New York City area nonprofits

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There are 108,892 organizations in the greater New York City metro area, including the cities of New York, Jersey City, Lakewood, Newark, New Brunswick, and White Plains within the states of New York and New Jersey. Combined, these New York City metro nonprofits employ 2 million people, earn more than $314 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $654 billion.

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Job trends for New York City nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	13,113
1-10	5,405
11-25	2,394
26-100	2,742
101 to 1,000	1,950
1,000+	297

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in New York City is driven by large organizations like New York University (NYU), Baraem Aliman Alislamiyah, Columbia University, Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), and NewYork Presbyterian Hospital (NYP).
The largest employers tend to be general hospitals, universities, developmentally disabled centers, home health care agencies, and specialty hospitals.

Sizes of nonprofits in New York City

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	33,125
$250k to $1M	8,735
$1M to $5M	5,718
$5M to $25M	2,870
$25M to $100M	863
$100M+	399

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Healthfirst, New York University (NYU), NewYork Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), Columbia University, and Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in New York City.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in New York City with more than $100 million account for 70.5% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, health finance organizations, universities, private foundations, and fraternal societies.

Types of nonprofits in New York City

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Religious organizations	21,687	20,384	$4,806,728,128	$9,607,937,799
Foundations	16,554	3,131	$24,970,798,415	$197,220,953,650
Educational institutions	12,405	396,032	$47,306,116,639	$97,612,772,475
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	9,282	86,690	$6,373,320,783	$26,130,732,485
Human service organizations	6,825	307,338	$13,655,758,861	$17,192,096,718
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	6,193	59,821	$3,230,438,161	$6,775,166,958
Business and community development organizations	5,600	40,988	$8,986,991,438	$25,673,726,213
Unions and employment organizations	3,159	45,156	$4,676,706,105	$7,623,333,946
Mutual assistance organizations	2,940	27,096	$25,336,213,001	$38,749,807,489
Health organizations	2,936	641,878	$139,492,434,432	$162,600,628,242

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Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

The Guide Dog Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Revenue

$13.0m

Assets

$37.6m

Employees

167

EIN

11-1687477

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Citymeals-On-Wheels

Citymeals-On-Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nutritious food and human company to homebound elderly new yorkers, helping them live with dignity in their own familiar homes and communities. 100% of all public donations is used for the preparatio...

Revenue

$44.6m

Assets

$66.7m

Employees

EIN

13-3634381

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation

TO PRESENT MUSIC & MUSICIANS, BRING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, and provide new works, artists & audiences. To present music & musicians, bring The transformative power of music to The public, provide edu...

Revenue

$67.7m

Assets

$655.4m

Employees

827

EIN

13-1923626

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is an independent organization that uses medicine and science to stop mass atrocities and severe human rights violations against individuals.

Revenue

$11.1m

Assets

$17.3m

Employees

EIN

22-2488437

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Worldwide Orphans (WWO)

Worldwide Orphans (WWO) was established in 1997 by Dr. Jane Aronson, a global pediatric specialist. WWO is a New York/New Jersey based 501(c)(3) international nongovernmental organization (INGO) headquartered in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Revenue

$1.6m

Assets

$438.7k

Employees

EIN

13-3968225

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Teach for All

Teach For All is a global network of over 48 independent, locally led and funded organizations that are calling on their nations' most promising future leaders to ensure more students receive the excellent education all children deserve.

Revenue

$50.9m

Assets

$63.3m

Employees

EIN

26-2122566

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research.

Revenue

$54.2m

Assets

$148.1m

Employees

EIN

13-1933825

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American Jewish Committee (AJC)

With offices across the United States and around the globe, and partnerships with Jewish communities worldwide, American Jewish Committee works to enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and to advance human rights and democratic values for all.

Revenue

$91.1m

Assets

$240.7m

Employees

297

EIN

13-5563393

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Right To Play

Right To Play's mission is to use sport and play to educate and empower children and youth to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict, and disease in disadvantaged communities.

Revenue

$2.5m

Assets

$1.7m

Employees

EIN

13-4045245

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The mission of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of Art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of qu...

Revenue

$414.7m

Assets

$4.5b

Employees

2,458

EIN

13-1624086

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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New York City area nonprofits

Job trends for New York City nonprofits

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Types of nonprofits in New York City

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Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

Citymeals-On-Wheels

Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

Worldwide Orphans (WWO)

Teach for All

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

American Jewish Committee (AJC)

Right To Play

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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