The State of the Sector report series is a collaboration between Vantage Point, Vancouver Foundation, the City of Vancouver and the Victoria Foundation. Vancity Community Foundation and United Way BC joined the partnership in 2023.

 

The first two reports, No Immunity (2020) and Unravelling (2021), were published during the COVID-19 pandemic, both outlining the pandemic’s impact on non-profits across BC. These reports contributed to key non-profit sector advancements, such as the creation of the 2022 Recovery and Resiliency Fund through a historic $30M investment from the Province of BC for organizations disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

As the BC context evolved and we entered an endemic stage of the pandemic, the third report State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector: Safety Net (2023) focused on providing a snapshot of trends, challenges, opportunities, and successes for non-profits in our province. The findings reflected that there were signs of stabilization, and feelings of hope and motivation within the sector. However, the report also underlined the significant pressures the sector continued to face, and the increased community need for services.

This year’s State of the Sector Survey checked-in with the non-profit sector around various trends while also probing deeper into the underlying challenges highlighted in the last report.

2024 State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector June 2024

Under Pressure: 2024 State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector

In this year’s state of the sector survey, 558 non-profit organizations across BC were surveyed on various trends to provide a snapshot of and insights into the state of the sector in British Columbia through two key themes: (a) less resilient times and (b) overburdened

The report provides consistent, high-quality data, crucial to understanding the non-profit sector in BC, and equipping funders, policy makers, and other sector stakeholders with relevant data to make informed decisions and better support the current needs of BC’s non-profit sector.

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While considering the successes, pressures, and challenges the sector reports experiencing this year, the report makes recommendations to all levels of government, funders, and sector stakeholders and partners to address:

  1. Sustainability of the sector workforce
  2. Funding reforms
  3. Nurturing a collaborative ecosystem

The Under Pressure: 2024 State of the Sector Report will be used to help BC’s non-profits in their advocacy efforts and to strengthen the sector’s ability to support the communities we serve.

Reports: 2018-2023