To be eligible for consideration, nonprofits must meet the following criteria:

• Must be in business a minimum of 1 year
• Must be a nonprofit organization with 501 (c) 3 status*
• Have a facility in the United States
• Have a minimum of 15 employees in the United States**

* Organizations that fall under 501(c)(3), (c)(4) or (c)(6) can apply to compete for the Best NonProfit to Work for with a few exceptions.  Management support organizations and consultancies formed under a tax-exempt umbrella cannot compete for inclusion in the list.  If an applicant falls into these areas, the editors have the right to exclude such organizations from consideration.

**  Due to the large number of smaller organizations in the nonprofit industry, we have created a "small-sized nonprofit" category that will give nonprofits in this category a chance to compete with one another and take advantage of the other program benefits such as purchasing the Employee Feedback Report.  To ensure the credibility of the information, nonprofits in this category must have an 80% (or better) response rate from their employees filling out the survey.