From the monthly archives: May 2010

Is Public History Women’s Work?

by David Grabitske on May 19, 2010 · 2 Comments · in Nonprofit Issues

American Historical Association released a study on What the Data Reveals about Women Historians. Of particular interest is the final chart showing the change among public history workers from 1979 to 2009. In support of the chart, the ratio of men to women in the State Historic Preservation Office at the Minnesota Historical Society has gone from [...]

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Vision for Success

by David Grabitske on May 19, 2010 · No Comments · in Marketing, Nonprofit Issues

Our semi-regular column on Key Statements for Success now turns to Vision Statements. In Defining Keys for Success we noted that Vision Statements tend to be motivational, and primarily aimed at those who labor for the organization. Such statements also lay the groundwork for demonstrating worth to financial supports by documenting a significant return on [...]

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Compensation for history

by David Grabitske on May 11, 2010 · 6 Comments · in Nonprofit Issues

Yahoo! recently presented a story on the Worst Paying College Jobs. Although one might expect to see “historian” on that list, there were ten others listed instead. So, plugging a few numbers into PayScale and setting it to Minnesota, the result was just above $51,000/year. PayScale also offers a free account, which might be useful in [...]

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Risking 501(c)(3) status

by David Grabitske on May 7, 2010 · 4 Comments · in Nonprofit Issues

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits published a list of more than 7,500 nonprofits that risk losing their status for failure to file the Form 990-N by May 15, 2010. Local History News and Minnesota History Interpreter have covered this story since the law was passed in 2006. If you are on this list, please take the [...]

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