The Independent Sector Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Quarterly Review report focuses on nonprofit employment and economic contributions to the nation. It follows publication of our first Independent Sector Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Annual Report.
In Q1 2021, the nonprofits sector saw a drop of 1% in its gross value-added portion to the economy, despite the nation’s gross domestic product growing by 6.4% during the same period.
In Q1 2021, giving to Human Services and Environment & Animals increased. Other causes experienced substantial decreases compared to previous years.
More people gave in Q1 2021, compared to the same period last year, but that's not the full story. Donations of $500 or less increased, while giving above $500 decreased significantly.
Independent Sector regularly releases Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector reports – an evolving and growing resource of data, analysis, and recommendations about key areas powering more than 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits. Since 2020, when Independent Sector launched these reports, the focal points have been: Financial Resources, Human Capital, Governance and Trust, and Public Policy Advocacy. The reports make a broad set of measures easily accessible and present them side-by-side, so stakeholders and key decisionmakers can quickly see the most accurate snapshot of the state of civil society.
This most recent 2022 Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Quarterly Review provides Independent Sector analysis of federal data highlighting the nonprofit sector’s economic contributions and human capital. Recommendations cover research, practice, and policy. This report complements data and recommendations in the 2021 Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector annual report. As the nonprofit sector continues to be the underpinning of civil society and healthy, equitable communities, our goal is to spur deeper discussions, greater action, and more collaboration so that everyone in the U.S. can thrive.
