November 13, 2008

Rethinking Nonprofit Jobs

Competition and the bad economy force charities to get creative

By Caroline Preston

At 66, Delle Willett is the oldest employee at the San Diego Natural History Museum, where she has worked as the director of marketing for a decade. And while her husband and friends have all retired, Ms. Willett doesn't have retirement in sight.

That's because the crumbling economy has put her family's investments in a tailspin, magnifying her concerns about the high cost of living in Southern California and of paying her son's college bills.

"I would like to continue earning

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