Season 6 | Episode 07

"The State of the Nonprofit Worker Report is gonna go beyond ‘do employees feel burned out?’ It's gonna go into, ‘can you pay your bills? Are you laying people off?’ Those are the real metrics that give us the data to say, 'This is what we need. This is how you can protect the sector.' This is about bringing the data for action.”

- Efrain Escobedo

"Also, we're asking if federal cuts have forced changes, in nonprofit workplaces. We're asking What happens with AI, and, is that displacing workers, and how are workers using it? It's about the quality of jobs and the quality of life that nonprofit workers are experiencing.”

- Allison Fuller

State of the Nonprofit Worker Report (SNWR) Spoiler: it's not a K-pop band. It's the data initiative that's about to make your next board meeting way more interesting. In this episode, host Matt sits down with Allison (Envision Consulting) and Efrain (Center for Nonprofit Management) to talk about the State of the Nonprofit Worker Report — the survey aiming to answer the question every nonprofit leader is whispering at happy hour: are we in a silent recession, or does it just feel that way because we're all running on coffee and will power?

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Why this report goes way beyond "just another compensation survey" (yes, they know you're tired of those too).

• The elephant-in-the-room questions: federal funding cuts, the AI panic, and whether remote work is actually dead or just resting.

• Why quality-of-life metrics — like childcare, living wages, and whether you can actually pay your bills — matter more than a salary number on a spreadsheet.

• How CNM and Envision teamed up to be the "convener" and "data hub" so nonprofits stop making six-figure decisions based on vibes and anecdotes.

• A truly inspired tangent about an $8,000 laundry-folding robot and why that, too, counts as AI we can get behind.

RESOURCES

• Whether you're filling out the survey as an individual or as an organization, the hosts want you to know: yes, it's a big ask, and yes, they know surveys are the bane of your existence. But without your data, there's no story — and no story means no change. Read more and take our survey: https://www.envisionnonprofit.com/2026-nonprofit-workplace-survey