NONPROFIT JOBS GROW FASTER THAN BUSINESS
Nonprofit jobs grew at an average rate of 2.1 percent a year from 2000 to 2010, compared to a decline of 0.6 percent a year for for-profit jobs, a new report says.
During the recession years of 2007 to 2009, nonprofit jobs grew an average of 1.9 percent a year, compared to an average loss in business jobs of 3.7 percent a year, says the report from the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
"Nonprofit organizations have been holding the fort for much of the rest of the economy over the past decade, creating jobs right through the recent recession and jobs crisis, while other components of the economy have been shedding jobs at accelerating rates," Lester M. Salamon, author of the report and director of the Center for Civil Society Studies, says in a statement.
But with signs of recovery beginning to appear, he says, "there are serious questions about whether nonprofits will be able to sustain this resilient performance in the wake of the impending sharp cuts in government spending." Click here to read the full article from the Philanthropy Journal.