Non Profits 1000+ January 2026
~1.9m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.9m questions answered from ~35 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Nonprofit Organization Management, Civic & Social Organization, Public Safety
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Europe
35%
Northern America
31%
Oceania
29%
Asia
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
66%
Male
33%
Non-Binary
0.72%
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.
69% of Non Profits 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 49% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 9 and is in the bottom 13% compared with other industries.
How does Non Profits 1000+ compare?
People in Non Profits 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Social Connection.
On the lower side, people in Non Profits 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Collaboration & Communication, and Company Performance.
People working in Non Profits 1000+ are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Non Profits 1000+ are less engaged than Consumer Goods & Services, Industrial Automation, Construction, and Biotechnology.
The highest scoring question for Non Profits 1000+ had 87% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Non Profits 1000+ were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 15% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Non Profits 1000+ organizations.
1 I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies | Alignment & Involvement |
2 I am given opportunities to develop skills relevant to my interests | Learning & Development |
3 I know how my work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% | Goal Alignment |
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, 12% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+2% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
22%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
21%