Service Overview
Your people are your most important asset.
Organizations that fulfill their missions most effectively share a common characteristic: they treat their people as their most important asset. For a not-for-profit employer, this is not simply good management — it is mission-critical.
Our Mission • The People Strategy Imperative
For a nonprofit, healthy HR is not simply good management — it’s mission-critical.
We know when employees thrive, programs are stronger, the core mission is better served, donors gain confidence, and the agency builds institutional resilience. The support, services, resources, and toolkits that our team is offering to your team are specifically designed to address the following precepts:
- Your people are the primary vehicle through which your mission is delivered — their quality, engagement, and stability determine your organizational effectiveness.
- Mission-driven employees are motivated by purpose and led by values; HR practices must honor and reinforce both.
- Turnover in small nonprofit agencies is disproportionately disruptive — every departure carries institutional knowledge, client relationships, and program continuity.
- Executive directors carry an enormous leadership burden; a strong HR function reduces that burden and proactively manages the legal risks that accompany it.
- Board members carry fiduciary responsibility for sound employment practices — practices that protect the agency's reputation, its people, and its tax-exempt status.
- Compensation constraints are real, but they make the non-financial elements of the employment experience — development, culture, purpose, and strong leadership — more important, not less.
- A well-built HR function is not overhead. It is the infrastructure that allows the mission to scale — and the legal foundation that allows it to survive.
Service Options
Helping BBBS Agencies in employment law matters & HR functions
Responsive advice, clear answers, innovative solutions. At Foley & Foley, we provide proactive guidance and practical agency strategies. Not sure which solution is right for your agency? Contact us. We can help.
The BBBS Agency Marketplace: Five Fixed-Fee Options
We offer five fixed-fee marketplace options which are available to all Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across the United States:
Workplace Essentials Program
Proactive Risk Avoidance
Four foundational services bundled to provide the core HR structure and employment law protection every employer needs.
Employment Counsel On-Call™
Our Most Popular Service
Providing a virtual in-house employment level of protection with immediate, direct access to our lawyers.
HR Function Outsourcing Program
Tools & Support for Success
Day-to-day support across essential HR functions with immediate access to both an HR professional and an employment lawyer.
Do It Yourself HR
Templates, Toolkits & Updates
Implement best practices on major HR issues while staying in-the-know with timely state-specific and local updates.
A la Carte Services
Select What You Need
When you only need help with a few select items, A la Carte offers a defined set of proactive risk management services.
Questions? We’re just a phone call away.
Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions about the Agency Marketplace.