The Nonprofit Sector In American Society

The Nonprofit Sector is important to American culture and society for three reasons; they have a positive effect on the economy, they encourage volunteerism, and they meet various crucial needs within local communities. Without the existence of nonprofits, our country would be lacking the tools it needs to thrive. First of all, the Nonprofit Sector has proven to be a positive part of the US economy. Nonprofits hire a large number of employees. These nonprofit employees have access to long-term employment, and benefits just like the for-profit employees. By hiring a large number of employees, nonprofits have an active part in being an economic stimulator. To put it another way, nonprofit organizations hire employees. These employees use

Volunteering is a large part many nonprofit organizations. A volunteer is choosing to donate their personal time and resources to the cause they support. By volunteering, an individual has an outlet to express their values or embrace a particular culture within pout society.
Some examples of where some people choose to volunteer are: Religious organizations, community outreach centers, homeless support agencies, Alcoholics Anonymous, Planned Parenthood, LGBT support groups, and charter schools. All of these nonprofits utilize volunteer groups in some way. Also, they are organizations that support a particular sect of people with individual and unique needs.
Most nonprofit volunteer groups can be described as holistic and geared toward supporting those that are disadvantaged. The volunteer seeks to meet a need and/or be a role model. The desire is to give tools to an individual that can make their situation better than it was before. Many nonprofits are religious based entities ran by pastoral leaders. Other nonprofits are mainly community based operations set up to meet a physical or emotional need, provide food, offer shelter, counseling, or utility assistance

The focus is on a particular person or family. The focus is usually not on making a profit or personal gain. Of course, there can be exceptions to the rule. In any organization there are those that seek personal gain but it is rare within nonprofit volunteer arenas.
Finally, I believe that nonprofits are important to American culture and society because they meet crucial needs within local communities. Every community has its own challenges and needs. In low-income and impoverished areas of a city it is vital to always provide an avenue of support for shelter and food. Nonprofits, like local food banks, not only provide food for those in need, they provide educational resources. They inform the community of how to gain community or government assistance for needs like: medical, food stamps, domestic violence shelters, family planning, and veteran benefits.
In addition, there are several nonprofit drug abuse counseling programs available for those individuals that need it. There is an epidemic of drug overdosing within the recent years. These drug programs help to lower the overdose rate and give long term assistance for those that have lifelong drug