Non Profits (0-100) July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Nonprofit Organization Management, Civic & Social Organization, Philanthropy, Public Safety, Fund-Raising, Public Policy, Think Tanks
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
57%
Oceania
21%
Europe
17%
MEA
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
70%
Male
30%
Non-Binary
0.88%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
70% of Non Profits (0-100) employees are engaged
This is in the top 48% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 20 and is in the top 29% compared with other industries.
How does Non Profits (0-100) compare?
People in Non Profits (0-100) were much more positive than average regarding Work Pressure, Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, and Company And Leadership.
On the lower side, people in Non Profits (0-100) had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Action, and Equity.
People working in Non Profits (0-100) are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Non Profits (0-100) are less engaged than Oil & Energy, Civil Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, and Real Estate.
The highest scoring question for Non Profits (0-100) had 96% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Non Profits (0-100) were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 24% of people disagreeing (+8% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 14% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+4% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
4%
3 months to 6 months
6%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
21%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
9%