Summary: <p><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-44549-2" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Fresh-Research-Episode-11.mp3">http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Fresh-Research-Episode-11.mp3</a></audio> </p><p><strong>Part 1: Robert Grimm & Nathan Dietz</strong></p> <p>Where are America’s volunteers? That’s literally the question posed, and answered, by a new study from the <a href="https://dogood.umd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Do Good Institute</a> at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy: <a href="https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/fewer-americans-are-volunteering-and-giving-any-time-last-two-decades" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Where Are America’s Volunteers? A Look At America’s Widespread Decline in Volunteering in Cities and States.”</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/faculty/robert-t-grimm-jr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Robert Grimm</a>, director of the <a href="https://dogood.umd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Do Good Institute</a>, and <a href="https://publicpolicy.umd.edu/faculty/nathan-dietz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nathan Dietz</a>, associate research scholar, examine volunteer rates from 2002 to 2015, down to a state, county and metro level. They found declining numbers nationwide, including a drop in volunteering rates across 31 states, including historically volunteer-rich states like Minnesota and Utah. Not one state saw an increase in the volunteer rate.</p> <p>Rural and suburban areas, which historically have higher levels of social capital than urban areas, saw the biggest declines, down about 5 percent between 2004 and 2015. Volunteer rates tended to drop in metropolitan areas with fewer places to volunteer, in places where people may be less likely to know their neighbors, and in places where there is more economic distress.</p> <p><strong>Part 2: Lyle Matthew Kan</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/study-nonprofits-not-accepting-to-lgbtq-staff/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">One out of 10 LGBTQ people said they have left their job</a> at a nonprofit due to an environment that was “not very accepting.” As many as one-third said they were depressed at work because of an unwelcoming work environment.</p> <p>Lyle Matthew Kan is director of research and communications at <a href="https://www.lgbtfunders.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Funders for LGBTQ Issues</a>. He discusses <a href="https://www.lgb"></a></p>
