A study released on Monday by Johns Hopkins University is touting that employment at Maryland nonprofit organizations has grown more than twice as fast as private sector employment between 1995 and 2005 – and as Marylanders ourselves, that’s something we can cheer about. According to the study, about 1 out of every 11 jobs in the state is provided by a nonprofit organization and that the city of Baltimore boasts the highest rate of all of the state's municipalities.

 

“Some of those workers may be funneled into the local nonprofit industry by local colleges, many of which have undergraduate and graduate programs in nonprofit work,” said Nancy Hall, senior adviser with the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

 

But the truth is, while these stats are ones to celebrate, not all states are finding nonprofit success. According to the Lansing State Journal, many Michigan state nonprofits are finding it difficult to bring in talent.