To develop solid information on nonprofits in the five non-metropolitan counties we included a special sample of nonprofits from the region in our 2002 survey of Indiana nonprofits along with similar samples from the eleven other communities profiled in the project and drawn from our comprehensive listing of Indiana nonprofits (see below). Most of our full survey reports include regional data in appendix tables.
We have prepared several in-depth reports and resources on nonprofits in the five non-metropolitan counties based on a variety of data sources.
Read our special survey reports profiling nonprofits in Bartholomew, Cass, Dubois, Miami, and Scott counties. These reports are based on our survey of Indiana nonprofits completed in 2002 and compares the profile of nonprofits in the five non-metropolitan counties to those in the rest of the state and to nonprofits in other metropolitan regions.
The Non-Metropolitan Counties include Bartholomew, Cass, Dubois, Miami, and Scott Counties. For our most recent listing of nonprofits in these counties, please see information and links available at our Searchable Database.
Supplementary demographic and economic data on these counties is available from the Indiana Business Research Center. Click on the following communities for detailed information:
There is a growing list of websites with complementary county-level information. These include the following:
The data presented in the tables below are based on our comprehensive listing of nonprofits developed in 2001 and 2002 from project sources. These included the IRS list of tax exempt entities, the Indiana Secretary of State list of nonprofit corporations, phone listings of congregations, supplementary listings, and personal affiliation survey data.
Based on these sources, in 2001 (when the nonprofit listings were developed) the five non-metropolitan counties had a total of 2,451 nonprofit organizations or about 116.1 per 10,000 residents (some may be defunct or otherwise inappropriately included). We report the density of nonprofit organizations (per 10,000 residents) in 2001 for each area to allow comparisons of nonprofits across regions.
Classifying nonprofits into major categories further enhances our understanding of the local nonprofit sector. Using the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) classification system, the project staff has tentatively classified local nonprofits to show the composition of the region's nonprofit sector by major nonprofit field and by geographic area. The classification was based primarily on the names of the organizations and is known to be inaccurate, so the profile information below should be interpreted with caution.
