In 2010, there were 290.7 thousand Private Foundations and Non-Profit Associations (Fasfil) in Brazil, engaged, predominantly in the areas of religion (28.5%), employer and professional associations (15.5%) and right development and defense (14.6%). The areas of health, education, research and social assistance (governmental policies) made up 54.1 thousand entities (18.6%). The Fasfil group was concentrated in the Southeast (44.2%), Northeast (22.9%) and South (21.5%), being less common in the North (4.9%) and Central West (6.5%) Regions. Among these institutions, 72.2% (210.0 thousand) did not have a single formal employee, making use of voluntary workforce and free-lance service rendering. The remaining ones employed, in 2010, 2.1 million persons, with overwhelming female presence (62.9%). Nevertheless, the average compensation of women (R$ 1,489.25) was equivalent to 75.2% of the average earned by men (R$ 1,980.08), being, for the salaried workers overall, R$ 1,667.05 per month in the year. As for level of schooling, although 33.0% of the salaried workers of these entities had a higher education degree, almost twice as in the organizations overall (16.6%), their compensation was 5.8 minimum wages, significantly smaller than that of salaried workers of CEMPRE organizations – 7.6 minimum wages.

Between 2006 and 2010, private foundations and non-profit associations in

Brazil recorded increase of 8.8%, with significantly lower expansion than in the period 2002-2005 (22.6%). Salaried persons were up by 15.9%, with real increase of 6.2% in average monthly wages. In absolute figures, the biggest increase was that of religious entities, resulting from the creation of 11.2 thousand entities or almost half (47.8%) of the total 23.4 thousand ones created in the period.

These are some relevant points in Profile of Private Foundations and Non-profit Associations in 2010, a study first conducted in 2002 as a result of the partnership between IBGE and the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), together with the Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (ABONG) and the Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises (GIFE).  More information is available at https://www.ibge.gov.br/english/estatistica/economia/fasfil/2010/default.shtm.

Pace of increase of non-profit associations faces reduction

Officially, Brazil had, in 2010, 290.7 thousand private foundations and non-profit associations – Fasfil (private, non-profit, institutionalized, self-administered and voluntary organizations).  These institutions represented 5.2% of the total 5.6 million public and private entities, both profit and non–profit, of the IBGE's Central Register of Enterprises – CEMPRE that year.

Between 2006 and 2010, recorded increase of about 8.8%, having changed from 267.3 thousand to 290.7 thousand, significantly less than in the period between 2002 and 2005 (22.6%).  The Fasfil entities were concentrated in the Southeast (44.2%), Northeast (22.9%) and South (21.5%), being less common in the North (4.9%) and Central West (6.5%).

18.6% of the institutions were engaged in the area of public policies

Among the institutions overall, 82.9 thousand entities were directly responsible for the management of religious services or rituals (28.55), 44.9 thousand for employer and professional associations (15.5%), and 42.5 thousand for Right development and defense (14.6%). There were also 54.1 thousand entities (18.6%) dedicated to the implementation of governmental policies (health, education, research and social assistance). The most vulnerable population groups in this segment - poor children and elderly, teenage offenders and persons with disability (10.5%) were provided with services by 30.4 thousand social assistance entities (10.5%). In terms of education and research (6.1%) and health (2.1%), there were 23.7 thousand entities, the main ones being of elementary education (4.5 thousand) and other health services (3.9 thousand).  Entities aimed at environmental conservation and animal protection represented 0.8% of the Fasfil overall.   

72.2% of the entities did not have a single formal employee

In 72.2% of the institutions (210.0 thousand) there was not a single formal employee, in 2010, and activities were probably performed through voluntary workforce and freelance service rendering. Institutions without employees were more common in the segment of religion (29.1%) right development and defense (17.4%) and employer and professional associations (16.2%).

Among the 80.7 thousand institutions with salaried workers, health (6.0 thousand entities) employed 574.5 thousand persons (27.0%), in 2010, followed by the group of entities of education and research (17.7 thousand), with 26.4% of the total workers. In the group Education, concentration is more significant in the group higher education, since 1.4 thousand universities or colleges employed 165.6 thousand workers (7.8%).  In institutions with more than 500 salaried persons, 44.2% belonged to the segment of health and 26.3% to education and research.  More than half of the salaried employed persons (58.1%) worked in institutions located in the Southeast, especially in the state of São Paulo (748.7 thousand, 35.2%).

In 2010, there were, on the average, 7.3 salaried employed persons per entity, ranging between 1.8 (religion) and 224.8 (hospitals) workers per entity.

Women accounted for 62.9% of all salaried jobs

For the first time, the study has brought information on gender and level of schooling of employed persons, and shows that, in 2010, women accounted for 62.9% of the salaried overall in Fasfil, a percentage that is significantly above the total observed in IBGE records – CEMPRE (42.1%).  Female predominance was seen in all the Major Regions in the country, being slightly bigger in the South (67.6%) and smaller in the North (55.2%).  

In the segments of health (73.5% of women) and social assistance (71.7%), women were the majority.  Male predominance only occurs in the group of entities related to sports an recreation (66.8% of the total). 

One third of the salaried workers of non-profit associations had a degree  

The study shows that about one third (33.0%) of the salaried persons of Fasfil had a higher-education degree, versus 16.6% of the CEMPRE salaried workers with equivalent level of schooling. The proportion of professionals with a degree surpasses the national average in education and research (56.3%) entities, with 67.4% in higher-education instituions and 60.1% in high-school ones.

In preschool, there is a smaller proportion of salaried workers with a degree (31.8%).  On the other hand, in employment and training entities only 10.5% of the salaried workers had a degree There were also low percentages of salaried persons with a degree in sports and recreation (13.1%) and residents associations (14.1%).

Preschool and Employment and training paid lowest salaries in 2010

Fasfil workers earned, on the average, about 3.3 minimum wages a month, in 2010. The compensation of professionals who were officially employed by these entities included about R$ 46.2 billion in resources, which is equivalent to an average of R$ 1,667.05 per person/month, and to the average compensation of CEMPRE – 3.2 minimum wages per month, or R$ 1,650.30).

With average compensation below 2.0 minimum wages featured the group of salaried entities which provided services in the segments of preschool and employment and training. Among the entities offering highest compensation, about 5 minimum wages, featured higher education entities (5.3 minimum wages) and culture and arts (4.6 minimum wages).

Women earned, on the average, 75.2% of the compensation of men

In Fasfil, women earned an average wage which represented 75.2% of the compensation of men, in 2010, corresponding to 3.9 minimum wages for men and 2.9 minimum wages for women. This behavior was similar to that recorded by the CEMPRE salaried overall, with women’s compensation being equivalent to 80% of men’s.

Differences in the compensation earned by men and women are similar in entities which have the same main objective.  In employer and professional associations, the average compensation of men was 4.9 minimum wages and that of women, 3.2; in entities of education and research men earned, on the average, 5.1 minimum wages, and women, 3.3 minimum wages; in entities of sports and recreation, the average compensation figures were 3.4 and 2.2, for men and women, respectively.   

Employed persons with a degree in Fasfil earned less than in the company overall

The average compensation of salaried workers with a degree in Fasfil was 5.8 minimum wages, significantly less than that of salaried persons with this level of schooling in CEMPRE – 7.6 minimum wages.  The compensation of other salaried workers was 2.0 minimum wages.  

The biggest compensation for employed persons with a degree were paid by employer and business associations and housing associations (9.0 and 9.3 minimum wages). Hospitals, and entities of culture and arts were other highlights:  in these subgroups, the average compensation paid was equal to or above 7 minimum wages.

Almost half of the entities created between 2006 and 2010 were religious ones

Between 2006 and 2010, the increase of Fasfil by 8.8% was better observed in education, especially in preschool (43.4%) and professional education (17.7%). In absolute figures, the biggest increase was that of religious units, which meant the creation of 11.2 thousand entities or almost half (47.8%) of the total 23.4 thousand ones created in the period.

In other areas more directly related to government policies, other entities, besides education and research also recorded increase: health (8.1%) and culture and recreation (6.8%) and social assistance (1.6%).

 On the other hand, there was decrease in the segment of housing (5.8%).  Even considering their different performances, these entities maintained the same level of participation in the Fasfil group.  

Salaried persons increased by 15.9%, with 6.2% of increment in salaries between 2006 and 2010

Between 2006 and 2010, the number of salaried persons increased by 15.9%, with the generation of 292.6 thousand jobs. This increase, in the period, was more significant in entities of Right Development and Defense (30.0%) and Health (26.5%).  However, in absolute figures, Health accounted for the generation of 120.2 thousand new jobs, whereas Right Development and Defense did for only 27.8 thousand.  

In the period, there was real increase of 6.2% and the average monthly wages changed from R$ 1,569.53 to R$ 1,667.05. The most significant gains in salaries, between 2006 and 2010, came from employer and professional associations (16.8%) and health establishments (15.1%).   In these two groups, the main highlights were the increased compensation of employed persons in rural producer associations (20.4%) and in other health services (25.6%).  Residents associations recorded increase of 20.0%.  However, community associations and centers recorded increase of 13.5%, and professional associations, of 19.5%.  

It is worth mentioning the compensation in elementary school and preschool entities, since these two subgroups recorded, in proportional terms, the biggest increases among the percentage of companies in the period analyzed.  In elementary school there was decrease of 4.4% in compensation and in preschool, reduction of 0.8%.