Contributes over $800billion to the economy 5.5% of the GDP in US, 6.8% of GDP in Canada 3rd largest workforce Employs 10% of all workers in US, 12% in CA Over 15,000,000,000 volunteer hours Increasing growth

Source: nonprofitquarterly.org, sectorsource.ca

58,000+ veterans homeless each night

218,000,000+ kids in child labor

1,000,000+ kids die from starvation

36 football fields of rainforest lost per minute

Climate change

Immunization

Education

Hard to measure many outcomes

No standardization of processes, content

Expensive

No one wants to pay for it

So much data in nonprofit sector is crap

Used to hoard resources

Who has access to resources for data?

Who defines methodology?

Who interprets finding?

Who determines standards?

Look at contexts surrounding data

Combine qualitative with quantitative

Combine data with community engagement

Reexamine comparison groups

Reexamine agency/causes