The non-profit benchmark is representative of the not for profit sector. These organizations tend to be highly mission driven and often in service of disadvantaged groups and indivudals. Employees in this sector tend to work in nonprofit management, public policy, civic service and philanthropy. This benchmark only includes organizations of size 0–100 employees.
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
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Non-Profit Organization Management
68%
Nonprofit Organization Management
22%
Civic & Social Organization
8%
Libraries
3%
North America
66%
Oceania
29%
Europe
3%
MEA
2%
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
This is in the bottom 44% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 22 and is in the top 24% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I am proud to work for [Company] | 91% 5% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 84% 2% above global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 70% 1% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 53% 2% below global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 57% 6% below global average |
People working in Non Profits 0–100) are more engaged than Professional Services DACH, Marketing & Advertising Female, Professional Services Western Europe, and Retail United Kingdom. People working in Non Profits 0–100) are less engaged than Hospitality Female, Construction & Heavy Industry 200–500), New Tech 0–100), and Technology Science Research Northern America.
The highest scoring question for Non Profits 0–100) had 93% of People agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Social Connection.
People in Non Profits 0–100) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 23% of people disagreeing (+3% above average).
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 16% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+4% compared to overall).
The following questions had the biggest impact on whether individuals felt that they were planning to stay at their organization and not actively looking for alternative jobs.
1 I feel like I belong at [Company] | 81% favorable Belonging |
2 Most of the systems and processes here support us getting our work done effectively | 60% favorable Enablement |
3 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | 66% favorable Service & Quality Focus |
We’ve connected the employee feedback data for each company included in the benchmark with ratings from Glassdoor.com, which is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites combined with a growing database of company reviews, CEO approval ratings and more.
Overall Rating | 3.85 stars (+0.1) |
Culture and Values | 3.85 stars (+0) |
Work Life Balance | 3.75 stars (+0) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.55 stars (-0.1) |
Career Opportunities | 3.15 stars (-0.4) |
Recommend to Friend | 73.5% (+2.5) |
CEO Approval | 57.0% (-27) |
Organizations in the Nonprofit (0–100) benchmark on average gave 14% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is higher than average and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark tend to be more transparent with their survey results to leaders and managers.
An interesting reference point is that the average proportion of managers in organizations is 12-15%, with some industries higher than others (New Tech was closer to 20%).
Nonprofit (0–100)
14%
Global average
10%
People in Non Profits 0–100) were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Belonging, and Social Connection.
On the lower side, People in Non Profits 0–100) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action and Voice.
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