Nonprofit Hiring Accelerates in May With 63,000 New Jobs
June 15, 2021
Nonprofits added an estimated 63,000 workers in May, according to a new analysis from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.
The report highlighted the ongoing national Covid vaccination push, reopenings of hard-hit nonprofits such as arts groups, and targeted support for nonprofits in recent congressional recovery packages as a basis for optimism for those tracking nonprofit employment.
However, nonprofits still employed an estimated 732,870 fewer workers in May than they did in February 2020, leaving nonprofit employment 6 percent lower than it was before the pandemic hit.
“The slowing of vaccinations well below the ‘herd immunity’ target level and the stubborn emergence of new, more troublesome variants, make clear that continued vigilance will still be needed,” the report states.