The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy’s Top 11 Trends in Philanthropy For 2023 includes:
#5 New Organizational Structure Models Toppling the Staff Pyramid. “Today, nonprofits are increasingly embracing non-traditional structures such as co-leadership, co- or multi-executive directorship, worker self-direction and fiscal sponsorship as opportunities to create more sustainable and mission-driven programs.”
#10: IRS Delays and Other Barriers to Data Mean Real Risks for Nonprofits. Siting staffing problems at the IRS, and the pandemic, The Johnson Center quotes Candid reporting that “for 990s filed for tax year 2019 and later, the processing delay for most organizations is now well over 36 months.” Other data concerns include the lack of information about communities and populations served by specific nonprofits and the dependence on private giving at most organizations that track philanthropic data. The report does not ask how much transparency should reasonably be mandated of 501(c)(3) organizations, nor does it question whether nonprofit data-gathering should be handled by an agency of the federal government.