The Department of Strategic Impact worked with the Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance (LNA) to complete the second Nonprofit Community Assessment, a data collection project to help measure the overall health of the local nonprofit community. The results of the assessment track several important outcomes for Ottawa County-area nonprofits including demographic data, retention and talent level of staff, board practices, compensation data, the degree to which organizations are following best financial and operational practices, and the overall strategic nature of nonprofits.
Department staff revised survey questions, collected survey responses, analyzed survey data, and compiled the results in an aggregate format. Staff also created a comparison of data points between the 2019 and 2022 assessments. Three highly-visual reports were produced for the LNA — a Summary Report, a Main Report, and a Supplemental Report that featured crosstabulations of two or more survey questions.