The document discusses the future of the nonprofit sector in Alberta, Canada, focusing on revenue sources, trends, workforce demographics, and potential challenges. It highlights the sector's significant role in the economy, the need for more information on staffing disparities among nonprofits, and implications of an aging population on workforce supply and organization funding. Key questions include the impact of government funding and social innovation on the sector's sustainability.

1. Information, trends, considerations and questions about the future of the non profit sector and its workforce.

2. About the Sector Revenue Sources Key Trends Implications & Questions Will there be a labour shortage? Strategies - Considerations Overview

3. ABOUT THE SECTOR

4. 111.6 billion $ Non Profit Revenues in Canada Compare... Alberta Government 2010 revenues: $34 billion

5. About the Sector in Alberta INDUSTRY REVENUES (BILLIONS) Energy Products $22.5 Agri-foods $12.7 NonProfit Sector $10.0 Industrial Machinery $ 9.1 ICT $ 8.3 Forest Products $3.4

6. Non Profit Workforce | Alberta 54% of Non Profit organizations do not have paid staff 175,000 employees 19,000 non profit organizations

7. Non Profit Workforce | Alberta NOW CONSIDER... Hospitals, Universities and Colleges make up 1% of Alberta organizations but employ 40% of all paid staff. 8,740

8. Non Profit Workforce | Alberta BUT ALSO... 64% of staff are employed by 5% of non-profits. Excluding Hospitals, Universities, Colleges 8,550 105,000

9. Non Profit Workforce | Alberta 67,200 staff are employed by 856 non profits. 77% of the revenue. 23,100 staff are employed by 7,000 non profits 23% of the revenue split between those above and the 10,300 that have no staff.

10. We need to know more about the various subsectors Primary Activity Alberta Canada Sports and Recreation 26% 21% Religion 19% 19% Grantmaking, Fundraising & Voluntarism Promotion 11% 10% Arts and Culture 10% 9% Social Services 9% 12% Education and Research 8% 5% Development & Housing 5% 8% Business, Professional Associations and Unions 3% 5% Health 2% 3% Environment 2% 3% Law, Advocacy and Politics 2% 2% Hospitals, Universities and Colleges 1% 1% Other 2.4% 3%

11. Is there data? What are the differences between the 5% that have most the staff and the rest of the non profits? What are the differences across sub-sectors? What are the challenges for organizations of different sizes, revenues, geographic locations and missions? Are the challenges for small non profits more about filling capacity gaps than recruiting staff?

12. Revenue Sources

13. The Sector’s Resource Engine 33% of their funding from governments. The national average is 49%. User Fees/Earned Income is 49%. The national average of 35%. Fundraising and other income make up the remainder of income (18%) in Alberta.

14. What will fuel the sector? Government funding? Earned Income/User Fees? Fundraising? Consolidations and Mergers? Social Innovation? Social Enterprise? Efficiencies? Fewer NPOs?

15. Key Trends

16. Population BY 2031 All of the Boomers will have retired Seniors out number children by 2015 Seniors up 110% (2006-2031) 0-24 year olds down 15% (2006-2031) Everyone else: up 5%

17. Immigration Immigration to drive pop. growth In 2003, one in ten immigrants spoke English or French (compared to one in three in 1980) By 2017, 19 to 23% of the population will be a visible minority. In 2031, 50% of the population in Vancouver and Toronto will be immigrants.

18. Workforce In 20 years the participation rate in the Alberta workforce will fall from 72% to 63% Labour Force Participation

19. 1981 One Senior Five Workers 2005 One Senior Four Workers 2031 One Senior Two Workers

20. Implications and Questions?

21. Implications & Questions Tax revenues will decrease unless there are significant new revenues or cost savings found. Payments to Seniors will increase. Health Spending will increase. Payments to children's benefits, child-care allowances and education funding will decrease.

22. Implications & Questions Competition will drive wages up in some professions. Work will become more flexible and employee focused. Workplaces will be increasingly multicultural. Boomers will be in demand to offset workforce shortages, but to what extent? Will education keep pace with talent requirements of employers?

23. Will there be a shortage or won’t there?

24. Sounds like there will be Past 50 years: Canada’s workforce grew by 200% Next 50 years: 11 percent http://www.working.com

25. Or maybe not... 2/3rds of job openings over the next 10 years will require post-secondary education. HRSDC projects the labour supply will be adequate to meet the demand. “

26. Anticipated Shortages, 10 years Senior managers, HR managers, human resource and business services professionals Managers in health, education, social and community services. Health care professionals Managers in Public Administration University Professors hrsdc.gc.ca

27. Challenges and Strategies

28. Attraction/Retention Strategies Affiliation with a good cause. Status as community leader. Connections to larger networks. Recognition. Altruism.

29. Attraction/Retention Strategies Optimal Salaries & Benefits Flexible Work Hours and Days Work from Home Access to Technology Tools Extra Perks

30. Leadership Crisis? Aging of leadership and the lack of succession plans, resulting in the dissipation of entire networks and the loss of sector knowledge

31. Targeted Strategies Needed Sector-wide strategies are likely not sufficient. Specific strategies for specific segments could make more sense. Issues are bigger than workforce.

32. Funding/Funders Results –based funding Rethinking thin funding Sector Investment Investing in innovation and change Core funding is critical So is project funding

33. Governments Fund full costs Pay market wages Increase flexibility Lighten admin burdens

34. NonProfits Do more of less Get organized to address sustainability issues & promote sector value Shared space, shared services, shared staff, consolidations, mergers, and social innovations ....

35. Major Sources Statistics Canada Imagine Canada Government of Alberta Centre for Public Policy Volunteer Alberta United Way Globe and Mail HRSDC