1. Holding the Fort: The Nonprofit Sector’s Impact on
Missouri’s Economy
By Rebecca Gordon, CFRE
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2. Holding The Fort: Nonprofit Employment
During A Decade of Turmoil
This research comes at an
extraordinarily important time as
we struggle with the aftermath
of the 2007-2009 economic
recession.
Lester Salamon, PH.D
Director
Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
Lead Researcher
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3. The Economic Contribution
of the
Nonprofit Sector in Missouri
May 2002
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Economic Research and Information Center
6. The nonprofit sector has been growing
steadily, both in size and financial impact, for
more than a decade. Between 2001 and
2011, the number of nonprofits has increased
25 percent; from 1,259,764 million to
1,574,674 million today.
The growth rate of the nonprofit sector has
surpassed the rate of both the business and
government sectors.
In 2010, nonprofits contributed products and
services that added $779 billion to the nation’s
gross domestic product; 5.4 percent of GDP.
In 2011, charitable giving totaled over
346 billion dollars, a 7.5% increase over
2010.
8. A MAJOR ECONOMIC FORCE
Though many people are not aware of it, research
confirms the enormous scale of the nonprofit
workforce. U.S. nonprofit establishments employed
nearly 10.7 million paid workers in 2010. This accounts
for about 10.1% of our national’s total private
employment and makes the U.S. nonprofit workforce
the third largest among U.S. industries, behind only
retail trade and manufacturing.
9. A Major Economic Force
Retail Trade 14.5%
Manufacturing 11.5%
NONPROFIT 10.7%
Construction 5.5%
Finance and Insurance 5.5%
Wholesale trade 5.5%
Transportation 3.9%
Real Estate 1.9%
Agriculture 1.1%
Mining .7%
Utilities .6%
0 5 10 15 20
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10. More specifically, the U.S. nonprofit sector employs:
• Nearly 19 times more workers
than the nation’s utility industry.
• Nearly 10 times more than
agriculture.
• About 5.5 times more workers
than the nation’s real estate
industry.
• About twice as many workers as
the nation’s wholesale
trade, finance and insurance and
construction industry.
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11. Nonprofit Presence in Key Fields
Three service fields, healthcare, education and social assistance – account
for a vast majority (84%) of U.S. nonprofit jobs.
•57% of all nonprofit jobs in the U.S. are in the heath care field.
•37% in hospitals
•Health clinics
•Nursing homes
•15% of all nonprofit jobs are in education.
•Private elementary and secondary schools
•Colleges and Universities
•Educational Facilities
•13% are in social assistance.
•Individual and family services
•Community Food Services
•Housing
•Child Day Care
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12. How Do We Stack Up In Missouri?
1 in 10 jobs are
nonprofit
Jobs a Distributed
Fairly Evenly
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14. A Dynamic Sector
Recent Trends
2000-2010
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15. Striking
Conclusions
The nonprofit sector grew
steadily throughout the past
decade, achieving and
annual growth rate of 2.1%.
By contrast, the for-profit
sector lost jobs over the
same time period at an
average annual rate of
minus .6%.
Nonprofit employment grew
every year between 2000
and 2010 despite two
recessions.
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16. Accounting For the Results
Many factors are likely responsible for the disparate
employment trends of nonprofit and for-profit organizations
between 2000-2010.
•Growth in government spending in fields in which they
operate.
•Bolstered by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act emergency funding.
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17. Field of Service
• Beyond government
spending….
The nonprofit edge comes
less from the
characteristics of
nonprofit organizations
than from the
characteristics of the
fields in which nonprofit
employment in
concentrated.
18. Our Biggest Contribution
The nonprofit sector not only represents a significant amount of
the employment and wages in the State of Missouri, but it also
contributes to quality of life issues. Missourians have access to
quality healthcare, education, job training, social activities, and
recreation because of this important sector in our economy.
* Missouri Department of Economic Development
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19. “ Feeling good is
what nonprofits
sell.”
Seth Godin, Author
20. Holding the Fort: The Nonprofit Sector’s Impact on
Missouri’s Economy
By Rebecca Gordon, CFRE
Rebecca Gordon Group
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www.rebeccagordongroup.org
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Missouri Accounts for 10.8% just above the national level
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97% of nonprofit employment comes from healthcare, social services and education. 91% of for-profit jobs are concentrated outside of services, ie. Manufacturing, construction, transportation, and wholesale and retail trade. Nonprofit employment is concentrated in the growth areas of the economy while for-profit employment has been shedding jobs.
The nonprofit sector is a valuable asset to communities wanting to draw in new business, and develop robust and thriving ecnonomies
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