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Elderly Emerge as a New Class of Workers -- and the Jobless
by CLARE ANSBERRY AKRON, Ohio — Mary Appleby, 76 years old, lost her job in January as a cashier at a courthouse cafeteria here. She is now looking for minimum-wage work. Mary Bennett, 80, began filling out applications for fast-food restaurants and convenience stores after…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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Next-Gen Givers
Generous Gen-Xers are putting their own spin on charitable giving, combining their desire to achieve with their desire to do good. Original Source By SUZANNE MCGEE THE STORY IN PHILANTHROPY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON is becoming all too familiar. Individuals, foundations and corporations are all scaling…
Author: Barrons
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How Much Longer Will Boomers Need to Work?
by Emily Brandon The typical American retires at age 63. Those fortunate few who have traditional pensions, retiree health insurance, and a fully loaded 401(k) will probably be fine. But if you haven’t saved enough to fund 30 years of retirement–and most baby boomers aren’t…
Author: USNEWS.com
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Will You Retire?
by Nancy Trejos Jan Fitzsimmons had the luxury of being able to retire at 47 after 22 years of service with the U.S. Navy. But retirement turned out to be not so luxurious. Now 52 and renting an Arlington townhouse, she is looking for part-time…
Author: The Washington Post
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Strongly Led, Under-managed: How can visionary nonprofits make the critical transition to stronger management?
Original Source Without sound management practices, even the most successful nonprofit will be unable to sustain, let alone increase, its impact over time. And yet, when Bridgespan consulting teams surveyed senior staff members at 30 nonprofits, the respondents consistently rated their organizations much higher on…
Author: BridgeStar
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Chasing down retirement
With most Baby Boomers short on savings, longer worklife urged Original Source by Gail Marks Jarvis It seemed like a good idea. Baby Boomers who never got around to saving as much as they hoped promised to keep working past retirement age. The joke in…
Author: Chicago Tribune
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Summer job market especially tough for poor kids
Original Source By ELLEN SIMON, AP Business Writer When Theodor Gervais was 14, he took a summer job selling cell phone covers in Brooklyn for $100 a month, sitting at a table outside a phone store in what he describes as “somewhat of a bad…
Author: Associated Press
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Back to Basics: More charities are seeking - and getting - operating support
Original Source By Elizabeth Schwinn When Earl Martin Phalen started Building Educated Leaders for Life, a program that prepares Boston inner-city students for college, he found it easy to persuade foundations to pay for tutors and books. But few would give him money for the…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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How Will We Reach the 'Tipping Point' in a New Movement for Older Americans?
At the beginning of every nonprofit movement – whether it succeeds or fails – the founders probably feel like Odysseus. No matter how much momentum you start with, and how many battles you win in creating an idea and whipping up enthusiasm for it, actually…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
By Martha Nichols Boston It’s a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
Author: Youth Today