Michigan’s Nonprofit Sector
More than the Mission
June 3, 2015
Michigan Nonprofit Association 330 Marshall St. Suite 200 Lansing, MI 48912
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•  Established in 1990
•  State-wide membership organization that serves
the diverse nonprofit sector
•  MNA manages multiple programs and affiliates
•  The LEAGUE Michigan
•  Michigan Campus Compact
•  Volunteer Centers of Michigan
•  AmeriCorps and VISTA
•  Data Driven Detroit
•  Highway T
Building Capacity
Helping nonprofits be more effective and efficient
• Highway T
• Data Driven Detroit
• Training
• Job Center
• Comp & Benefits Guide
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Civic Engagement
Volunteerism & Service
Voter Engagement
Nonprofits VOTE
Voter Guides
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Public Policy
Policy Issues
Tax policy
Budget & spending
Public-private partnerships
Attorney General’s Nonprofit Council for
Charitable Trusts – regulatory
Nonprofit Caucus - legislative
Michigan Nonprofit Association 330 Marshall St. Suite 200 Lansing, MI 48912
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Have you ever wondered how your
life is better because of a nonprofit?
Nonprofit Sector in America:
Prosperity
Region stats – Ingham
County?
An
Economic
Force
• If the nonprofit sector were a country, it would have the 7th
largest economy in the world according to GDP data compiled
by the World Bank.
• The nonprofit sector provides $805 billion to the US economy,
5.5% of the country’s GDP.
• More than 10% of the American workforce is employed by
nonprofits.
• Nonprofits pay nearly $322 billion annually in wages and
benefits.
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Michigan’s Nonprofit Sector:
Prosperity
Region stats – Ingham
County?
An
Economic
Force
• Number more than 42,000
• Employ more than 1 of every 10 Michigan workers
•  Health services organizations - largest source of employment in
the nonprofit sector - 53 percent of nonprofit employment.
•  Human services – second largest - 22 percent.
•  Education – third largest category, 14 percent
• Geographically diverse
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Michigan’s Nonprofit Sector:
An Economic Force
•  Employed directly more than 438,000 people in 2013
•  Pay their employees nearly $5 billion per quarter
•  Hold assets of nearly $217 billion
•  Spend more than $80 billion each year, making a
significant, direct contribution to Michigan’s economy
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Threats
• Lack of succession planning
• Operating in silos
• Shrinking resources
• Property tax exemption and PILOTs
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Opportunities
• 
Invest in professional and leadership development
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Investment in technology – applying good data
• 
Adopt best practices in diversity and inclusion
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Create new and innovative earned revenue sources
• 
Develop/strengthen a mutually beneficial partnership
with local and state government
Michigan Nonprofit Association 330 Marshall St. Suite 200 Lansing, MI 48912
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Trends
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Blurred lines-the tent is getting bigger
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Less relevance in the name “nonprofit”
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Social Enterprise
• 
Shared Economy
• 
New Leaders-changing of the guards continues
• 
Skill-based volunteerism
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Thank you!
Donna Murray-Brown
President & CEO
(517)-492-2400
[email protected]
Michigan Nonprofit Association 330 Marshall St. Suite 200 Lansing, MI 48912
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