Understanding the capacity of religious organizations

KD Understanding the Capacity of Religious Organizations ii List of Figures ! Figure!1:!Percentage!of!organizations!and!percentage!of!total!revenues!by!primary!activity!area,! NSNVO!2003. [...] Culture & Housing & Research Professional Advocacy Universities & Voluntarism Associations, & Politics & Colleges Promotion Unions % all organizations % total revenues Understanding the Capacity of Religious Organizations 4 Regional distribution of organizations and revenues The!prevalence!of!Religious!organizations!varies!considerably!by!region.!They!are!the!most! prevalent!in!the!Atlantic!Provin [...] Number of Religious organizations per 100,000 population by region, NSNVO 2003 Understanding the Capacity of Religious Organizations 6 Size of revenues In!terms!of!revenues,!Religious!organizations!tend!to!be!mid"sized.!Almost!two"thirds!(64%)!have! revenues!between!c30,000!and!c4FF,FFF!(see!Figure!4).!Only!2F%!have!annual!revenues!under! c30,000!(compared!to!42%!of!all!organizations)!and!only!7%* [...] Not a Registered Charity % Religion organizations % all organizations Understanding the Capacity of Religious Organizations 8 Geographic focus Religious!organizations!tend!to!be!more!locally!focused!than!the!nonprofit!and!voluntary!sector! in!general.!Over!three"quarters!(7F%)!of!Religious!organizations!serve!populations!located!in! their!neighbourhood,!city,!town,!or!rural!municipality,!compared!