Have you read “Safety Net: 2023 State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector Report” yet? You can download it free here. The author, Vantage Point, along with its partners Vancouver Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Vancity Community Foundation and United Way BC surveyed over 750 organizations for the report and the key findings are troubling:
- post-pandemic organizations are doing more with less resources
- many are facing HR concerns tied to mental health, burnout, staff engagement, high turnover rates, and dwindling volunteers
- organizations are trying to stabilize, but with continued pressures how long can they last?
In BC, there are approximately 30,000 non-profit organizations employing roughly 335,000 people, which is just over 12% of the provincial workforce! That’s a big portion of the population facing challenges, and these are the front-line organizations doing important social, environmental and healthcare work that benefits us all.
From what we’ve seen over the years, non-profits tend to focus all of their resources into advancing their mission and increasing their impact, and it often comes at the expense of staff well-being.