Nonprofit Organization Management North America July 2026
~650k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~650k questions answered from ~150 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Nonprofit Organization Management
Reported gender breakdown
Female
62%
Male
38%
Non-Binary
0.31%
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.
71% of Nonprofit Organization Management North America employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 42% compared with the overall average.
How does Nonprofit Organization Management North America compare?
People in Nonprofit Organization Management North America were much more positive than average regarding Social Connection, Your Manager, and Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Nonprofit Organization Management North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Feedback & Recognition, and Company And Leadership.
People working in Nonprofit Organization Management North America are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Nonprofit Organization Management North America are less engaged than Tech: Manufacturing & Research United States, Finance Africa, Technology, Science, Research East Asia, and Investment Management APAC.
The highest scoring question for Nonprofit Organization Management North America had 93% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Nonprofit Organization Management North America 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 (+7% 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 Nonprofit Organization Management North America organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
3 %[Company]% is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | Company Performance |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
24%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
20%