Research on the work behind the work.
Analysis of nonprofit operations, funding, and technology. We publish what the data actually says, with every figure sourced and linked, including the numbers that complicate our own position.
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Where the day goes.
Workload studies keep finding that a third to two-thirds of frontline human services time goes to documentation and administration. The range between counties says a lot about what's actually fixable.
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92% use AI. 7% see real impact.
Adoption is nearly universal and results are not. The research points to an unglamorous explanation: the tools arrived, but shared workflows, training, and trust in the output didn't come with them.
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The funding squeeze is an operations problem.
The share of nonprofits running a deficit rose from 22% to 39% in three years while foundation grants got harder to win. Organizations can't fundraise their way out of that alone.
How we work with data
We analyze published research from other organizations and say so plainly. Starhaven does not run these surveys, and we don't label other people's findings as our own research. Every figure links to its source with a publication date, estimates are labeled as estimates, and when a study comes from a company selling a related product, including ours, we say that too.
Help shape Starhaven One.
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