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3.0

46% would recommend to a friend

(5 total reviews)
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Joe Goldman

37% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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5 reviews
1.0
10 Oct 2025
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Pros

I want to say that the pros are the people, but there aren't many left at this point. The incredible staff when I was there were the strength of this organization, but they've been systematically laying them off or pushing them out over the past few years.

Cons

The president and those around him are the embodiment of the toxic nonprofit mindset of sacrificing people for the mission because they ultimately lost sight of the fact that the people are what makes the mission succeed. Leadership does not care about culture and values - they see themselves as saviors of democracy, but forget that the staff are (or were) the ones who were doing the actual work. They particularly treat lower-level staff, coordinators especially, as disposable. They've cut staff farther down on the hierarchy in the name of "saving money so we can make bigger grants", all while keeping staff whose nebulous "Senior Advisor" or "executive advisor" titles earn them massive salaries that dwarf what is being saved with the layoffs.

4.0
25 Sept 2024

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Pros

Colleagues, mission, salary and benefits, work-life balance

Cons

Not at this time time.

5.0
24 Apr 2023
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Pros

Incredible benefits, awesome coworkers, and actual work life balance. Getting to see actual work being done and positive impacts in areas of focus is so fulfilling, I cannot recommend this place enough!!

Cons

Would love some more transparency on HR decisions/processes, but overall no cons!

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