and investigates which nonprofit employees are leaving and where they are going.