Crisis, Pandemic, and Beyond: Nonprofits and Adaptive Capability of Communities

Akingbola, Kunle; Brunt, Carol; Baluch, Alina; Cunningham, Ian

doi:10.29173/cjnser.2021v12ns1a544

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“…For example, during the 2008 economic crisis, data from the Bureau of Labor statistics show that nonprofit employment increased (DePillis, 2016) while the current pandemic has not only caused nonprofits to make staffing changes but also programmatic and operational changes (such as social distancing, remote work, etc.) that were not required during previous external shocks (Akingbola, 2020;Akingbola, Brunt, Baluch, & Cunningham, 2021). Further, many state and local sectors have documented the pandemic's impact on nonprofit operations and services, and prior commentary has made the link between COVID-19, workforce changes, and the capacity of nonprofits to serve their missions.…”

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How Are Nonprofit Workers Doing? Investigating the Personal and Professional Impact of COVID-19

Kuenzi

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Stewart

2022

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COVID-19 has presented unprecedented challenges to the nonprofit sector, and while evidence is accruing about its impact on nonprofit finances and operations, less is known about how nonprofit workers are faring. With so many organizations in the increasingly professionalized nonprofit sector reliant upon their paid staff, this study assesses how COVID-19 has changed the way nonprofit workers think about their current and future work. We use a survey of nonprofit workers who have a nonprofit graduate degree to describe pandemic-related work changes and to explore the impact of these changes on their commitment to the sector. Our findings reveal that nonprofit workers are nuanced in how they approach their work and commitment to the sector. We distill our findings considerate of how future research should endeavor to unpack the degree to which workers’ personal and professional circumstances affect how they think about their work in the sector.

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confidence: 99%