The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies seeks to improve understanding and the effective functioning of not-for-profit, philanthropic, or “civil society” organizations in the United States and throughout the world in order to enhance the contribution these organizations can make to democracy and the quality of human life. The Center is part of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies and carries out its work through a combination of research, training, and information-sharing both domestically and internationally.

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The JHU/ILO Volunteering Measurement Project
Read about JHU's partnership with the International Labour Organizations to measure volunteering worldwide.

Maryland Nonprofit Sector...
Read the latest report on employment in the Maryland Nonprofit Sector, Maryland Nonprofit Employment Update

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Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering: Initial Findings from Implementation of the UN Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions.

A Global Assembly on Measuring Civil Society, September 25-27, 2007, Bonn, Germany
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Communique #8: The Nonprofit Workforce Crisis: Real or Imagined?

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Employment in America's Charities: A Profile

U.S. Nonprofit Sector...
Gain insights on current trends within the sector through the
Listening Post Project and review reports on nonprofit employment from the Nonprofit Economic Data Project.

The Global Nonprofit Sector...
Get the latest data on the nonprofit sector in 39 countries from the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.