Top 10 Employee Benefits Offered By Nonprofits

Employee benefits should be on the top of your "must-have" list when looking for a nonprofit job. While salary gets all the attention, having good benefits can make all the difference when it comes to having a job that fulfills your needs.

The NonProfit Times is in the midst of collecting data for its annual Salary and Benefits Survey and while a lot of that information has to do with employee salaries, benefits are also a part of the picture. As a job seeker, you should be seeking out jobs that offer perks that will give you flexibility when it comes to things like sick days, vacations, and bereavement time.

NPT's 2012 Salary and Benefits Report listed the top 10 employee benefits offered by nonprofits. You should be sure that the organization you want to join has at least some of these, if not most of them, before deciding to accept their job offer:

• Paid Company Holiday - 84.87 percent of employers
• Medical Insurance - 81.72 percent
• Paid Vacation -70.41 percent
• Paid Sick Leave - 65.19 percent
• Paid Bereavement Time - 64.39 percent
• Dental Insurance - 64.18 percent
• Retirement Plan - 64.07 percent
• Basic Life Insurance - 55.04 percent
• Flextime - 49.46 percent
• Employee Travel-Accident Insurance - 42.07 percent