**5. Conclusions**

The nonprofit sector rose above challenges encountered during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The mission-driven organizations staffed by service provider professionals delivered programs and services essential to the well-being of people around the globe with limited resources and increased demands. However, it was not without cost. Not all nonprofit organizations came through the pandemic unscathed, recognizing that such a response to increased demands and limited resources contributed significantly to the burnout of their employees. In addition, the care and nurturing of people during the COVID-19 pandemic fell primarily to women in the nonprofit sector.

Today, the impact of COVID-19 continues to leave its imprint within the nonprofit sector at the organization's micro, mezzo, and macro levels. The self-care and well-being of women in nonprofit organizations led to the further realization that nonprofit organizations must look at how they provide opportunities to the women within their organizations for self-care. At the mezzo level, organizations must ask themselves how they provide a psychologically safe environment for employees to receive mental health opportunities that address the stress and burnout they are experiencing and how such opportunities contribute to the well-being of women. Furthermore, at the mezzo level, managers and group and team leaders must have the authority to provide workplace flexibility to women with increased responsibilities. Most critical at the macro level is the review and revision of policies and procedures that are not conducive to reducing stress and burnout in consideration of the unique needs of women in the nonprofit sector. The global pandemic taught us that it is equally vital for the care and nurturing of the women within the organization—as it is—to have a mission-driven organization staffed by service provider professionals.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; methodology, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; software, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; validation, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; formal analysis, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; investigation, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; resources, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; data curation, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; writing—original draft preparation, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; writing—review and editing, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; visualization, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; supervision, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; project administration, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; funding acquisition, P.A.C. and P.V.R.; All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** Ethical review and approval were waived as this article presents existing research.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable.

**Data Availability Statement:** Not applicable.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
