Georgia Reports

The following reports have been produced by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. Report summaries and links to full reports appear below.

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		NEW! 2011 Georgia Nonprofit Governance Index This original GCN research study, developed with support from the Home Depot Foundation, provides an "inside view" of the current governance practices among nonprofit board members and executive directors across Georgia, revealing opportunities to strengthen nonprofit leadership in the key function areas of setting direction, providing oversight and ensuring adequate resources. The comprehensive report of findings is available to GCN members. Members, please log in to download the report Download the executive summary here.



		NEW! Sector Briefing: Navigating Health Care Reform New comprehensive federal health care reform legislation means big changes for Georgia's nonprofit organizations, employees, and the people you serve. The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is here to help you navigate these changes. Our new briefing highlights the major changes in group health plan coverage and employer reporting requirements, and suggests resources to help you learn more. Click here to download Navigating Health Care Reform.



		Social Enterprise: A Profile of the Field and Strategies at Work The Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN) issued a survey instrument to assess the state of social enterprise in Georgia. The survey effort, funded by The Home Depot Foundation, identified trends among those organizations engaged in social business ventures, to attempt to understand the prevalence of and interest in this type of endeavor within the nonprofit sector and to identify challenges and opportunities in order to advance the field, inform investors, and further GCN‘s work as capacity builders to the sector. What is the future of nonprofits in the US and globally? While some aspects are unknown, it seems that social enterprise development as a way to maximize impact and sustainability is here to stay. Using the Georgia Center for Nonprofit’s landmark study profiling the field of Social Enterprise in Georgia as a platform for launching our discussion, we will hear case examples from some of the South’s leaders in social venture creation on local, national and global scales. We will dive into how each venture started, grew and what its challenges and opportunities are. A comprehensive white paper, including the research data and venture profiles for Southface Energy Institute, New Horizon Landscape Company, Good Measure Meals, TOMS Shoes, and Nuci’s Space can be found here.



		NEW! Opportunity Knocks 2011/2012 Wage and Benefits Report The Opportunity Knocks 2011/2012 Nonprofit Wage and Benefit Report helps not only determine equitable and attractive salaries, but also assists in making a range of human resource decisions that can affect your organization’s ability to attract and keep employees, thus enabling you to pursue and fulfill your nonprofit’s mission. This report uniquely provides data on titles ranging from Executive Director through Receptionist, which enables organizations to see information beyond the top positions that are typically analyzed in state by state surveys. Another key and unique feature in comparison to other salary reports currently available is to the ability to review title and benefit data by geographic location (Georgia information is listed in Zone 2) and budget size. Click here to purchase the report (You will be redirected to Opportunity Knocks) For questions, please contact Opportunity Knocks directly at 678-916-3070.



		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. Press Release Download a PDF version of this report.



		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. Press release Download a PDF version of this report



		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. Download a PDF version of this report



		Georgia Nonprofit Technology Report This report provides a first glimpse at Georgia nonprofits' attitudes toward and usage of technology. These findings inform our understanding of nonprofits, and over time, will help us establish trends, compare results, measure changes, and draw other conclusions about technology's impact on organizational efficiencies. Such understanding will help organizations better meet their missions by helping them strategically benchmark for future operations. Download a PDF version of this report.



		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. Press release Download a PDF version of this report



		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. Press release Download a PDF version of this report Download a PDF executive summary



		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. Press Release Download a PDF version of this report