Education instead of NPO?
Not that schools or other academic institutions aren't in a world of hurt right now, but if you wanted to stay in the "NPO" genre of employment without most of the same pain, then working for a school district, college or university might be a good alternative.
The only problem with that: Schools are being starved to death in the USA, maybe because everyone has to have a giant TV, a luxory SUV and a house they can barely afford...so "who do those pesky schools think they are asking for money?"....
I hate to say it but the good old USA is falling behind the rest of the world in terms of math, science, technology, and we respond by attacking teachers and academic instititutions....weird.
