2018 Collaborative Conference
This past week, Grassroots Unwired traveled out to Happy Valley, PA for an opportunity to attend the 2018 Collaborative Conference: Inclusion by Design 2.0. The conference was organized by 
the Alliance for Nonprofit Resources (ANR), the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (CAAP), and the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO). In attendance were almost 300 leaders at nonprofit organizations from across the state, as well as a few groups that support their work (like us!).
Here are some quick numbers about the power of nonprofit organizations in the U.S.:
- The nonprofit sector is home to the country’s third largest workforce (behind retail and manufacturing) ¹
- 1.4 million nonprofits employ 11.4 million workers ¹
- Nonprofits contributed to 5.4% of the country’s GDP in 2013 ²
- Pennsylvania nonprofits employ over 15% of the state’s workforce (approximately 727,200 people) ³