How do employees at non-profit organizations get paid?

Question

Or are they always run by volunteers?

Answer 1

It is usually a mixture of both. I work part time at a Drug and Alcohol counselling centre and management,some clerical and counselling staff are all paid staff..
We have other staff such at home visit back up people,who go with a counsellor on home visits,they are usually Student nurses or D&A students.
The needle exchange program is run by volunteers,and our reception telephone personal are volunteers.
Our lovely cleaner/coffee maker is the Mum of an ex client.
She has been doing that for the last four years.she is just grateful her son was able to turn his life around.

Answer 2

Some of the people volunteer, while some are paid. A non-profit organization cannot profit, but before a company determines what their profit is, employee salaries are taken out.

Answer 3

I think there is some confusion over volunteer work and work work when it comes to non-profitt companies. Volunteers obviously arn't getting paid a wage so the true "non-profitt" status for that person is intact. However, 99% of these companies have at least one or even all of the workers on a wage. How can this be? Well, the "company" in order to maintain it's status as non-profitt business must not show any monies left over. So the person running this business can deremine how much can be paid to employees and theirselves and as long as a just a fration is steered towards some cause, well you get the picture. I'd say fraud of some kind runs rampant in these tax free organizations. The best example I can think of is when you get a call from the Sheriff's association. the person on the phone wants you to make a donation to help this assoc. Well naturally you think it's someone from your local sherrif's office, when in reality these people are calling from out=of state and have no clue as to who your cops are. They set up a telemarketing office and pleadge1% of donations to this assoc. The rest of it goes to cover the telemarketing sceme. Just ask one of these guys what actually goes to the sherriffs and the have to tell you are they can be shut down rapidly,

Answer 4

There are some volunteers, but there are many people who are paid. These companies still charge money for stuff or if they are charities, they take a portion of the donations. What non profit means is that they charge just enough to cover bills and wages/benefits

Answer 5

Some are volunteer, some are paid. Non-profit means that they don't distribute profit to owners but they still have to cover their costs, such as salaries. Non-profit is kind of a misnomer, they do make a profit in the literal sense, it's what they do with that money that is the difference.

Answer 6

Non profit agencies take administrative costs, etc. out of what the company makes, then what is left is used for the organization's do goodings.

Answer 7

Usualy when you work at a non-profit you get payed by check. It works just like any other job, except you do not make as much money. A non -profit means the place does not make money, but the people that run it do.

Answer 8

a number of the human beings volunteer, even as some are paid. A non-earnings company can't earnings, yet earlier a organization determines what their earnings is, worker salaries are taken out.

Answer 9

they get pain the deal is the organization dos,t make a profit on tax day

Answer 10

a non proft organization may not get money by consumer products or services but they get donations and some people do non profit organizations on the side of their main job