New York City area nonprofits

There are 102,504 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 $307 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $593 billion.

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Job trends for New York City nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	11,939
1-10	5,111
11-25	2,322
26-100	2,675
101 to 1,000	1,927
1,000+	298

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 Inc-Subordinates (HMH), and NewYork Presbyterian Hospital (NYP).
The largest employers tend to be general hospitals, universities, developmentally disabled centers, home health care agencies, and managed care organizations.

Sizes of nonprofits in New York City

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	30,098
$250k to $1M	8,463
$1M to $5M	5,613
$5M to $25M	2,814
$25M to $100M	831
$100M+	384

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Fidelis Legacy Plan, Healthfirst PHSP, New York University (NYU), NewYork Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), and Columbia University earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in New York City.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.0% 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	17,250	20,230	$4,164,330,023	$8,293,324,987
Foundations	14,371	1,917	$25,651,264,947	$182,283,084,773
Educational institutions	13,233	391,987	$44,416,113,096	$86,225,227,811
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	8,475	78,868	$6,592,974,336	$24,673,689,380
Human service organizations	6,403	326,410	$13,411,118,309	$15,823,115,924
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	5,882	58,668	$3,224,093,909	$6,628,223,244
Business and community development organizations	5,304	39,909	$7,689,942,532	$22,097,470,584
Mental health organizations	3,977	44,627	$2,982,164,675	$3,070,376,118
Unions and employment organizations	3,106	45,275	$4,419,657,052	$6,650,973,793
Mutual assistance organizations	2,864	19,898	$23,792,466,034	$35,214,538,349

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City. The museum is New York City's third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

Revenue

$43.8m

Assets

$317.5m

Employees

503

EIN

11-1672743

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

$7.1m

Assets

$9.9m

Employees

EIN

22-2488437

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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

$19.4m

Assets

$17.0m

Employees

EIN

13-3384027

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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

$9.9m

Assets

$26.7m

Employees

170

EIN

11-1687477

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Action Against Hunger USA

Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.

Revenue

$146.0m

Assets

$120.0m

Employees

EIN

13-3327220

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

$20.7m

Assets

$46.0m

Employees

EIN

13-3634381

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art establishes, preserves, and documents a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, presents exhibitions and educational programs, sustains a library, archives, and conservation laboratory and supports scholarship and p...

Revenue

$283.3m

Assets

$2.2b

Employees

1,269

EIN

13-1624100

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines.

Revenue

$101.0m

Assets

$180.2m

Employees

387

EIN

13-1623899

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Since 1914, the American Jewish joint distribution committee (jdc) has acted on behalf of north america's Jewish communities and others to fulfill the principle that "kol yisrael arevim zeh l'zeh" - all jews are responsible for one another. Jdc is dedic...

Revenue

$357.4m

Assets

$491.7m

Employees

167

EIN

13-1656634

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

To sustain, encourage, and promote the performing arts. See sch. O for continuation.and part iii, line 1, description of organization mission:to sustain, encourage, and promote the performing arts and to educate the public with relation thereto. In addi...

Revenue

$144.6m

Assets

$736.7m

Employees

1,990

EIN

13-1847137

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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New York City area nonprofits

Job trends for New York City nonprofits

Sizes of nonprofits in New York City

Types of nonprofits in New York City

Directory of nonprofits in New York City

Brooklyn Museum

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

Action Against Hunger USA

Citymeals-On-Wheels

Museum of Modern Art

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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