Has anyone transitioned from public sector, state and local municipal finance to non-profit industry and willing to share your overall experience, advice or lessons learned? TIA!

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From what I’ve heard from my friends in non-profit don’t expect bonuses, good raises, and be expected to do work of more than 1 person.

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Thank you for sharing. I've heard similar things like having to wear many hats.

Yes, I worked for the government HUD housing for 20 years. before that, I was a deputy sheriff for 16 years. I switched over to the nonprofit world. It's been amazing and so much better! nonprofit tends not to pay as much, but they make it up with bonuses and benefits! there are some good nonprofit companies out there. You just need to find them! Best of luck!

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Thank you for sharing. And the encouragement!

I did at an executive level and found many aspects of how they treated staff intolerable compared to what headquarters received. Perhaps it was the culture of that non-profit but it’s important to understand a few things.

1. You’re always bound by the strings of your funding source and always raising funds. For the organizations survival. That means that the work you do is always subject to influence by the funder and that may not be a good thing.

2. Your pay and workload will suck.

3. You’re limited at times in impacting the true change needed.

4. In my case, leadership cared more about their 6 digit salaries than the work being done at the ground level and the staff doing it.

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Thank you for sharing. This is helpful insight.

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I transitioned from government to non-profit! Would this help you?

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