Chapter Twelve Resources

Chapter Twelve of the Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers discusses nonprofit hiring practices and the sector's employment outlook. Here are some supplementary resources to those included in the chapter.

Further reading on the nonprofit job market outlook

To find out more about the status of the nonprofit sector in your area, have a look at the State Nonprofit Employment Bulletins from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Study, Center for Civil Society Studies, available at: www.jhu.edu/ccss/research/ned/ned_bulletins.htm

For more general information on national and state nonprofits with summaries and comprehensive reports for both, go to the U.S. and State Profiles at the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) website: http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/profileStateList.htm

There are plenty of articles about nonprofit careers, salaries, and employment statistics, as well as analysis of the future of the sector. We've selected some key articles for you to review below. Most are based on similar statistics (like those in this chapter) but the conclusions vary greatly. As you read these forecasts and analyses, remember that the predictions and findings are sector-wide and may not impact your individual job search.

• Brookings Institute, Final Topline Report: Health of the Nonprofit, For-profit, and Public Service Sectors. February 2002. www.brookings.edu/views/papers/light/NonprofitTopline.PDF (PDF)
• Brookings Institute, "Winning the Talent War: New Brookings Survey Finds the Nonprofit Sector Has the Most Dedicated Workforce [Press release]". October 2002. www.brookings.edu/comm/news/20021003nonprofit.htm
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "Facts and Figures on Salary Surveys". www.philanthropy.com/stats/managing/salarysurveys.htm
• Monster.com, "Myths, Motivations and the Future of Nonprofits". Excerpted from Ron and Caryl Krannich, Jobs and Careers with Non-Profit Organizations (Impact Publications, 1999). http://content.comcast.monster.com/articles/3472/16755/1/home.aspx
• OMB Watch, Recent Trends in Nonprofit Employment, Earnings 1990-2004. August 2004. www.ombwatch.org/budget/pdf/nonprofit_employment_Aug04.pdf (PDF)
• Salamon, Lester M. "What Nonprofit Wage Deficit?" The Nonprofit Quarterly, Winter 2002. www.jhu.edu/ccss/research/pdf/What_Nonprofit_Wage_Deficit.pdf (PDF)
• Salamon, Lester M. and Sokolowski, S. Wojciech. Employment in America's Charities: A Profile. Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, Nonprofit Employment Data Project. 2006. www.jhu.edu/ccss/research/pdf/Employment%20in%20Americas%20Charities.pdf (PDF)
• Salamon, Lester M. and Sokolowski, S. Wojciech. "Nonprofit Organizations: New Insights From QCEW Data" Monthly Labor Review, September 2005. www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/art3abs.htm
• Urban Institute, "Nonprofits' Decade of Growth Outpaces Economy". October 2006. www.urban.org/publications/901011.html
• Urban Institute, The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2007. 2006. www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/311373_nonprofit_sector.pdf (PDF)
• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Career Guide to Industries, 2006-7 Edition. "Advocacy, Grantmaking, and Civic Organizations: Outlook". www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs054.htm#outlook