Oregon Business Fall 24

50 100 BEST NONPROFITS TO WORK FOR IN OREGON    ­ € For Nine Years 11 Dougy Center PORTLAND dougy.org Oregon Employees: 26 Score: 583.19 “What makes Dougy Center great is that our mission is integrated into every aspect of the work provided,” writes one employee of this organization, which offers resources to grieving children and their families. “I truly feel like my colleagues, manager and exec team really care about me as a person,” writes another. 12 Community Works MEDFORD community-works.org Oregon Employees: 32 Score: 579.03 Employees praised management’s commitment to the mission of this organization, which serves people impacted by domestic and sexual violence. “We see potential in everyone and try to find ways to bring that to the workplace,” one staff member writes. 13 Project Homeless Connect Washington County HILLSBORO phcwc.org Oregon Employees: 35 Score: 576.13 This homeless services organization offers in-house staff training and development events as well as regular team-building events. “Everyone I work with is so compassionate and caring. We all come to work with the ‘we can do’ attitude,” one employee writes. 14 Sponsors, Inc. EUGENE sponsorsinc.org Oregon Employees: 48 Score: 575.69 This organization, which works with people with histories of criminal convictions, offers full coverage of premiums for medical, vision and dental insurance; as well as paid sick, vacation and holiday time; an employee-assistance program; an employee-hardship fund; and flexible working accommodations. 15 Central Oregon Independent Practice Association BEND coipa.org Oregon Employees: 25 Score: 574.10 “Working for COIPA has been the best work/job experience I’ve ever had. Management and HR is friendly and approachable and always willing to help, no matter what the situation. They care about their employees, and it shows,” writes one employee of this nonprofit, which provides services to independent health clinics. 16 South Coast Business Employment Corp. COOS BAY southcoastbusiness.org Oregon Employees: 40 Score: 568.41 “My supervisor is committed to providing opportunity for personal and professional development; encourages me to use my strengths to achieve desired outcomes within the programs we offer our communities; and provides acknowledgement when I do well and support and encouragement when I don’t,” one staff member writes. 17 Inclusion Inc. PORTLAND inclusioninc.org Oregon Employees: 25 Score: 567.42 This support-services brokerage for people with disabilities provides unlimited paid time off for full-time workers, 80 hours of sick time, 12 weeks of parental leave and flex time to allow employees to set their own schedules. “I’m proud to be part of an organization that doesn’t lose sight of what’s important,” writes one employee. 18 Oregon Human Development Corporation GRESHAM ohdc.org Oregon Employees: 39 Score: 566.50 This organization, which provides services like housing and weatherization assistance to farmworkers, pays 90% of employee medical, vision and dental premiums, and 100% of the premium for life insurance and short- and longterm disability. “I love our mission and the passion the folks here pursue it with,” writes one employee. 19 Forth PORTLAND forthmobility.org Oregon Employees: 35 Score: 565.09 Employees of this nonprofit, which promotes access to electric transportation, report enjoying the work as well as their coworkers. Company-owned e-bikes and electric vehicles are available for personal use, off-site team-building activities are held twice a year and employees receive an annual personal-development stipend. “This is a great team of competent people who truly care about the mission and each other,” one employee writes. MEDIUM ORGANIZATIONS 25 to 49 Oregon employees NONPROFIT JOB TRENDS According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: n In 2022 over 300,000 nonprofit establishments accounted for 12.8 million jobs, or 9.9% of all private-sector jobs — a slight decrease from 2017, when nonprofits accounted for 10.2% of private-sector jobs. n The number of nonprofit organizations increased steadily between 2007 and 2017, as did the number of nonprofit jobs — even during the 2007-09 recession, when the number of jobs at for-profit companies fell. n Between 2019 and 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, nonprofit employment fell by 4.5%. The sector saw over-the-year employment increases in the subsequent two years, but in 2022 nonprofit employment was below its 2019 level by 1.4%. n Nearly two-thirds of nonprofit jobs (or 66.3%) in 2022 were in the health care and social assistance sector (66.3 %). Other sectors with high shares of nonprofit employment included educational services (16.4%); other services (6.%); and arts, entertainment and recreation (2.6%). n In the nonprofit sector, industry shares of employment showed little change from 2007 to 2022. n In 2022 Washington, D.C., had the largest rate of nonprofit employment as a share of total employment, with 25%, followed by Vermont (20%) and Massachusetts (18%). Source: www.bls.gov

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