Why do our social change organizations – who work for racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice – reinforce income inequity in their pay scales?
How seriously can we take nonprofits, and their public solidarity statements, if they continue to undercompensate their most marginalized staff members?
What are the real, meaningful options for people who want to be part of organizations that practice equity where it matters: with compensation?
This seminar series is for every nonprofit staff person, human resources professional, consultant, donor, or movement worker who believes that we need organizations to practice their stated values of equity through their compensation – in other words, to put their money where their values are.
Are you ready?
This four-part seminar series builds your capacity to design an equitable compensation structure. The first seminar is a prerequisite for the all other seminars; the first three seminars are prerequisites for certification.
This seminar is appropriate for you if you – and your organization, if applicable – are committed to actively practicing anti-supremacy and intersectional justice throughout all aspects of your daily life and work. If you have questions about this, please reach out to Vega at info@vegamala.com.
We are offering this seminar series at a sliding scale based on your entity type and your annual income. Please refer to the charts below to identify your possible seminar fee; you will not be charged at this time.
Use the chart below to identify your income bracket based on your entity type.
| Entity Type | $ Category | Resourced | Making It | Treading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household | Household Income | more than $150,000/yr | $75,000-150,000/yr | up to $75,000/yr |
| Business | Business Gross | more than $250,000/yr | $150,000-250,000/yr | up to $150,000/yr |
| Organization | Organization Budget | more than $5M/yr | $500,000-5M/yr | up to $500,000/yr |
| Foundation/Donor | Funder Assets | more than $50M/yr | $5M-50M/yr | up to $5M/yr |
| Type | All 4 | Foundations | Footing | Framing | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resourced | $10,000 | $1,000 | $5,000 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
| Making It | $5,000 | $500 | $2,000 | $750 | $1,750 |
| Treading | $3,000 | $250 | $1,250 | $500 | $1,000 |
Estimated time to complete application: 10 minutes
Please note: Our ideal is to develop a more comprehensive sliding scale, using wealth instead of income data. However, because of the lack of familiarity with wealth assessment and social barriers to wealth discussions, we are using annual income data at this time.
If you want to challenge yourself to calculate your wealth, check out this Class Look Up resource.
Questions can be directed to Vega at info@vegamala.com
The Foundation seminar is a holistic overview of the underlying problems and solutions to practicing equitable compensation in our social change work. Foundation seminar participants will:
Foundation is open to any person who wants to learn the nuts, bolts, and innovations of equitable compensation for values-based groups. No prerequisites, only a short screening application is required.
Prerequisite: Foundations Seminar
The Footing seminar is a deep-dive into the organizational change process that helps transform organizational compensation culture and structure. Footing seminar participants will:
Footing is open to any person who has completed the Foundations seminar and wants to learn how to implement the Pay Scale Equity Process in their organization or organizations they want to work with.
Prerequisite: Foundations Seminar
The Framing seminar is a guide about the key frameworks, lessons, and practices that support meaningful compensation discussions and culture-building around new compensation systems. Framing seminar participants will:
Framing is open to any person who has completed the Foundations seminar and wants to learn how to support the culture-side of implementing the Pay Scale Equity Process in their organization.
Prerequisites: Foundations, Footing, and Framing Seminars
The Certification seminar supports human resources and organizational development consultants, capacity builders, and internal change agents in getting certified to use this process in their client engagements or within their organizations. Certification seminar participants will:
The Certification seminar is open to any person who has completed the Foundations, Footings, and Framing seminars and wants to learn how to guide the Pay Scale Equity Process in their organization or organizations they want to work with.
| Type | All 4 | Foundations | Footing | Framing | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resourced | $10,000 | $1,000 | $5,000 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
| Making It | $5,000 | $500 | $2,000 | $750 | $1,750 |
| Treading | $3,000 | $250 | $1,250 | $500 | $1,000 |
Estimated time to complete application: 10 minutes
Questions? Email Vega at info@vegamala.com. We look forward to connecting with you soon!
