That last paragraph is a perfect summation. As a nonprofit worker running after-school programs, I was just thinking the other day how I am forced to find the most "cost-effective" way to do my programs, which normally means the way that uses up more of my time and energy so that we spend less money on materials even though from a cost-benefit analysis my pay per hour tends to cost more than the savings. But because salaries are a fixed cost, we have to make sure we're showing funders good outcomes for the lowest dollar amount possible.
That last paragraph is a perfect summation. As a nonprofit worker running after-school programs, I was just thinking the other day how I am forced to find the most "cost-effective" way to do my programs, which normally means the way that uses up more of my time and energy so that we spend less money on materials even though from a cost-benefit analysis my pay per hour tends to cost more than the savings. But because salaries are a fixed cost, we have to make sure we're showing funders good outcomes for the lowest dollar amount possible.