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4 Great Employee Retention Ideas for Arts and Cultural Orgs

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With a Total Rewards approach, you not only offer fair wages and standard health benefits, but you also offer indirect benefits like: Employee wellness programs Discounts on programs, performances, or other services Flexible work schedules Volunteer time off (VTO) Free transit passes or other transportation benefits And more!

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Independent Retailers – the Backbone of Business and Industry

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This includes agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation. Results from a recent economic impact study from the National Grocers Association (NGA) show that the independent grocery industry is directly or indirectly responsible for nearly 860,000 jobs across other industries.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities. For example, a senior care nonprofit can use unrestricted donations to purchase supplies for activities, cover an increase in transportation costs, or hire a memory care specialist to help them expand their services.

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How to Get Started with a Major Gifts Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Be sure to include both direct and indirect expenses. In other words, if you need a new vehicle to transport clients, don’t just include the cost of the vehicle – also include tags, title, license, insurance, maintenance, and the staff driver’s time. Next, outline the cost. What will it cost for the program or project?

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How to Get Started with a Major Gifts Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Be sure to include both direct and indirect expenses. In other words, if you need a new vehicle to transport clients, don’t just include the cost of the vehicle – also include tags, title, license, insurance, maintenance, and the staff driver’s time. Next, outline the cost. What will it cost for the program or project?

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

If you understand how to build a project budget—and you are familiar with concepts like overhead, indirects, and fringe benefits and how they impact a project— it will make you a more competent grant seeker and ultimately project director if the proposal receives funding. What kinds of things should be part of your review?

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