Revenue growth slowed at education and health care nonprofits in 2005 and declined at social services and arts and and culture organizations. At health care nonprofts, expenses rose 7.9 percent, slightly faster than revenue growth of 7.6 percent. Among the 29 social services nonprofits surveyed, revenue declined at 12.
| NONPROFIT 100 | NONPROFIT 100 categories | ||||||
| By Rank | Alphabetical | A Look at Categories | Health Care | Social Services | Education | Arts and Culture | Other |
| Education | Health care | Arts and culture | Social services | |
| Average revenue increase | 8.2% | 7.6% | -1.3% | -3.1% |
| Average expense ratio (expenses/revenue) | 92.2% | 95.9% | 87.0% | 100.1% |
| Average percentage of revenue from contributions, grants & gifts | 20.2% | 3.5% | 57.7% | 54.9% |
| Median total compensation of top officer | $232,537 | $294,097 | $286,578 | $149,870 |
| Median total compensation of top officer as a percentage of expenses | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.7% |
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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