Recessions and Indiana's Nonprofit Employment

The overall nonprofit sector in Indiana continued to grow throughout the Great Recession and recovery of the past five years, outperforming other sectors. However, the growth trends were not uniform across nor within nonprofit industries, indicating perhaps worrisome trends for the future of Indiana nonprofits. This report presents new data on the size, composition, and distribution of Indiana's private nonprofit sector from 1995 to 2011 with a particular focus on the two economic recessions during that period. All dollars are adjusted for inflation and are reported in constant 2009 dollars