What?? But yes, it’s true…

• The Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society released a study showing that nonprofit job openings actually grew from mid-2007 to mid-2009, while employers in the for-profit sector were shedding jobs left and right.
• One explanation for this surprising trend is stimulus funding, which pumped more money into public programs in response to the economic crisis. But not every area of the nonprofit world grew equally. Social-service nonprofits did relatively well, but that is likely because the whole social-service sector (including for-profits) did well.
• There is concern that when stimulus funding runs out, the job situation in the nonprofit sector will reverse.

Facts & Figures

• Nonprofit jobs in the 21 states studied grew by an average of 2.5% each year
• In the same time frame, those states lost jobs at a rate of about 3.3% each year
• Job growth in the nonprofit sector actually grew more between 2007-2009 than it had between 2001-2007

Best Quote

“The service area has been growing, historically, pretty fast, much more so than manufacturing.” – Lester M. Salamon, Director of the Center for Civil Society Studies

Tags: employment, jobs, nonprofits, recession