Boston area nonprofits
There are 30,617 organizations in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro nonprofits employ 606,091 people, earn more than $114 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $378 billion.
Job trends for Boston nonprofits
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 3,447 |
1-10 | 1,863 |
11-25 | 943 |
26-100 | 896 |
101 to 1,000 | 596 |
1,000+ | 86 |
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, developmentally disabled centers, specialty hospitals, and managed care organizations.
Sizes of nonprofits in Boston
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 9,947 |
$250k to $1M | 2,729 |
$1M to $5M | 1,769 |
$5M to $25M | 814 |
$25M to $100M | 243 |
$100M+ | 127 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Partners Pooled Investment Holdings LLC, and Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Boston.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 1.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Boston with more than $100 million account for 76.7% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be universities, public foundations, health finance organizations, general hospitals, and hospital systems.
Types of nonprofits in Boston
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
4,419 | $30,657,560,371 | |
4,334 | $17,335,280,517 | |
2,874 | $914,965,837 | |
2,700 | $1,663,529,444 | |
2,623 | $719,992,721 | |
2,000 | $5,252,702,031 | |
1,955 | $1,904,821,554 | |
1,000 | $993,078,266 | |
969 | $3,334,252,042 | |
905 | $36,566,966,071 |
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1-20 of 30,617
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Revenue
$42.8m
Assets
$52.8m
Employees
99
EIN
13-3223946
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA-Angell)
Revenue
$88.9m
Assets
$191.5m
Employees
828
EIN
04-2103597
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Accion
Revenue
$27.7m
Assets
$376.9m
Employees
131
EIN
13-2535763
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
Revenue
$11.2m
Assets
$35.0m
Employees
67
EIN
04-2488502
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH)
Revenue
$3.4m
Assets
$3.6m
Employees
18
EIN
04-2514013
IRS type
501(c)(6)
Museum of Science
Revenue
$50.0m
Assets
$308.6m
Employees
840
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
May Institute
Revenue
$131.6m
Assets
$63.9m
Employees
2,654
EIN
04-2197449
IRS type
501(c)(3)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Revenue
$198.4m
Assets
$841.8m
Employees
1,515
EIN
04-2104397
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Revenue
$12.3b
Assets
$35.4b
Employees
0
EIN
11-0303001
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$8.5m
Employees
52
EIN
04-3523528
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS)
Revenue
$8.9m
Assets
$10.0m
Employees
46
EIN
04-3068130
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Cradles To Crayons
Revenue
$20.3m
Assets
$27.2m
Employees
100
EIN
04-3584367
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Year Up
Revenue
$166.4m
Assets
$131.5m
Employees
1,106
EIN
04-3534407
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Revenue
$2.0b
Assets
$3.9b
Employees
6,972
EIN
04-2263040
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
Revenue
$13.5m
Assets
$38.1m
Employees
42
EIN
04-6186012
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Ceres
Revenue
$24.6m
Assets
$29.4m
Employees
177
EIN
22-3053747
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
Revenue
$35.4m
Assets
$176.7m
Employees
760
EIN
04-6001677
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Revenue
$124.7m
Assets
$62.6m
Employees
251
EIN
04-2482188
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Revenue
$4.8b
Assets
$30.1b
Employees
26.2k
EIN
04-2103594
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Repertory Theatre (ART)
Revenue
$17.8m
Assets
$24.0m
Employees
276
EIN
04-2665867
IRS type
501(c)(3)