Miami-Dade County’s 7,354 nonprofit businesses represent the third largest employment sector with 76,741 jobs in 2006, exceeded only by retail and hospitality services.  With annual gross receipts exceeding $12.5 billion, nonprofit businesses are a major economic force in the region.  For more information about the sector’s impact on the economy, click here to link to a summary of Dade Community Foundation’s Sector of Impact II study.

The Nonprofit Business Committee engages the nonprofit sector within the Chamber.  Linking nonprofit businesses with the broader business community, the committee assists nonprofit businesses with issues management, recognizes nonprofit business management excellence through its NOVO Awards program, develops strategic partnerships with the business community for their mutual benefit, and communicates nonprofit business accomplishments to the broader business community.

Committee Chairs

Sam Tidwell, Chair American Red Cross of Greater Miami & The Keys	Christopher Dudley, Vice Chair Advancement Associates Inc.

2008-2009 Goals

• Continue to recognize nonprofit management excellence by presenting the eighth annual NOVO Awards and the 22nd annual Julia Tuttle Award for Community Involvement and Corporate Citizenship.

• Grow strategic partnering between nonprofit businesses and for profit businesses.

• Host the third annual nonprofit and for profit business event.

• Increase nonprofit memberships through outside funding for a scholarship program.

• Explore leveraging opportunities among like-mission nonprofit business to maximize available resources.

Information You Can Use

The nonprofit business sector adds more than $12.5 billion annually to the economy, according to a survey by Dade Community Foundation and The Beacon Council.  Consider these facts:

• Nonprofit businesses account for 76,741 jobs, making it the third largest employment sector in the county.
• In May 2006, Miami-Dade had 7,354 registered nonprofit businesses, a 30% increase over 1999.
• 9% of all corporations in the county are classified as nonprofits.
• With 11% of the state’s nonprofit businesses, Miami Dade has more than any other county.
• Miami-Dade’s nonprofit businesses have total assets of more than $14.3 billion, a 74% increase over 1999.
• Hospitals are the largest group in the sector with nearly $3 billion in assets.
• Higher education is second with more than $2.4 billion in assets.
• The greatest growth since 1999 occurred in the area of Human Services which more than doubled in size to 1,764 organizations.
• The number of jobs in the nonprofit business sector increased by 15,258 from 2001-2006.

Dade Community Foundation and The Beacon Council released Sector of Impact II in late 2006, as a follow up to an earlier study in 2002.  The nonprofit business sector continues to represent a significant, dynamic, and growing part of the local economy in terms of its size, revenue generation, and employment.  For the full report, click here to link to the Dade Community Foundation website.

NOVO Awards

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Business Committee presented the seventh annual NOVO Awards on Wednesday, April 2, 2008.

The NOVO Awards honor nonprofit business innovative excellence in two categories – nonprofits with a budget of $2 million and above and those with a budget of less than $2 million.

In the $2 million and above budget category, the NOVO Award was presented to Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc. for their Social Enterprise program. Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc. is dedicated to training, employing and placing people with disabilities and special needs in community jobs as a way to help with their transition to independence. In 1981, Goodwill created a vision and long-term strategic plan to change from a conventional “social service agency” that was always dependent on public funds and transform into a “social enterprise” that uses industrial and commercial activities to fulfill its mission.

In the under $2 million budget category, the NOVO Award was presented to The Women’s Alliance, Inc. for their Chapter 2 Clothing program. The Women’s Alliance, Inc. and its members help women in transition from welfare and poverty to overcome significant employment barriers. The organization provides them with professional attire and career skills coaching they need to make the right impression on job interviews and to succeed in the workplace. The Chapter 2 Clothing program launched in 2006 provides support to homeless and low income women in the Overtown/Miami community who are seeking to improve their quality of life.

Helpful Links

Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (C-ONE)

Click here to download the 2008 Novo Awards application form.