Nonprofits in California

There are 42,722 organizations in California. Combined, these Californian nonprofits employ 2 million people, earn more than $379 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $788 billion.

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990 or 990PF with the IRS. We exclude Form 990EZ and Postcard filers, which are high in number but very small in size. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

Nonprofits by major California cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Los Angeles	14,022	578,794	$90,784,154,343	$228,598,453,560
San Francisco	8,944	472,105	$165,787,189,295	$243,501,120,517
San Diego	3,290	171,194	$23,517,321,903	$51,733,650,659
Sacramento	2,806	133,569	$23,445,404,328	$47,935,748,544
San Jose	2,710	133,547	$28,433,293,278	$120,422,766,462
Riverside	2,178	96,035	$11,333,953,881	$23,451,116,491
Santa Maria	837	24,804	$4,805,444,058	$9,585,580,362
Oxnard	812	20,323	$4,156,581,276	$6,097,350,365
Santa Rosa	780	20,194	$2,229,612,977	$7,388,078,649
Fresno	703	36,590	$5,355,510,579	$8,560,574,674
Bakersfield	521	21,550	$1,851,047,140	$3,169,435,950
Salinas	495	13,980	$1,834,959,570	$5,101,705,254
Stockton	467	19,593	$2,077,953,659	$3,968,461,992
Santa Cruz	428	8,572	$816,826,313	$1,732,747,704
San Luis Obispo	406	10,485	$522,403,666	$1,376,147,815
Modesto	326	7,560	$519,508,472	$1,589,677,202
Vallejo	304	8,808	$1,628,438,915	$4,591,870,994
Visalia	299	8,697	$581,168,728	$800,393,319
Napa	288	8,195	$1,292,342,620	$1,759,350,911
Redding	242	5,628	$540,931,192	$1,079,024,264
Chico	210	15,205	$1,424,267,758	$1,459,003,264
Merced	117	2,665	$291,677,272	$511,779,284
Yuba City	98	5,305	$639,666,942	$1,715,157,665
El Centro	91	1,943	$175,473,942	$309,284,661
Hanford	89	3,820	$435,700,611	$772,638,788

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Job trends for California nonprofits

Employment in California is driven by large organizations like Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Healthcare, University of Southern California (USC), Stanford University, and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP).
The largest employers tend to be general hospitals, universities, managed care organizations, charter schools, and community clinics.

Sizes of nonprofits in California

Large organizations like Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP), Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Healthcare, Stanford University, and Delta Dental of California earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in California.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.2% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in California with more than $100 million account for 73.8% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, managed care organizations, universities, and private foundations.

Types of nonprofits in California

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Foundations	8,177	5,768	$30,125,207,034	$172,899,383,372
Educational institutions	5,291	442,816	$44,060,681,977	$127,328,317,537
Human service organizations	3,428	228,674	$20,246,637,175	$20,910,796,801
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	3,163	69,471	$5,707,428,278	$18,064,467,735
Business and community development organizations	3,021	25,144	$5,193,780,494	$14,246,317,572
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	2,702	53,336	$3,974,073,965	$5,192,280,662
Housing providers and shelters	2,157	28,074	$4,758,602,078	$16,491,485,536
Religious organizations	1,708	11,950	$1,809,931,631	$5,752,500,062
Unions and employment organizations	1,547	100,024	$6,141,948,250	$6,991,947,882
Hospitals and clinics	1,506	662,689	$206,648,650,234	$224,621,065,246

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Out & Equal

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is the world's premiere organization dedicated to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace equality.

Revenue

$6.3m

Assets

$3.8m

Employees

EIN

02-0681855

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)

AEE is a promotion of business organization in San Francisco, CA whose mission is: AEE's mission is transforming public policy to enable rapid growth of advanced energy companies.

Revenue

$6.1m

Assets

$1.9m

Employees

EIN

45-3859544

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

GLAAD amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively.

Revenue

$8.0m

Assets

$7.3m

Employees

EIN

13-3384027

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Building affordable housing for qualified low-income families.

Revenue

$23.3m

Assets

$30.0m

Employees

EIN

33-0416470

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

To help nations grow while addressing increasingly scarce resources and climate risk. This is a complex challenge in which policy plays a crucial role.

Revenue

$15.2m

Assets

$18.4m

Employees

N/A

EIN

26-4129153

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Dignity Healthcare

Dignity Health is a diverse network of 40 outstanding hospitals and more than 150 care centers committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality and affordable health care services.

Revenue

$11.1b

Assets

$15.5b

Employees

54.5k

EIN

94-1196203

IRS type

501(c)(3)

St Baldrick's Foundation (SBF)

The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.

Revenue

$35.9m

Assets

$38.6m

Employees

EIN

20-1173824

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Bonnie J Addario A Breath Away From the Cure Foundation (ALCF)

The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) is one of the largest philanthropies (patient-founded, patient-focused, and patient-driven) devoted exclusively to eradicating Lung Cancer through research, early detection, education, and treatment.

Revenue

$4.4m

Assets

$3.5m

Employees

EIN

20-4417327

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)

The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) brings together collections of art, history and natural sciences under one roof to tell the extraordinary stories of California and its people.

Revenue

$18.9m

Assets

$50.9m

Employees

170

EIN

45-3138892

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation improves lives, expands opportunities, and helps societies flourish across a dynamic and developing Asia. They work with innovative leaders and communities to build effective institutions and advance pathbreaking reforms.

Revenue

$106.9m

Assets

$60.0m

Employees

146

EIN

94-1191246

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Nonprofits in California

Nonprofits by major California cities

Job trends for California nonprofits

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Types of nonprofits in California

Directory of nonprofits in California

Out & Equal

Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

Dignity Healthcare

St Baldrick's Foundation (SBF)

The Bonnie J Addario A Breath Away From the Cure Foundation (ALCF)

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)

The Asia Foundation

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