Medium-Sized Nonprofits: Cross Pollination Helps Teamwork Bloom, But Pay Falls Short
On one side of mid-sized
Best Nonprofits sits their smaller counterparts, those with 49 or fewer employees. They are small enough to give outsized operational roles to staff but might not have the funds for major initiatives.
On the other side is the large
Best Nonprofits those with 250 or more employees. These behemoths are better able to provide richer resources for their staff, but individuals are more likely to get lost within the enterprise.
This leaves medium-sized
Best Nonprofits in the sweet spot.
“We rely heavily on cross-departmental teams,” Prison Fellowship CEO James Ackerman said of his 243-employee organization (No. 6 overall and 4th in the medium-sized category). “I’m talking about situations where you might have somebody who’s not a member of the senior team but is playing the role of quarterback on an initiative.”