WOOD BUFFALO SOCIAL PROFIT SECTORA PRIMER

This document was prepared by Kodjo Efu, Research and Innovation Manager

The social profit sector

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in Wood Buffalo is made up of a multitude of organiza-tions with various goals and missions aimed at improving the wellbeing of residents of the community.

YEARS OF SERVING WOOD BUFFALO

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Similar to other communities, many of the social and community service support in Wood Buffalo are provided by social profit organizations. These organizations vary in different ways including the size of their operation, budget and types of services offered.

To get a more robust understanding of the orga-nizations that make up the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo, we compiled an inventory of orga-nizations working in the sector in 2014. While the process used to compile the information was rigor-ous, it nevertheless was limited by the availability of accurate and reliable data about social profit orga-nizations in Wood buffalo.

Despite such limitations, we successfully identified and enumerated 185 organizations that constitute the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo. Building on this information, we continued to seek ways to enhance the profile of the sector in order to con-tinue to improve our understanding of it. As such, in 2015 we acquired new sources of data that pro-vided fresh insight into the sector. For example, we have successfully identified new organizations, which were not included in our initial count of social profit organizations in Wood Buffalo, resulting in an increase in the number of social profit agencies op-erating in the region from 185 to 213. While this shows an increase of 28 organizations, this does not mean that 28 new social profit organizations were created between 2014 and 2015. Instead, we attribute the rise in number of organizations to im-provement in our identification methods.

Fig 1: Number of Social Profit Organizations in 2014 and 2015

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SOCIAL PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CATEGORIES

Culture and Recreation

Religion Social Services

Philantropic and voluntarism

promotion

Development and Housing

Education and Research

Media and communications.

Visual arts, architecture, ceramic art.

Performing arts.

Historical, literary and humanistic societies.

Museums.

Zoos and aquariums.Sports.

Recreation and social clubs.

Service clubs.

Congregations.

Associations of congregations.

Child welfare, child services and day care.

Youth services and youth welfare.

Family services.

Services for the handicapped.

Services for the elderly.

Self-help and other personal social services.

Disaster/emergency prevention and control.

Temporary shelters.

Refugee assistance.

Material assistance.

Grant-making foundations.

Voluntarism promotion and support.

Fund-raising organizations.

Community and neighbourhood organizations.

Economic development.

Social development.

Housing associations.

Housing assistance.

Job training programs.

Vocational counselling and guidance.

Vocational rehabilitation and sheltered workshops.

Elementary, primary and secondary education.

Higher education.

Vocational/technical schools.

Adult/continuing education.

Medical research.

Science and technology.

Social sciences, policy studies.

Wood Buffalo’s social profit organizations are classified by primary area of activity according to the Interna-tional Classification of Non-profit Organizations (ICNPO). It is the classification system recommended in the United Nations (UN) Handbook on Non-profit Institutions The ICNPO system groups organizations into 12 major activity groups, including a catch-all ‘not elsewhere classified’ category. These 12 major activity groups are further divided into 24 subgroups.

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Health Law, Advocacy and Politics

Environment Business and Professional Association

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classified

Wood Buffalo’s social profit organizations are classified by primary area of activity according to the Interna-tional Classification of Non-profit Organizations (ICNPO). It is the classification system recommended in the United Nations (UN) Handbook on Non-profit Institutions The ICNPO system groups organizations into 12 major activity groups, including a catch-all ‘not elsewhere classified’ category. These 12 major activity groups are further divided into 24 subgroups.

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Hospitals.

Rehabilitation.

Nursing homes.

Psychiatric hospitals. Mental health treatment.

Crisis intervention.

Public health and wellness education.

Health treatment, primarily outpatient.

Rehabilitative medical services.

Emergency medical services.

Advocacy organizations.

Civil rights associations.

Ethnic associations.

Civic associations.

Legal services.

Crime prevention and public policy.

Rehabilitation of offenders.

Victim support.

Consumer protection associations.

Political parties and organizations.

Pollution abatement and con-trol.

Natural resources conservation and protection.

Environmental beautification and open spaces.

Animal protection and welfare.

Wildlife preservation and protection.

Veterinary services.

Business associations:

Professional associations.

Labour unions.

No specific sub-categories

Culture and Recreationcategory repre-sent the largest proportion of so-cial profit organi-zations in Wood Buffalo

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To portray the composition of Wood Buffalo’s social profit sector, we used a similar approach to 2014 were we utilized the United Nations International Classification of Non-Profit Organizations (ICNPO) to classify the social profit organizations. As such, we successfully classified the social profit organizations to the 11 out of the 12 categories of the ICNPO. Based on this classification, the culture and recre-ation category represent the largest proportion of social profit organizations in Wood Buffalo. This is closely followed by the social services category and the religion category. This trend is congruent with our findings in 2014. While this first level classifi-cation provides tremendous insight into the social profit sector, we further classified the organizations based on sub-groupings under each category. This revealed that the sub-group congregation (churches), under the religion category, is the largest sub-group of social profit organizations. The sports sub-group closely follows this. In other words, the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo is dominated by churches and sports related organizations.

Churchesform the largest sub-group of orga-nizations among social profits in Wood Buffalo

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was the most prolific year in the social profit sector, with 12 organizations created.

Our new dataset also reveals that the 1980s and 2010s were two decades with highest number of social profit organization created. However, if we look at the number of organizations created annu-ally, the data shows that 2014 was the most prolific year in the social profit sector, with 12 organizations created. Furthermore, our data shows that the periods prior to the 1960s was a relatively dormant period in the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo. However, starting from the 1960s, the sector began to grow rapidly. By the 1970s, the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo began to be dominated by three main categories of organizations - culture and recre-ation, religion, and social services.

2014

Before 1960swas a relatively dormant period in the social prof-it sector in Wood Buffalo

Business and Professional Associations

Health

Education and Research

Not Elsewhere Classified

Development and Housing

Philantropic Intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

Environment

Culture and Recreation

Law, Advocacy and Politics

Religion

Social Services

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At this time we have not identified the factors that have contributed to the rapid growth of the sector since the 1970s, nor can we explain what has initiated and sustained the dominance of the culture and recreation, religion, and social services categories in the sector. However, when we examine the type of services that are provided by the orga-nizations in these three categories, a growth in population could be the cause of the increase of these categories. To test this hypothesis, we compared the number of organiza-tions created annually over the last 30 years to the growth in population over the same period to see if they are posi-

tively correlated. Our data does not reveal any correlation.

As we continue to acquire and synthesize more data about the social profit sector, we are developing a richer understanding of the sector. With better information about the social profit sector, stakeholders such as funders and volunteers will be able to make better decisions about the sector. Organizations working within the sector can better monitor trends within and outside the sector, and how these trends affect it.

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1. Social profit organizations are most concentrated in Fort McMurray.

2. In Fort McMurray, the social profit organizations are geographically spread across the entire city. However, there are slightly more organizations located in the downtown area.

3. There are more organizations providing cultural and recreation services than any other type of organiza-tions.

4. Churches and sports organizations form the largest sub-category of organizations.

5. The 1980s was the decade with the highest number of social profit organizations created in Wood Buffalo.

6. 2014 was the year with the highest number of social profit organizations created according to our data set.

7. Our data set has not yet revealed any particular pat-tern that can explain the growth of the entire sector, or the growth of the sub-categories within the sector.

Insights from the data

Questions from the data 1. What has been influencing the growth of the social

profit sector in Wood Buffalo?

2. Why is the Wood Buffalo social profit sector domi-nated by three categories (Social Services, Religion, and Culture and Recreation) of organizations?

3. How many people does the sector employ?

4. Is there a correlation between population growth and the growth of the social sector (number of or-ganizations created annually)?

5. Is there a correlation between investment in the Oil Sands and the growth of the social profit sector?

6. Why are sports organizations and churches the larg-est sub-category of organizations?

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Fig 1. 100 Years History of Social Profits Organizations Serving Wood Buffalo Since 2008, the Social Profit sectorin Wood Buffalo has experiencedtremendous growth.

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Fig 2. 2015 Composition of the Social Profit Sector in Wood BuffaloWood Buffalo's Social Profit sector is very diverse. When we assess the work that each organization, we find that the majority of the organizations fit within"culture and recreation" category. This finding is consistent with observation made from data complied in 2014.

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Number of organization per sub-sector

Social Services Self-help and other personal s..Family ServicesDisaster/emergency preventio..Social ServicesChild welfare, child services an..Material assistanceYouth services and youth welf..Services for the elderlyChild welfareTemporary shelter

Religion CongregationAssociation of congregation

Philanthropicintermediaries andvoluntarismpromotion

Fund-raising organizationPhilanthropic intermediaries a..Grant-making foundationVoluntarism promotion and su..

Not elsewhere cla..Not elsewhere classifiedLaw, advocacy andpolitics

Ethnic associationsAdvocacy organizationCrime prevention and public p..

Health HealthPublic health and wellness edu..Crisis intervention

Environment Animal protection and welfareEnvironmentPollution abatement and contr..

Education andResearch

Elementary, Primary, and Seco..Education and researchAdult/continuing educationHigher education

Development andHousing

Community and neighbourhoo..Housing associationEconomic DevelopmentHousing assistanceSocial development

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SportsHistorical,Literary and Humani..Recreation and social clubMedia and communicationCulture and RecreationPerforming ArtsService clubMuseumVisual Art

Business and prof..Business association

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Fig 3. Distribution of Social Profit Organizations Based On Their Services.

In Wood Buffalo, religious organizations that provide congrational services such (Mass/Worship),sports clubs and organizations, organizations providing self-help services, Fund-raising organizations,are the largest sub-sectors of the social profit sector.

Wood Buffalo Social Profit Sector, Over 100 Years of Service

Fig 4. Types of Social Profit Organization Created Per Decade Since 1910 in Wood Buffalo

Fig 5. Wood Buffalo Population Growth Compared to the Number of SocialProfit Organizations Created Annually Between1986-2014 (30 Years period).

Wood Buffalo Social Profit Sector, Over 100 Years of Service

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Fig 6. Annual Average Crude Oil Price Compared to the Number of SocialProfit Organizations Created Annually Between1986-2014 (30 Years period).

The 40 years period from 1910 to 1950 was a relatively quiet peri-od in the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo. But from the 1960sthe social profit sector begun to grow and diversify rapidly. Fromthe 1970s while diversity in the sector continued to grow, the sec-tor however began to be dominated by three category of organiza-tions namely, religious, culture and Recreation, and social servicesorganization. The social profit sector experienced it fastest growth in the 1980s.While the cause of such growth is not yet fully understood, we nev-ertheless compared change in population growth and change in average annual price of crude oil to determine if they are correlat-ed with the number of social profit organizations created annuallysince the 1980s. As Fig 5 shows, changes in population growth isnot correlated with the number of social profit organizations creat-ed within this period. However, changes in the price of crude oil onthe other hand, seem to be slightly correlated with the number ofsocial profit organizations created annually since the 1980s. Whilethis correlation is very small, it only appeared from 1998.

The information contained in this document is the result of substantial effort to identify, quan-tify and categorize social profit organizations in Wood Buffalo. We augmented the data compiled in 2014 with new data sources from Alberta Registry, Statis-tics Canada, and others. As such this informa-tion reflect the composition on the social profit sector in Wood Buffalo as on April 2015. A more detailed version of the information contained in this document will be made available to the Bluebook (Social Profit Organizations Directory)

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This report was created by Kodjo Efu, Research and Innovation Manager, FuseSocial