Personal Affiliation Survey

Indiana Personal Affiliation Survey

Indiana residents interact with nonprofits daily, often times without knowing it. The Personal Affiliation Survey, conducted in May 2001 and managed by the Center for Survey Research at Indiana University, is an effort to catalogue the types of nonprofits Indiana residents interact with and the nature of this interaction. Five hundred and twenty-six respondents were asked in a random telephone poll about four types of involvement with nonprofits during the past 12 months: participation in religious services; attending events or activities at other types of nonprofits; volunteering; or workingfor nonprofits.The survey also allowed us to evaluate the utility of this alternative approach to sampling Indiana nonprofits, compared to drawing a sample from a comprehensive nonprofit database.

Indiana Residents' Personal Nonprofit Affiliation Report

We added more than 300 nonprofits identified in this manner, and not already included in our database, to our listing. Some of these additions may be programs of nonprofits already on our listing, but not identifiable as such.

28% of Indiana residents helped nonprofits raise funds or support during the past year
14% of Indiana residents volunteered with Religious Service organizations
14% of our sample attended Professional, Trade, or Business Association meetings or events
14% of our sample attended Health, Sports, Athletic, or Country Clubs in the last year

"The Role of Religious Networks and Other Factors in Different Types of Volunteer Work" by Kirsten Grønbjerg and Brent Never. Nonprofit Management and Leadership 14 (Winter 2004, No. 3):263-90.

"Individual Engagement with Nonprofits: Explaining Participation in Association Meetings and Events" by Kirsten Grønbjerg. Paper presented at the ARNOVA Meetings, Montreal, Canada, November, 14-16, 2002.

"Volunteering for Nonprofits: The Role of Religious Engagement" by Kirsten Grønbjerg and Brent Never. Paper presented at the Association for Sociology of Religion Annual Conference. Chicago, August 15-17, 2002.

Personal Affiliation Survey

Indiana Personal Affiliation Survey

Key Findings

Journal Articles and Conference Presentations

Indiana Nonprofits Project resources