Center Research Publications

Being Accountable: Ethical Practices of Georgia Nonprofits

This report is designed with two goals in mind: to inform Georgia's nonprofits of pressing issues pertaining to nonprofit governance and to assess the ethical practices of Georgia's nonprofits.

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Georgia Nonprofit Employment Report, first edition

Presents data on nonprofit employment and payrolls by industry and location, and provides information about nonprofit, for-profit and government employees in various fields, charting the role nonprofit employment plays in the state's economy.

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Georgia Nonprofit Sector Report, sixth edition

Explore the size and scope of Georgia's nonprofit community. In this report, facts and figures show the diverse and vibrant role charitable organizations play throughout the state.

This is an annually revised publication providing key data defining the size and scope of the nonprofit sector in Georgia.

The report contains vital information on the number of nonprofit organizations statewide, financial details on Georgia's reporting public charities, and an overview of total contributions from top independent, corporate, community and operating foundations throughout the state.

Produced jointly by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute, and in cooperation with the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, this latest publication, the sixth edition, offers readers quick, useful fingertip facts, and uses data from Internal Revenue Service filings and statistics from the Foundation Center.

Georgia Nonprofit Wage & Benefit Report, second edition

Access the latest study that measures competitive compensation and benefits in Georgia. Based on responses from 168 organizations, representing 4,934 nonprofit employees, this report captures policies and practices in the areas of compensation, benefits, perquisites and employment policies. Segmented by organization budget size, type, number of employees, educational requirements, gender and tenure for 95 different positions, the report represents employment figures for organizations with annual operating revenues ranging from $20,000 to $32 million.

The cost of the report is $45 for Center members and $65 for nonmembers.
Order is mailed as a PDF compact disc only, 225 pp.

Media: Contact Nancy Longacre at nlongacre@gcn.org or 678-916-3030 to receive a complimentary copy of this report.

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Georgia Nonprofits: Spreading the News

Does the lack of news coverage about nonprofit organizations explain, in part, why many social problems remain unsolved? This report looks at whether or not nonprofit organizations provide editors enough opportunities—in the right packaging, at the right time— to appropriately cover relevant causes and important issues.

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The Economic Impact of Georgia's Nonprofit Sector

The purpose of this report is to summarize data on Georgia's nonprofit sector and illustrate how nonprofits directly and significantly impact the economy.

This analysis provides an estimate of the nonprofit sector's impact by comparing it to traditional areas of commerce and industry and demonstrating the sector's influence beyond its primary role as a provider of needed services, contributing to the overall health of our economy, nonprofits bring in money from outside sources, provide jobs and wages to residents, and circulate money in the economy through their purchases of goods and services--as well as being a taxpaying workforce, and a network of community leaders, policy makers, and businesses.

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The Future of Georgia's Nonprofit Leadership

Recent research provides insight into nonprofit leadership change. Executive stability, career paths, tenure and succession planning are examined. This survey of Georgia nonprofits is part of the first national study of leadership transition in the nonprofit sector. The purpose of the report is to help nonprofits better understand how leadership transitions will impact organizations in the nonprofit sector, and to give them the information they need to develop strategies to address this upcoming shift in leadership.

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