For Non-Profits, How Big Is Big Enough?

U.S. non-profit organizations eliminated almost 29,000 jobs in 2025, up from 5,640 in 2024. The recent analysis, Job Cuts Fall To Lowest Level In 17 Months; Highest December Hiring Since 2022, revealed the non-profit sector layoffs were part of a larger trend. In 2025, U.S. employers announced 1,206,374 job cuts, an increase of 58% from the 761,358 announced in 2024. This puts annual job cuts at the highest level since 2020 and it is seventh-highest annual total since 1989.

The non-profit layoffs are attributed to the Trump administration scaling . . .