Independent Sector: Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector

Independent Sector has published a report titled Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector (free sign-up required to access).  Here is the Snapshot of the report's findings provided by IS:

• Nonprofits make up 5.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• In 2019, Americans gave $450 billion to charity, but the number of donors continued a downward trend, declining by 3%
• Nonprofits make up 7% of total workforce and 10% of private workforce
• 59% of U.S. public trust nonprofits to do what is right
• Voters contacted by nonprofits turn out at rates 11 percentage points higher than comparable voters
• 7% of nonprofits are estimated to close due to the pandemic and almost 1 million nonprofit jobs have been lost

Lloyd Mayer