What are nonprofit communities?

Communities for nonprofit professionals covering fundraising, grant writing, and organizational management. Facebook groups and Reddit host practical discussion, while larger communities offer peer support and career resources for people working in the social sector at all levels.

Where do most nonprofit communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (43% of 23 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

65% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical nonprofit community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 55K members and the median is 13K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (74%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, newsletter, and live chat.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Nonprofit topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Nonprofit Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 23 nonprofit communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: nonprofit communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2024-04-21

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Communities: 23
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 55K
Median members: 13K

Where Nonprofit Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
10(43%)
LinkedIn
3(13%)
Reddit
2(9%)
Discord
2(9%)
Slack
2(9%)
Facebook
2(9%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
14(61%)
Other platforms
5(22%)
Chat communities
4(17%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (61%), but other platforms is also well represented (22%).

Independent Platforms leads, but LinkedIn and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(4%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(4%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
5(22%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(26%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
2(9%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

8 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (55K vs 13K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Nonprofit Differs From Other Categories

Nonprofit is less free-to-join, smaller, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Nonprofit	Hive Index average
Free to join	65%	85%
Median members	13K	25K
Average members	55K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	35%	15%
Live chat	26%	38%
Discord share	9%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
74%
Online/Offline Events
48%
Newsletter
39%
Live Chat
26%
Paid Community
26%

Niche Features

Job Board
13%
Courses
9%
Member Perks
9%
Pairing
9%
Requires Application
9%

Forum appears on 74% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 15

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	10	43%	2	13%
Discord	2	9%	1	7%
Slack	2	9%	1	7%
Facebook	2	9%	11	73%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Facebook gets 73% of clicks but only 9% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
13(87%)
Chat communities
2(13%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
11(73%)
Live Chat
3(20%)
Newsletter
3(20%)
Online/Offline Events
3(20%)
Pairing
2(13%)
Paid Community
1(7%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
12(80%)
Large
1(7%)

Top-clicked listings

Nonprofit Resources
6(40%)
Nonprofit Connection
5(33%)
Coding Black Females
1(7%)

Most clicks go to forum / feed-based and chat communities communities.

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

The Nonprofit Hive
Independent Platforms · 5.0 stars · 2K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Nonprofit. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.
•Last updated 2024-04-21

FAQ

: Communities for nonprofit professionals covering fundraising, grant writing, and organizational management. Facebook groups and Reddit host practical discussion, while larger communities offer peer support and career resources for people working in the social sector at all levels.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (43% of 23 listings).
: 65% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 55K members and the median is 13K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (74%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, newsletter, and live chat.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Nonprofit topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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