{"id":13885,"date":"2022-03-28T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=13885"},"modified":"2022-04-20T17:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T22:20:02","slug":"checking-in-with-nonprofits-in-our-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/checking-in-with-nonprofits-in-our-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking in with Nonprofits in Our Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Greater New Orleans Foundation\u2019s<\/span> Nonprofit Leadership and Effectiveness<\/span><\/b> program has conducted studies on the region\u2019s nonprofit sector since 2011.\u00a0 The studies have helped to ensure that the Foundation is aware of and is responsive to the critical needs of nonprofits in the 13-parish region. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, the Foundation has partnered with the University of New Orleans (UNO) to conduct more extensive nonprofit study efforts. In 2020, the focus of the partnership was to conduct a study on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to nonprofits in the Foundation\u2019s 13 parish region.\u00a0 This partnership led to the production and release of <\/span>The State of Nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana: The Impact of COVID-19<\/span><\/a> report<\/span>.\u00a0 The Foundation partnered with UNO again in 2021 to design and execute a more comprehensive study, resulting in the production and release of <\/span>The State of Nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana 2021 \u2013 Adaptability and Racial Equity in Year One of the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/span><\/a> report.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For a brief and visual glimpse into the follow-up study, <\/span>read our two-pager<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over 100 Nonprofits Stakeholders Attended a Special Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

On February 22, 2022, the Foundation held a special virtual town hall specifically for nonprofits about the 2021 study.\u00a0 The goal of the virtual town hall was to share study results with the nonprofit community and to provide an informal update from nonprofit leaders a full year after the study was conducted.\u00a0 The virtual town hall engaged attendees via interactive polling and chat features, to obtain snapshot data of how nonprofits were faring a year after the 2021 study.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the interactive Special Town Hall there were 106 participants and, on average, 67 participants answered poll questions.\u00a0 It is important to note that there are limitations to the data collected during this town hall. For example, the virtual town hall had a much smaller respondent pool as compared to the number of nonprofits that responded to the 2021 survey. Only 31 percent of respondents to the virtual town hall poll said that they also responded to the 2021 survey. The data gathered from the virtual town hall should not be weighed equally to the 2021 in-depth survey.\u00a0 Instead the data should be\u00a0\u00a0 understood as a less formal update to the data collected from the comprehensive 2021 survey.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The poll questions asked during the virtual town hall covered topics including self-care, representation of people of color in nonprofit leadership, and prioritization of racial equity and justice within organizations. It is important to note that the methodology of using close-ended poll questions, like the one conducted during the virtual town hall, does not allow for the interpretation of nuance regarding the complexity of the questions.\u00a0 As a Community Foundation, it is important to acknowledge the importance of learning and iterating upon which best practices that allow for the most reliable data collection in the subject areas covered in the poll questions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Virtual Town Hall Poll Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n