August 9, 2009

The Effect of the Economy on the Nonprofit Sector, March - May 2009

The study is based on a GuideStar survey of public charity and private foundation officers that was conducted on-line from June 8, 2009, until June 22, 2009. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate the effect of the economic downturn on the American non-profit sector. There were 2,279 usable responses, 2,098 from public charities and 181 from private foundations. Twenty percent of the responses were from human service charities; three percent were from mental health and crisis intervention organizations.