XI. Nonprofits Are Facing the Challenge of Recruiting and Retaining Board Members and Volunteers





Approximately 50% of organizations in the surveys reported difficulty in recruiting skilled board members. Only 14% found it dif-ficult to retain them.

More than 36% of organizations had more vol-unteers than two years ago. Only 12% had fewer volunteers than two years ago.

However, almost 40% of the nonprofits reported that they must forego some activities because of a shortage of volunteers.