Research Results

Paper Abstracts
Abstracts and summaries of online reports, publications, and academic papers from the Indiana Nonprofit Sector Project. Topics include the characteristics and challenges of Indiana nonprofits, nonprofit employment, volunteering and individual engagement with nonprofits, and analysis of nonprofit databases and community variations in the density of nonprofits. A summary listing is available here.

Indiana Nonprofit Surveys
We are currently conducting a Nonprofit Capacity Assessment survey of Indiana arts and culture organizations at the request of the Indiana Arts Commission. The survey is based on a similar one conducted for the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance and Lumina Foundation for Education in 2007. Both of these efforts are designed to help Indiana policy and grantmakers develop grant opportunities and other support structures that effectively meet the needs of Indiana nonprofits for capacity building and technical assistance.

Our 2002 Indiana Nonprofit Survey of 2,206 Indiana nonprofits is now completed. A series of statewide survey reports have analyzed Indiana's faith-based nonprofits, membership organizations, how the state's nonprofits relate to other organizations, manage their financial and human resources, are impacted by community and policy changes, and what their comprehensive profile is. We have also completed twelve regional reports based on the survey, profiling the nonprofit sector in selected communities across the state. For more information about these regions, see community profiles.

Indiana Nonprofit Employment
Our third report updates our statewide analysis of the size, composition, and distribution of paid employment in the private nonprofit sector in Indiana for 2001 through 2005. Our analysis compares trends in nonprofit, for-profit, and government employment and wages over that period and analyzes industry and regional differences in nonprofit employment. We have also completed several regional reports profiling nonprofit employment in selected economic regions across the state, including the Bloomington, Northwest Indiana, Muncie and Evansville economic regions. Future reports will update the statewide analysis to include the most recent information as well as analysis of historical changes in nonprofit employment in Indiana.

Nonprofit Trust and Personal Affiliation Surveys
We have conducted two surveys of Indiana residents. Most recently we have examined the extent to which they trust nonprofits more or less than other key institutions (October 2008). Several years ago we examined their personal affiliation with nonprofits (May 2001). The results and key findings of the two surveys are posted here.

Comprehensive Searchable Nonprofit Database
We have updated our comprehensive, searchable database of Indiana nonprofits using 2005 listings available from the Internal Revenue Service (tax exempt entities with Indiana reporting addresses), the Indiana Secretary of State (entities incorporated as nonprofits in the state of Indiana), and the yellow pages (religious congregations in Indiana).

Nonprofit Composition
View GIS maps of Indiana nonprofit organizations. Maps included are Indiana nonprofit by type, NTEE category and total count of the organizations. Each link connects to maps by raw count and density.

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