Publications

BEYOND CHARITY: nonprofit business in montgomery county, maryland  (February 2013)

A report from Nonprofit Montgomery – the first to examine the economic impact of nonprofits in the Greater Washington area – finds that nonprofits generate billions of dollars for the local economy while serving as an engine of employment for more than 40,000 workers in Montgomery County.  The report brings together current data on the county’s nonprofit sector, national research, and numerous examples of how nonprofits across the county generate economic impact.

Ready or Not? (June 2008)

Ready or Not? builds on and complements a large body of work,and many successes, within the National Capital Region’s (NCR) nonprofit community. The project team has engaged a broad variety of stakeholders, with an eye toward being as inclusive as possible and ending up with detailed and accurate findings. This document is based on primary research in the form of surveys, webcasts, interviews, and disaster exercise reviews as well as secondary research from regional and national government plans, experiential reports on nonprofits’ role in disaster response and recovery, and relevant conference participation. A Strategic Plan for Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness in the NCR will be the complement to this document and will be launched later this year. Based on the findings of this report and those that precede it, the strategic plan will provide a roadmap to preparedness for NCR nonprofits. The current working draft of the strategic plan’s goals and objectives are also presented in this report. This report is the result of a collaborative project between the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington and Deloitte, through its Problem Solvers Fund.

Beyond Charity  (November 2007)

What difference do nonprofits make? What’s the “value proposition” of the region’s nonprofit sector? Impact! Our everyday experience is that nonprofits raise the quality of life for all of us in the region, and that nonprofits are the lifeline for our most vulnerable neighbors. But how well do we measure and communicate our impact?  As leaders in the nonprofit sector, we need to work together to better “make the case” about the impact that nonprofits make. We’d like to improve how well leaders in government and business and the media understand the contributions of the sector. (Part of this work is funded by the World Bank's Commumity Outreach program.) From the Gulf Coast to Greater Washington: The Nonprofit Sector's Role in Caring for Katrina Evacuees in the National Capital Region  (November 2005)
This scan shows how nonprofits worked together to serve more than 6,900 evacuees who arrived in our region after Hurricane Katrina. By documenting the efforts of 70 nonprofits to help people displaced by a catastrophic natural disaster, this report demonstrates the nonprofit sector' essential role in anticipating and responding to the wide-ranging needs of disaster survivors. This scan was funded by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

Working Together When the Worst Happens: Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness in the National Capital Region (June 2005)

This report describes the efforts between 20 organizations - including 18 nonprofits and two local government agencies - to coordinate disaster response and recovery services in the National Capital Region. The project was completed through a grant from the Department of Homeland Security.

A Scan of Leadership Development Efforts in the Greater Washington Region (May 2005)

This Scan was commissioned by the Nonprofit Roundtable, prepared by Leadership Learning Community, with funding from the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, Consumer Health Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, and The Summit Fund of Washington.

The Business of Doing Good in Greater Washington:  How the Nonprofit Sector Contributes to the Region's Economy (February 2005)

This research reviews the actual number of nonprofits in the region and their economic impact. Researchers determined that there were 7,614 active nonprofits in the Greater Washington Region in 2000 and they spent almost $29 billion that year. Researchers found that the nonprofit sector employed more than 218,000 workers in 2003, more than 11% of the region’s total private employment. Those employees generated more than 10% of the region’s 2003 total wages, or $9.6 billion. This research was funded by the Meyer Foundationand America Online. See Also The Washington Post story on the report. Read more here.

Thin the Soup or Shorten the Line: Washington Area Nonprofits Adapt to Uncertain Times (August 2004)

The Roundtable commissioned the Brookings Institution's Greater Washington Research Programto publish this report about the impact of the fiscal climate on nonprofits in our region. This report was produced by the Brookings Institution's Greater Washington Research Programand The George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administrationand commissioned by the Nonprofit Roundtable, with support from the Fannie Mae Foundation, the Freddie Mac Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

A Region Responds to Hurricane Isabel: The Nonprofit Sector's Role in Emergency Preparedness and Response (October 2003)

As Hurricane Isabel moved north towards the Greater Washington metropolitan region, nonprofit organizations prepared to serve their communities. Even during the storm, some kept their doors open to serve our area's most vulnerable residents. Once the storm had run its course, nonprofit organizations were active, helping area residents recover.  This report was published jointly with The Community Foundation for the National Capital Area.

A Roadmap for Nonprofits to Workplace Giving in Greater Washington (May 2003)

Through this report, the Nonprofit Roundtable seeks to help nonprofits better understand the changing environment of workplace giving in our region by tracking the decisions of the largest 20 corporations which opted out of the 2002 United Way for the National Capital Region's campaign, by describing alternative administrators, and by highlighting companies that administered their own campaigns.  This report was funded by the Meyer Foundation.