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The Impact of COVID-19 on Community-Based Nonprofits and the Roles of Community-University Partnerships: A Study of a Community-University Partnership in Pontiac, MI Cover

The Impact of COVID-19 on Community-Based Nonprofits and the Roles of Community-University Partnerships: A Study of a Community-University Partnership in Pontiac, MI

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|Jul 2025

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Organizational size and funding sources of participating organizations (n = 24).

ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICSMEANMEDIANMINMAXSD
Annual revenue (thousand USD)2,298225040,0008,378
Number of funding sources2.963.5051.52
Funding sources (%)
    Government funding (%)22.61009728
    Foundation support (%)16.6906720.3
    Fee-for-service (%)2.300418.5
    Private donation (%)4340010035.6
    Corporate contribution (%)5.200247.6
    Membership fee3005010.4
Number of Full-time employees15.62025051.3
Professional employees* (%)53.962.5087.537.3
Organizational age2510.5215031.9

[i] *Employees who have professional degrees, certificate, or training.

Table 2

Racial diversity of the organizations (n = 24).

MEAN (SD)MINMAX
Number of Board Members9.5 (5.35)424
Number of volunteers (per month)29 (46.64)0200
Employee BIPOC0.40 (0.38)00.88
Board BIPOC0.46 (0.34)01
Volunteer BIPOC0.41 (0.38)00.88
CEO BIPOC0.38 (0.49)01
CEO gender0.65 (0.49)01
Table 3

Decrease in resources and disruption in service/program (n = 24).

IMPACT OF THE PANDEMICMEAN (SD)MINMAX
Program disruption4.25 (1.03)25
Program operation stop (%)10.04 (0.17)062.5
Decrease in overall revenue2.45 (1.61)15
Decrease in gov. grants or contracts2.30 (0.97)15
Decrease in fee-for-service2.59 (1.22)15
Decrease in donation3.78 (1.35)15
Decrease in volunteers4.22 (1.16)15

[i] Note: To measure the decrease in resources, we used five Likert scales including, ‘greatly decreased (5)’, ‘somewhat decreased (4)’, ‘neither decreased nor increased (3)’, ‘somewhat increased (2)’, and ‘greatly increased (1)’.

Table 4

The important roles of the Pillar (n = 35).

EXPECTED PILLAR’S ROLESMEAN (SD)MINMAX
Sharing collaboration opportunity4.68 (0.63)25
Sharing grant application opportunity4.53 (0.85)15
Promoting networks (e.g., regular in-person meeting)4.51 (0.81)15
Regular information sharing about community development, service opportunity, recruitment, events, etc.4.40 (0.76)25
Providing education and training seminars (e.g., grant writing, fundraising strategy)4.31 (0.98)25
Providing an opportunity for student volunteers or interns4.26 (1.02)25
Appendix

Correlation coefficient matrix for organizational resource, leadership, and the impact of COVID-19.

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1. CEO BIPOC
2. Board BIPOC.67***
3. Board size–.50**–.04
4. Revenue–.68***–.56***.44**
5. Gov grant (%)–.02–.10.44**.08
6. Foundation (%)–.53***–.33.29.48**–.23
7. Donation (%).16.19–.41**–.18–.62***–.21
8. Revenue diversification–.62***–.47**.32.72***.03.64***–.16
9. FTE–.21.07.65***.34.44**.06–.29.21
10. Age–.38*–.14.45**.21.22–.12–.15.27.26
11. Gov grant decrease.34.22–.32–.40*–.35*–.37*.08–.61***–.10–.30
12. Donation decrease–.02.03–.33–.27–.32–.08.21–.29–.08.20.15
13. Volunteer decrease–.06.00.08.03.01–.20.07–.11.11.29–.06.38*
14. Budget decrease.21.08–.53***–.40*–.37*–.44**.33–.47**–.25–.10.68***.43**.20
15. Operation stop.31.54***–.16–.41**–.25–.41*.18–.35*–.14.24.18.24.11.25
16. Program disruption–.62***–.24.13.11–.22.12.06.15–.02.31.22.35*.09.29.06

[i] Note. Correlation coefficient with *** if p < .01, ** if p < .05, * if p < .1.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.137 | Journal eISSN: 2638-4396
Language: English
Page range: 2 - 2
Published on: Jul 3, 2025
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