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The Roundtable promotes the value of nonprofit organizations and nonprofit leaders through the following objectives:
 This groundbreaking result of a yearlong effort to answer, "What difference do nonprofits make?" was released on November 26, 2007. Our everyday experience is that nonprofits raise the quality of life for all of us in the region, and that nonprofits are the lifeline for our most vulnerable neighbors. But how well do we measure and communicate our impact? Beyond Charity, a report aimed at policymakers demonstrates the social return on investments that nonprofits provide. As leaders in the nonprofit sector, we need to work together to better “make the case” about the impact that nonprofits make. We’d like to improve how well leaders in government and business and the media understand the contributions of the sector. (Part of this work is funded by the World Bank's Commumity Outreach program.)
 The Business of Doing Good in Greater Washington: How the Nonprofit Sector Contributes to the Region's Economy, a report we published in 2005 reviews the actual number of nonprofits in the region and their economic impact. Researchers determined that there were 7,614 active nonprofits in the Greater Washington Region in 2000 and they spent almost $29 billion that year. Researchers found that the nonprofit sector employed more than 218,000 workers in 2003, more than 11% of the region’s total private employment. Those employees generated more than 10% of the region’s 2003 total wages, or $9.6 billion. This research was funded by the Meyer Foundationand America Online. See Also The Washington Post story on the report.
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