Thank you so much for taking time to comment. Your first obligation is to yourself, in terms of sustaining yourself emotionally, physically and financially. You’re indeed right that if you’re tired or stressing about money you can’t be of real service to youth or anyone else.

If I were coaching you I’d suggest tha immediately you begin saying no to forced volunteer assignements. This is a way that organizations use to duck their responsibility to generate more revenue and hire more staff.

Second I’d tell you get comfortable talking about money whether anyone else does or not. If you haven’t had a raise in at least a year and a half and/or you’ve taken on broader responsibilities it’s time to ask for a raise.

You have to value your own time and efforts and not allow anyone, even under the guise of “doing good” to suggest that you should discount yourself. If one organization can’t/won’t meet your value (salary) requests another one can/will.