Human Resources

Maryland Nonprofits is your nonprofit resource for hiring, employment policies, and more.

Helpful Resources

Training

Consulting and Contract Training
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Library Resources and Bookstore

Download Model Employee Handbook (Members Only - In the Technical Assistance for Your Nonprofit Community)

Human Resources Issue Brief -
Beware of Transmitting Social Security Numbers - How Maryland's New Social Security Number Privacy Act May Affect You and Your Business (added 4.6.06)

Educational Resource Packets

Maryland Nonprofits has developed a collection of 22 Standards for Excellence Educational Resource Packets that are intended to assist individual organizations to implement specific standards. These materials are available to all Maryland Nonprofits members free of charge.

The following Educational Resource Packets on human resource issues are available for download in the Members Only Online Community:

Compensation and Employee Evaluation
Conflict of Interest
Employment of Fundraising

Personnel Personnel Policies and Employee Orientation
Volunteer Policies

Educational Resource Packets are available to members of Maryland Nonprofits free of charge. If you would like to request an educational resource packet, please contact Standards staff.

Career Center

Our online career center is the go to source for nonprofit jobseekers in Maryland. The career center allows you to post and update job announcements as well as search resumes. Click here to view the Career Center.

Salary Survey

Maryland Nonprofits’ resource libraries in Silver Spring and Baltimore house the latest edition of Abbott, Langer & Associates' survey, Compensation in Nonprofit Organizations in the Mid-Atlantic Region. This great resource contains salary data from nonprofit organizations for an array of staff positions. Want to know how you measure up? Make an appointment to visit our library or ask for specific data. Don’t miss out on this great resource - available free to members of Maryland Nonprofits.

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Employment Policies/Model Employee Handbook

Newly Revised, 2005

Maryland Nonprofits offers a model employee handbook that contains policies on Conflict of Interest, COBRA, Electronic Communications, Salary Basis Test, as well as numerous topics. Designed to be adapted to your own organization, notes are included on how to revise the Handbook to meet your particular needs. The notes discuss legal requirements in certain policy areas and suggest what your organization can do to ensure compliance. The Model Employee Handbook is available in PDF Format on the Members Only section of our website or electronically on CD (MS Word).

Download Model Employee Handbook (Members Only - In the Technical Assistance for Your Nonprofit Community)

Model Employee Handbook (CD or email)
Member price: $50.00
Non-member price: $100.00

Front and back covers for the handbook are also available @ $3.00 per cover set.