Research Guides: Master of Science in Nonprofit Management: Statistics

General

National Center for Charitable Statistics
Research Data on the Nonprofit Sector
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has updated research data on employment and wages for the nonprofit sector for 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017. These figures provide insight into this important segment of the U.S. economy."
Tax Exempt Organization Search
This database allows you to "check an organization's eligibility to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions (Pub 78 Data). You can also search for information about an organization's tax-exempt status and filings:

Form 990 Series Returns
Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
Pub. 78 Data
Automatic Revocation of Exemption List
Determination Letters

Historical

120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait
Contains statistical trends of elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions. Text and charts describe historical shifts in educational attainment, enrollment, staff, degrees and finance.

Statista

Statista is the leading statistics company on the Internet. Statista aggregates data on a professional level from different institutes and sources. There are over 80,000 topics from more than 180,000 different sources available.

Each statistic can be downloaded in different formats so that they can be integrated into the document (Graphic PNG file, PowerPoint file, PDF file, and Excel chart).

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State Data

Indiana Nonprofit Database
The Indiana Nonprofit database is a combination of three separate sources of information; IRS files based on Form 990, Secretary of State records, and Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) listings.
STATS Indiiana
"STATS Indiana provides easy, one-stop access to critical statistics for states, counties, cities and towns, townships, regions, census tracts and more."

Philanthropy

Lilly Family School of Philanthropy - Research
Research projects focus on "knowledge about the nonprofit sector and improving the practices of giving, volunteering, fundraising, nonprofit organization management, and other aspects of philanthropic activity."