This is Annie and you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.

And as we record this, as this is released, it is The Holidays.

This is the time of year for giving and donating whether that is your time or your money.

But for many, especially women, nonprofit isn't just a once a year thing.

It's a full-time job.

It's a job with conditions that lead a lot of workers to burn out, which is something

else on our minds lately.

This holiday season, please keep in mind the people behind the charities you support

and how we can push for better for them.

And please enjoy this classic to learn more about the world of nonprofit organizations.

Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from Howstuffworks.com.

Hello and welcome to the podcast.

I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline.

And today we're talking about nonprofit work and philanthropy partly because as we're

recording this to the season, the holidays are upon us, holiday giving, not to mention

that Caroline and I both have personal experience in the nonprofit space and we're not making

a joke about podcasting.

Yeah, I actually had two back-to-back nonprofit jobs before I came here.

And both were super women-dominated.

We didn't have a whole lot of dudes and at both, the upper echelons were also stocked with

bunches of women, which as we will get into not to spoil the whole show, but that can

be pretty rare for bigger nonprofits that are in charge of lots and lots of millions

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