Posts By: Chelsea Newhouse
Chelsea Newhouse
Chelsea Newhouse is the Communications Manager for the Center for Civil Society Studies and manages the Center's Nonprofit Economic Data and Philanthropication thru Privatization Projects and the Nonprofit Works Interactive Database. Prior to joining the Center in 2008, she worked for the Johns Hopkins University Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, the Baltimore Sun, and as a community organizer for Clean Water Action and the Democratic National Committee. She holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Virginia. Chelsea can be reached at chelsea.newhouse@jhu.edu.
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, MARCH 2021 | Nonprofits Regained Nearly 81,000 Jobs in March, but Still Face a Long Road to Full Recovery
April 14, 2021 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] In our continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, this report documents our estimates of COVID-induced nonprofit job losses through
NEWS RELEASE | To Close Digital Equity Gaps, U.S. Should Endow a Digital Futures Foundation from Proceeds of Spectrum Auctions—New America and Johns Hopkins Experts Propose Bold Fix for Digital Inclusion Gaps
April 5, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC—Today, New America’s Open Technology Institute and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies jointly released a proposal to invest a portion of the windfall proceeds from recent and
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2021: Nonprofit Sector Lost Over 7% of Its Workforce in the First Year of the Pandemic
March 12, 2021 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] In our continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, this report documents our estimates of COVID-induced nonprofit job losses through
PtP in the News: Boston Globe Op-Ed urges PtP solution to digital divide
In a new Op-Ed published yesterday in the Boston Globe, PtP Director Lester Salamon and Michael Calabrese, Director of the Wireless Future Project at New America, argue that a portion of the tens of billions of dollars being generated by
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, JANUARY 2021: Nonprofit Jobs Still Down by Nearly 960,000 as of January, Time to Full Recovery Increases to 2 Years
February 16, 2021 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] In our continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, this report documents our estimates of COVID-induced nonprofit job losses through
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, DECEMBER 2020: Nonprofits Lost Over 50,000 Jobs in December, Reversing a Slow Recovery
January 19, 2021 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] Note: The headline of this report has been update to correct a typo. In our continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2020: Nonprofit Job Recovery Rate Drops to 1.9% in November, Could Take 2.4 Years to Fully Recover
December 15, 2020 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] As 2020 draws to a close, we have analyzed data from the latest BLS Employment Situation Report to estimate nonprofit job losses through November, continuing our effort
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, OCTOBER 2020: Nonprofit Jobs Rebound Slightly in October, But Remain Down by Over 900,000 Compared to Pre-COVID Levels
November 16, 2020 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] In our continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, we have analyzed data from the latest BLS Employment Situation Report
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2020: Nonprofit Employment Recovery Slowed Significantly in September, Still Down By Nearly 8%
OCTOBER 21, 2020 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] As part of our continued effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, we have analyzed data from the latest BLS Employment
NEWS RELEASE | The World’s Third Largest Charitable Foundation—A byproduct of the PtP concept
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chelsea Newhouse We are pleased to announce the publication of an in-depth case study of the newest and largest foundation to emerge from the implementation of the PtP Concept—a recently discovered, but powerful, “third route” to
COVID-19 JOBS UPDATE, AUGUST 2020: Nonprofit Jobs Still Down By Nearly 1 Million Despite a Partial Recovery
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 For immediate release Contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as a PDF] Despite a partial recovery of the U.S. economy from the recent pandemic, new data released today by the U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics suggests that nonprofit employment
Follow-up to the 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report: A State-Level Data Dashboard
Following on the heels of our Tuesday release of the 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report, we are pleased to invite you to explore our new interactive nonprofit employment data dashboard, which provides access to more detailed state-level data than we were
The 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report: The 3rd largest employer faces the COVID-19 crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Chelsea Newhouse A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies finds that U.S. nonprofits maintained their position as the third largest employer in the U.S. economy, overtaking manufacturing by
You’re Invited: Invisible Giant—Webinar on the Economic & Social Power of the Nonprofit Workforce
Center Director Lester Salamon is pleased to participate in an upcoming webinar hosted by Fund the People that will explore the economic and social importance of the U.S. nonprofit workforce, and how we can help policymakers understand and support nonprofit
PtP in the News: World Financial Review article on PtP and stolen assets
A new article focusing on PtP has been published in the latest edition of The World Financial Review. Noting that past experience with the return of stolen assets to governments has too often led to disappointing results, this brief piece,
PtP in the News: WINGS Philanthropy in Focus Blog Highlights PtP
A new article by Center Director Lester Salamon published on the WINGS Philanthropy in Focus blog introduces a promising new route to creating endowed charitable foundations through the process we have termed “Philanthropication thru Privatization,” or PtP for short. This
The PtP Beat Goes On: Number of PtP Foundations and Amount of Assets Continues to Grow
PtP: 635 foundations, $200 billion in assets and counting The PtP Project team is pleased pleased to let you know that the number of identified PtP foundations around the world has continued to expand, as has the amount of assets
NEWS RELEASE: The Impact of Rotary Volunteering—47 Million Hours a Year and Counting
Media contacts: Chelsea Newhouse (JHU/CCSS) Stephanie Herzfeld (Rotary) [download as PDF] According to a new study released today by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, with just 563 paid employees globally, Rotary International annually mobilizes volunteer effort
NEWS RELEASE: Not just an urban phenomenon—New data on the nonprofit workforce
UPDATED September 6, 2019 Media contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] Common wisdom holds that nonprofit employment is essentially an urban phenomenon. But new data generated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics using a technique developed by
Announcing the 2019 Nonprofit Employment Report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
U.S. nonprofits maintained a robust pattern of job growth through 2016, the latest year for which data are available. But for-profit companies are making significant inroads in key nonprofit fields, cutting into nonprofits’ market share. These are just
Newly Available on Nonprofit Works: Latest BLS Data on Nonprofit Employment and Wages
Following on the heels of a recent addition of 2015 estimates of nonprofit employment, the Center for Civil Society Studies is pleased to announce the addition to the Nonprofit Works interactive database of a full set of data on 2016
New Official Visibility for the Global Third Sector and Social Economy: A Major Statistical Breakthrough
Capping a three-year process, the United Nations has released a new statistical guidance document for nations to use to generate solid data on the world’s third, or social economy, sector—the TSE Sector. Unknown by most observers, this sector—embracing nonprofit
NEWS RELEASE: Nonprofit rate of job growth outpaces for-profit rate by over 3-1 over last decade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Chelsea Newhouse [download as PDF] Data just released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics using a technique first developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies shows
NEW REPORT: Nonprofits—America’s third largest workforce
Employment in America’s nonprofit organizations continued to gain ground on other major industries in recent years according to a new report just issued by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. Based on projections from U.S. Bureau of
Now Available From Nonprofit Works: 2015 Nonprofit Employment Data on States and Counties
An Important Assist to Nonprofit Advocacy Efforts Nonprofit and foundation leaders have long struggled to compete with entrenched business interests in convincing government officials of the importance of their “industry” to the states and communities in which they operate.