Boston area nonprofits
There are 32,839 organizations in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro nonprofits employ 589,399 people, earn more than $147 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $469 billion.
Job trends for Boston nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 4,110 |
1-10 | 2,258 |
11-25 | 986 |
26-100 | 914 |
101 to 1,000 | 593 |
1,000+ | 88 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Boston is driven by large organizations like Harvard University, Trustees of Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Northeastern University (NU), and Boston Children's Hospital.
- The largest employers tend to be universities, general hospitals, colleges, specialty hospitals, and multiservice human service organizations.
Sizes of nonprofits in Boston
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 11,067 |
$250k to $1M | 2,966 |
$1M to $5M | 1,953 |
$5M to $25M | 883 |
$25M to $100M | 292 |
$100M+ | 148 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts HMO Blue, and Trustees of Boston University earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Boston.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 1.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Boston with more than $100 million account for 79.5% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be universities, public foundations, health finance organizations, and general hospitals.
Types of nonprofits in Boston
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
4,646 | $39,401,834,288 | |
4,405 | $27,640,198,612 | |
3,209 | $242,126,625 | |
2,961 | $2,115,202,849 | |
2,811 | $917,527,575 | |
2,111 | $7,303,202,393 | |
1,914 | $2,006,487,282 | |
1,047 | $1,246,917,027 | |
992 | $5,061,255,624 | |
973 | $41,277,437,990 |
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1-20 of 32,839
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Revenue
$59.9m
Assets
$49.5m
Employees
123
EIN
13-3223946
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA-Angell)
Revenue
$96.0m
Assets
$202.2m
Employees
893
EIN
04-2103597
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
Revenue
$12.5m
Assets
$35.0m
Employees
75
EIN
04-2488502
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
Revenue
$13.7m
Assets
$22.1m
Employees
71
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)
May Institute
Revenue
$141.9m
Assets
$81.9m
Employees
2,458
EIN
04-2197449
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Revenue
$19.9b
Assets
$48.3b
Employees
0
EIN
11-0303001
IRS type
501(c)(3)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Revenue
$212.0m
Assets
$924.5m
Employees
1,450
EIN
04-2104397
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Science
Revenue
$71.5m
Assets
$344.8m
Employees
456
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The New England Automated Clearing House Association
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$4.7m
Employees
18
EIN
04-2514013
IRS type
501(c)(6)
Year Up
Revenue
$179.3m
Assets
$226.4m
Employees
1,113
EIN
04-3534407
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS)
Revenue
$13.2m
Assets
$15.4m
Employees
51
EIN
04-3068130
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Cradles To Crayons
Revenue
$40.1m
Assets
$36.3m
Employees
125
EIN
04-3584367
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Revenue
$2.7b
Assets
$4.3b
Employees
7,998
EIN
04-2263040
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
Revenue
$20.6m
Assets
$46.1m
Employees
43
EIN
04-6186012
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Harvard University
Revenue
$9.6b
Assets
$70.8b
Employees
34.2k
EIN
04-2103580
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Revenue
$152.8m
Assets
$62.7m
Employees
226
EIN
04-2482188
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
Revenue
$52.0m
Assets
$194.1m
Employees
755
EIN
04-6001677
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Repertory Theatre (ART)
Revenue
$17.3m
Assets
$27.0m
Employees
65
EIN
04-2665867
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (CZC)
Revenue
$30.1m
Assets
$53.7m
Employees
311
EIN
04-3129124
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Revenue
$6.4b
Assets
$39.8b
Employees
25.7k
EIN
04-2103594
IRS type
501(c)(3)