Wonder
Sign up
Log in
Research Outline
Prepared for Divya | Delivered October 16, 2019
Typical Nonprofit Structure
Review your project details
Goals
Provide an overview of the typical organizational structure of non-profit organizations, including those that operate nationall and those that operate locally.
View less
Early Findings
A
typical non-profit structure
includes a Board of Directors along with executive staff, managerial employees and administrative positions.
The members of the
Board of Directors
are typically not paid staff and serve on a voluntary basis. They are responsible for setting policies and rules, overseeing the
f
i
n
a
n
c
i
a
l
s
of the nonprofit and hiring executive staff.
The number of board positions can impacted by where the non-profit is
located
as different states have different rules about the required number of board members or other aspects of the structure. For example, if the nonprofit is located in Texas, a minimum of three directors, a president and a secretary are required.
Executive staff
includes positions such as the CEO and Vice President along with other high level positions based on the size of the nonprofit. The executives are responsible for managing day to day operations and hiring staff. They also represent the organization at events and outside functions.
Managerial staff
oversee specific departments or functions and often interface with customers and clients.
Administrative staff
perform office-based tasks such as scheduling, answering phones, etc. and are typically entry-level jobs within a nonprofit organization.
Staff
within a nonprofit may be W-2 employed staff, contractors or volunteers.
The type of staff that are included in a nonprofit's structure are dependent on the
type of work
the nonprofit performs. For example, a membership-based nonprofit might need a membership manager while a nonprofit that does a lot of fundraising would need a fundraising manager.
Smaller non-profits may not have all the above outlined levels and could have as few as
one part-time staff
.
There are
1.57 million
nonprofit organizations in the U.S. employing
11.4 million
people. Therefore, the typical nonprofit organization employs about 7 people (11.4 million/1.57 million, rounded to the nearest whole number).
Examples of typical organizational charts for a non-profit organizations can be found
here
and
here
.
View less