We now come to the end of our three-part series about the three-year research project we did for the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO). If you need a refresher on the previous two posts: Part 1: The Burnout Crisis: Why “Mission First” is Failing the Nonprofit Workforce explains how nonprofits are serving their missions at the expense of their workforce . Part 2: The “Why” Behind the Walls: Navigating the Insurance Maze exposed how the demographics of the nonprofit workfor

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