Sisters Catholic Nuns And The Making Of America in the 1800s, nuns moved west with the frontier, building hospitals and schools in immigrant communities. they provided aid during the chicago fire, cared for orphans and prostitutes during the california gold rush, and brought professional nursing skills to field hospitals on both sides of the civil war.in the 1900s, nuns built the nation's largest private school and hospital systems, and brought the catholic church into the civil rights movement. as their numbers began to decline in the 1970s, many sisters were forced to take professional jobs as lawyers, probation workers, and hospital executives because their salaries were needed to support older nuns, many of whom lacked a pension system. currently there are about 65,000 sisters in america, down from 204,000 in 1968. their median age is sixty-nine.nuns became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations, including large hospitals an... www.cokesbury.com
Sustaining Nonprofit Performance The Case For Capacity Building And The Evidence To Support It the nonprofit sector survives because it has a self-exploiting work force: wind it up and it will do more with less until it just runs out. but at some point, the spring must break." america's nonprofit organizations face a difficult present and an uncertain future. money is tight. workloads are heavy, employee turnover is high, and charitable donations have not fully rebounded from the recent economic downturn. media and political scrutiny remains high, and public confidence in nonprofits has yet to recover from its sharp decline in the wake of well-publicized scandals. in a recent survey, only 14 percent of respondents believed that nonprofits did a very good job of spending money wisely; nearly half said that nonprofit leaders were paid too much, compared to 8 percent who said they earned too little. yet the nonprofit sector has never played a more important role in american life. as a generation of nonprofit executives and board members approaches retirement, it becomes increasing... www.cokesbury.com
Sustaining Nonprofit Performance The Case For Capacity Building And The Evidence To Support It the nonprofit sector survives because it has a self-exploiting work force: wind it up and it will do more with less until it just runs out. but at some point, the spring must break." america's nonprofit organizations face a difficult present and an uncertain future. money is tight. workloads are heavy, employee turnover is high, and charitable donations have not fully rebounded from the recent economic downturn. media and political scrutiny remains high, and public confidence in nonprofits has yet to recover from its sharp decline in the wake of well-publicized scandals. in a recent survey, only 14 percent of respondents believed that nonprofits did a very good job of spending money wisely; nearly half said that nonprofit leaders were paid too much, compared to 8 percent who said they earned too little. yet the nonprofit sector has never played a more important role in american life. as a generation of nonprofit executives and board members approaches retirement, it becomes increasing... www.cokesbury.com