Best Nonprofits To Work For 2022

<p>"Employees are the most important thing to the success of our business so if allocating resources there is going to make a difference in achieving our mission and achieving our&nbsp; goals, we’re going to allocate resources there," <a href="https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/who-we-are/midatlantic/usta-mid-atlantic-staff-directory.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro</a>, president and CEO of the <a href="https://www.usta.com/en/home.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">United States Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic Section</a> (USTA-MAS), said.</p> <p>Last year, the USTA-MAS&nbsp;hired a concierge service for its employees. It’s not about scoring reservations at the trendy new restaurant or tickets to a sold-out show. It’s more about getting tedious or mundane tasks off the plate of employees so they can focus on their jobs.</p> <p>It's the second consecutive year that the Herndon, Va.-based organization earned the No. 1 ranking in <a href="https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/hr/leaders-find-ways-to-make-jobs-easier-while-building-relationships/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>The NonProfit Times</em>' 2022 Best Nonprofits To Work For</a>. In this episode, Fitzpatrick-Navarro explains how the concierge service helps her organization. She also discusses other programs, benefits and initiatives, including employee involvement in selecting a new healthcare plan option and personalized, handwritten notes she sends to her nearly two dozen employees.</p> <p>"It's just this additional step of trying to make everything in your life work through benefits that we provide you so that you can be your absolute best employee," Fitzpatrick-Navarro said of the new concierge service. "So you can be the most productive, both personally and professional. It's awesome." USTA Mid-Atlantic also made changes to its health care plans, including employee engagement in making that decision. Employees also were surprised with a pie -- delivered to their doors -- for Thanksgiving.</p> <p>The <a href="https