Orange County Community Resilience Fund Evaluation Report
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Varying Impact by Size and Focus of Nonprofits
The impact of COVID-19 has not been uniform across all types or sizes of nonprofits; smaller nonprofits
have generally been more strongly affected, and nonprofits that serve specific needs or population
groups have had different experiences.
Small organizations, defined for this report as organizations that had 2019 fiscal year revenue under
1 million dollars, differ greatly from larger organizations. There is no clear evidence that small organi-
zations were more likely to have decreased (or increased) their services compared to larger organizations,
and they were also equally likely to have lost fundraisers, contracts, or grants. So on average, compared
to larger organizations, their services and revenue were affected similarly. However, they are less
likely to have received relief funds that would provide a short and longer term buffer for their financial
crisis. 54% of small organizations received the PPP, compared to 73% of larger organizations. Small
organizations were more likely to receive the EIDL Loan, which is not expected to be as widely forgiven
as the PPP, meaning those organizations may incur long term loan liability. Smaller organizations were
less likely to receive private relief funds, and received smaller grants on average. Smaller organizations
Size Category 2019 Revenue Count Percentage
Small <1,000,000 74 35%
Medium 1,000,000-5,000,000 74 35%
Large >5,000,000 61 29%
Total 209
Table 5: Size Distribution of Organizations (in survey sample)
