conversation: User (slayez06): "Ok so here is the deal. My friend who owns a construction company lost his special needs child and wanted to start a non-profit.  With the new rules you have to be in bis for 1 year before you can get your 501c.3. This makes donations incredibly hard to recive I told him that upfront. The father agreed to suplement my pay as executive director @ $1,500 a month. I even worked the 1st month for free to start the ball rolling. Here is the thing. I have been over all very successful and we got everything from logo to website/paypal/business model and even gave out over $20,000 worth of items to  20 + special needs children who were denied the items by Medicaid. The organization is named after his child who died.  The board aproved my salary with the agreement he was going to donate that money and I have been a 1 man show from inception constantly producing.  Thing is my pay has not been steady.. for the first few months pay would be a week or 2 late here or there and flat out dude got behind. I stopped receiving payments as of october 14th.. He keep telling me how he got fucked over and a construction job wasn't finished on time and told me "just hang tight".. Now I am very fiscally responsible. I took this job on for about a 1/4 of what I used to get paid as I truly seen why we needed this organization in town (again we help kids who were denied medical equipment by medicaid and I see some ruff stuff). I held up every end of my bargin and then some and even as of this week guy says "I'm gonna pay you soon". But he honestly just sent me into christmas with out paying me a dollar in the last two months. I am personally very hurt by this and down to my last $1,000 in my savings from my jobs before. So if I'm not paid something by the first I have to quit regardless and move on.  Thing is the organization doesn't have the 6k+ liquid to cover what is owed to me so if I call it due, the organization fails.  I worked so hard I don't want to do that. They are 2 months from getting a 501c.3 and the ability to get grants. So my question is to who ever reads this.. \n\n1st.. if he doesn't pay me before the 1st do I consider that earned income from this year or the new one?\n\n2nd. If he truly just screwed me over can I wait a year or 2 and see if the organization gets some grants and then take them to small claims for my back pay?\n\nThank you so much.. I haven't been able to sleep over this and the fact one of my close friends was shot and killed by cops the other day.. I took this job  just to help kids but I have endured all I can take and now it's clearly causing me sleepless nights.\n\nThank you in advance and Merry Christmas"
  Self: "You should start with filing for unemployment. Then you should make a wage claim with your state department of labor. Then start looking for a new job. The department of labor is usually able to get your unpaid wages without having to go to small claims court. What state are you in? "
  User (slayez06): "but won't that colapse the organization? I really don't want to do that if I can avoid it?"
  rnbwpnt (rnbwpnt): "&gt; but won't that colapse the organization? I really don't want to do that if I can avoid it?\n\nget a grip. everybody knows that paying employees comes even before paying taxes. if they can't pay you, they can't pay anybody. get out now."
  User (slayez06): "i am the only employee and besides me our operating cost is very small again it's a non profit that was started less than a year ago"
  noble_barnes (noble_barnes): "If they can't afford to pay you,  they can't afford to operate.  I know this is important to you,  but it's also out of your hands. "
  