Resources

Under the leadership of Director Laura Otten, Ph.D., The Nonprofit Center continues to take a leadership role in research that furthers education and contributes to capacity-building in the nonprofit sector.

Research on the Nonprofit Sector

Our research has included studies on the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations, strategic readiness factors and funding perceptions. In 2005, we published the region's definitive Wage and Benefit Survey, reporting on more than 9,000 paid positions across the Delaware Valley.

Responding to a national trend of baby-boomers leaving their nonprofit leadership positions, we surveyed local executive directors to gather a sense of whether the Greater Philadelphia region will experience the same leadership gap predicted in other major metropolitan areas.

Periodically we gather prominent researchers to share and discuss their relevant findings and insights into the nonprofit environment. In addition to conducting our own research for Delaware Valley nonprofits, we research topics of national relevance such as the evaluation and analysis of Management Support Organizations, mapping projects for the nonprofit sector as a whole. and evaluation tools.

Nonprofit Jobs

The Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative is your all electronic connection, linking employers with nonprofit talent immediately, both in the Philadelphia region and beyond.  It carries on, and moves beyond, the 12-year history of the nonprofit neXus.  The neXus has made way for the real time immediacy of the Internet-based job search of the Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative. 

Find out more about our online job search >