Data on How the Pandemic and Economic Crises Are Affecting Nonprofits

Many state-level surveys and polls have been conducted, and in some cases, reports written, providing data from the field on how COVID-19 and the related economic crisis are affecting nonprofits. In addition, there are some nationwide and regional surveys and reports that provide insights. We have gathered the state and national data here and will update this page when we discover new data of interest.

State-specific surveys and data on how the pandemic and economic crises are affecting nonprofits

Alaska

• Foraker Group survey report (March 2020)

Arizona

• Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits ​
  • Arizona pulse poll results (June 2020)
  • Arizona survey results (October 2020)

Arkansas

• University of Arkansas/Arkansas Community Foundation survey report (June 2020)

California

• California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) survey results

Colorado

• Philanthropy Colorado survey results (with Colorado Nonprofit Association) (March 2020)

Connecticut

• CT Community Nonprofit Alliance survey report (September 2020)

Delaware

• Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement survey results and infographic (March 2020)

Florida

• Florida Nonprofit Alliance:
  • Florida survey report: Effects of COVID-19 on Florida Nonprofits (April 2020)
  • Florida survey report: Looking Forward: How COVID-19 Will Affect Florida Nonprofits (July 2020)
  • Florida survey report: Closing Out the Year: COVID-19 Effects on Nonprofits in 2020 (December 2020)

Hawai`i

• Hawaiʻi Sector Pulse: Nonprofit & Social Enterprise Report (December 2020)

Illinois

• Forefront Illinois survey report (April 2020)
• Forefront Illinois survey report (January 2021)

Indiana

• Indiana United Ways, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy survey report (July 2020)

Iowa

• University of Northern Iowa Business & Community Services survey report (April 2020)
• University of Northern Iowa Business & Community Services survey report (July 2020)

Kentucky

• Kentucky Nonprofit Network:
  • Initial Kentucky Survey report (March 2020)
  • Follow-up Kentucky Survey report (April 2020)
  • Check-in Kentucky Survey report (August 2020)

Maine

• Maine Association of Nonprofits 
  • Maine flash poll results (March 2020)
  • Maine flash poll results (July 2020)

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Nonprofit Network survey report (June 2020)

Minnesota

• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Nonprofit Economy Report (June 2020) (includes links to earlier surveys in April and May 2020)

Missouri

• Nonprofit Connect (Kansas City) survey report  (March 2020)

Montana

• Montana Nonprofit Association:
  • Montana flash poll results (March 2020)
  • Montana second flash poll results (April 2020)
  • Montana third flash poll results (September 2020)
  • COVID & the Economy: A perspective from the Montana Nonprofit Association (December 1, 2020)

Nebraska

• Nonprofit Association of the Midlands:
  • Nebraska pulse poll results (March 2020)
  • Second Nebraska pulse poll results (April 2020)
  • Third Nebraska pulse poll results (October 2020)

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits:
  • New Hampshire survey results (March 2020)
  • Second New Hampshire pulse poll results (April 2020)

New Jersey

• Center for Non-Profits: 
  • New Jersey Rapid Response Survey report (March 2020)
  • New Jersey Rapid Response Survey report (April 2020)
  • New Jersey Rapid Response Survey report (July 2020)

New Mexico

• New Mexico Thrives survey report (June 2020)

New York

• Hudson Valley Funders Collaborative / New York Council of Nonprofits: Hudson Valley Nonprofits Amidst COVID-19 (September 2020)
• Nonprofit New York (New York City) pulse polls report (April/May, 2020)

North Carolina

• The North Carolina Office of Strategic Partnerships, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, & The Policy Lab at Brown University, North Carolina nonprofit organizations and the impact of COVID-19: Insights from a statewide survey and creation of a publicly available dataset (October 2020) (includes reference/link to earlier survey conducted in March)

Ohio

• Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Philanthropy Ohio, and Ohio State University survey report (May 2020)

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits survey report (July 2020)

Oregon

• Nonprofit Association of Oregon survey report (August 2020)

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations:
  • Pennsylvania survey reports and interactive data dashboard (October 2020) (includes links to earlier survey and emerging needs)

Rhode Island

• United Way Rhode Island survey results (July 2020) (page includes link to an earlier survey)

South Carolina

• Together SC survey report (September 2020)

Tennessee

• Momentum Nonprofit Partners' 2020 State of the Mid-South Nonprofit Sector Report (January 2021)

Texas

• Texas Nonprofit Leaders’ COVID-19 Impact Report (December 2020)

Utah

• Utah Nonprofits Association:
  • Utah survey results (March 2020)
  • Utah second survey results (April 2020)
  • Utah third survey results (August 2020)

Virginia

• Center for Nonprofit Excellence survey results (most responses from Charlottesville area) (May 2020)

Washington

• University of Washington Evans School survey report (August 2020)
• Washington Nonprofits page on regional Washington State surveys on the impact of COVID on nonprofits (September 2020)

West Virginia

• West Virginia Nonprofit Association flash poll results and slide decks (March and May/June 2020)

Wisconsin

• Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management survey report (May 2020)

Wyoming

• Wyoming Nonprofit Network
  • Wyoming survey report (March 2020)
  • Wyoming survey report (April 2020)

National and regional surveys and data on how the pandemic and economic crisis are affecting nonprofits

Several reports have been issued (most based on surveys) that may be of interest on a geographical or subsector basis. We have posted the best we have discovered below.

National

Building Movement Project: On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism

Geographical

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (October 2020), COVID-19’s Impact on the Human and Social Services Sector (focusing on FEMA Region 3: DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve System has fielded a series of surveys entitled, “Perspectives from Main Street: The Impact of COVID-19 on Low- to Moderate-Income Communities and the Entities Serving Them.” The Fed surveyed nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, government agencies, and other community organizations, with nearly 4,000 respondents in April (64 percent of which were nonprofits), 1,869 in June (45 percent nonprofits), and 1,465 in August (57 percent nonprofits). Because results were not broken out by organization type, these have limited nonprofit-specific data; yet because they are being done every two months, they provide useful snapshots over time of both the needs in communities and the resilience of organizations responding to those needs.

• April 2020 Federal Reserve System survey results
• June 2020 Federal Reserve System survey results
• August 2020 Federal Reserve System survey results
• October 2020 Federal Reserve System survey results

Subsector

Arts & Culture

• Americans for the Arts: The Economic Impact of Coronavirus on the Arts And Culture Sector
• American Alliance of Museums: National Snapshot of COVID-19 Impact on United States Museums (October 2020)
• Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings: Lost Art: Measuring COVID-19’s devastating impact on America’s creative economy (August 2020)
• Nonprofit Organization Research Panel (NORP): “COVID-19 and Nonprofits,” only human services (70 percent) and arts & culture organizations (30 percent) (Spring 2020)

Human Services Organizations

• Nonprofit Organization Research Panel (NORP): “COVID-19 and Nonprofits,” only human services (70 percent) and arts & culture organizations (30 percent) (Spring 2020)

Immigrant-Serving Organizations

• Urban Institute: Immigrant-Serving Organizations' Perspectives on the COVID-19 Crisis (August 2020)
   

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