You didn't get into nonprofit work to become an HR expert. You got into it to change lives, serve communities, and make the world a little better. But somewhere between writing grants and running programs, you found yourself navigating hiring decisions, employee handbooks, performance reviews, and that dreaded question: "Is this even legal?"
If you've ever Googled "how to fire someone compassionately" at midnight or wondered whether your employee handbook from 2015 still works, this toolkit was written for you.
THE NONPROFIT HR TOOLKIT is the practical companion to Dr. Tatyana Moaton's groundbreaking book "From the Margins to Management: Centering Humanity in Nonprofit Leadership." While the main text provides the philosophy and framework for human-centered HR, this toolkit puts those principles directly into your hands with ready-to-use templates, step-by-step guides, and real-world scripts you can adapt today.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
Fifteen comprehensive chapters covering every aspect of nonprofit HR, from building your compliance foundation to navigating crisis situations. Each chapter is written in the same warm, practical voice that made "From the Margins to Management" resonate with thousands of nonprofit leaders.
Forty-six fillable PDF templates designed specifically for small to mid-sized nonprofits, including:
Employment applications and offer letter templates that protect your organization while welcoming new team members. Interview guides with behavior-based questions that actually predict job success. Onboarding checklists that turn new hires into engaged team members within their first 90 days. Performance review frameworks that feel like growth conversations, not annual interrogations. Progressive discipline documentation that's fair, legal, and human. Termination scripts and exit interview guides for when relationships must end. Remote work agreements, crisis communication plans, and compensation worksheets.
WHO THIS TOOLKIT IS FOR:
Executive directors wearing seventeen hats who need HR solutions that work without an HR department. Board members suddenly realizing their organization has compliance gaps. Operations managers tasked with "figuring out the people stuff." Founders transitioning from startup chaos to sustainable systems. Anyone who believes that good HR isn't about policies and procedures but about creating workplaces where people can do their best work.
THE CENTERING HUMANITY APPROACH:
Every template and guide in this toolkit reflects the core philosophy of centering humanity in organizational practices. You won't find cold, corporate language designed to protect the organization at the expense of its people. Instead, you'll find tools that honor both your mission and your team, that balance legal compliance with genuine care, and that help you build the kind of workplace you'd want to work in yourself.
This isn't HR theory. It's HR practice, refined through decades of work with nonprofits of every size, tested in the real world, and designed to be implemented immediately. Open any chapter, download any template, and put it to work this week.
Your mission is too important to be derailed by preventable HR crises. Your team deserves leadership that takes people management as seriously as program management. And you deserve tools that make the hard work of HR a little bit easier.
Welcome to your toolkit. Let's build something human together.
