IT Salaries, Investments, and an Organizational Divide

Submitted by Bonnie on Fri, 11/17/2006 - 6:26am.

You may remember us talking about the information technology staffing survey we conducted a few months ago. The results are in with some interesting findings.

  • On average nonprofits have one staff member with some IT responsibility for every five organizational staff members.
  • A digital divide exists between large and small nonprofits in technology spending and investment. A whopping 20 percent of the small nonprofits surveyed said they had no IT budget at all.
  • Most nonprofits feel understaffed when it comes to IT.

We surveyed more than 1,000 people from nonprofits across the country and asked them about information technology at their organization - specifically about staffing, salaries, and investments.

Our results are both positive and negative. A lot of nonprofits "get it" and are investing in technology so they can use it as a tool to help them work towards their missions. But a large gap in technology investment exists between large and small nonprofits.

You can read more survey results here, and also check out the IT staffing comparison tool to see how your organization stacks up to other nonprofits.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!