Nonprofits in Pennsylvania

There are 71,677 organizations in Pennsylvania. Combined, these Pennsylvanian nonprofits employ 2 million people, earn more than $162 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $368 billion.

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Nonprofits by major Pennsylvania cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Philadelphia	21,975	791,727	$66,891,400,943	$160,261,321,388
Pittsburgh	16,300	295,848	$43,841,030,863	$99,811,460,313
Harrisburg	3,999	57,370	$8,813,099,693	$33,658,997,206
Allentown	3,355	70,577	$8,214,645,831	$15,897,005,393
Scranton	2,724	34,268	$2,524,516,930	$4,380,737,063
Lancaster	2,599	41,454	$3,361,461,193	$8,664,175,011
York	1,916	37,975	$4,098,927,583	$6,069,378,907
Reading	1,846	28,317	$3,091,930,064	$6,641,841,366
Erie	1,517	29,044	$1,608,791,349	$3,137,916,878
State College	992	8,787	$864,973,444	$1,455,702,509

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Job trends for Pennsylvania nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	7,494
1-10	3,881
11-25	2,310
26-100	2,167
101 to 1,000	1,363
1,000+	218

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Pennsylvania is driven by large organizations like Central Nursery School, Upmc, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), University of Pittsburgh, and Highmark Health Group.
The largest employers tend to be preschools, universities, general hospitals, hospital systems, and developmentally disabled centers.

Sizes of nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	20,093
$250k to $1M	6,034
$1M to $5M	3,280
$5M to $25M	1,527
$25M to $100M	490
$100M+	217

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Upmc, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Highmark Health Group, National Philanthropic Trust, and Geisinger Health Plan earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Pennsylvania.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Pennsylvania with more than $100 million account for 67.0% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, hospital systems, universities, fraternal societies, and health financing and support organizations.

Types of nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Religious organizations	9,555	16,022	$1,818,901,272	$6,001,987,293
Educational institutions	8,870	603,842	$32,589,028,559	$104,805,940,720
Foundations	8,013	2,388	$10,361,188,635	$60,440,806,186
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	7,650	40,928	$1,427,025,335	$2,692,349,885
Business and community development organizations	4,776	18,789	$2,938,054,327	$9,044,978,478
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	4,529	27,458	$1,991,028,887	$8,372,939,926
Human service organizations	4,108	238,611	$11,501,457,571	$17,799,133,064
Mutual assistance organizations	3,413	10,039	$13,497,950,343	$32,955,813,440
Unions and employment organizations	2,465	38,035	$2,192,109,881	$3,633,114,611
Public sector, public co-ops, and veteran organizations	2,445	7,866	$1,301,918,381	$13,821,243,883

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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1827 that provides great events, activities and publications for novice gardeners, experienced horticulturists, and flower lovers of all ages.

Revenue

$28.3m

Assets

$69.1m

Employees

249

EIN

23-1352265

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Whyy

WHYY is the Philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and all of Delaware.

Revenue

$37.8m

Assets

$48.9m

Employees

263

EIN

23-1438083

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American College of Physicians (ACP)

The mission of the American college of physicians (acp), is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. Acp was founded in 1915 to promote the science and practice of m...

Revenue

$86.0m

Assets

$171.2m

Employees

338

EIN

23-1520302

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American Association for Cancer Research

Prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, and collaboration. Prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication and collaboration.

Revenue

$115.5m

Assets

$156.8m

Employees

277

EIN

23-6251648

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Animal Friends

Animal Friends' vision is to ensure the well being of companion animals, while ending overpopulation, abuse and unwarranted euthanasia.

Revenue

$6.3m

Assets

$24.5m

Employees

155

EIN

25-0951565

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Philadelphia Foundation (PF)

Philadelphia Foundation is the community foundation that serves the Greater Philadelphia community. It is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States.

Revenue

$59.8m

Assets

$403.5m

Employees

EIN

23-1581832

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP)

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's mission is to mobilize financial and volunteer resources and to address the communities' most critical priorities locally, in Israel and around the world.

Revenue

$49.8m

Assets

$322.4m

Employees

144

EIN

23-1500085

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has helped to transform a downtrodden section of Downtown into a world-class Cultural District that stands as a national model of urban revitalization through the arts.

Revenue

$59.4m

Assets

$144.9m

Employees

534

EIN

25-1469002

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world's leading not-for-profit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession.

Revenue

$280.0m

Assets

$558.1m

Employees

420

EIN

23-1887442

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Back on My Feet

Back on My Feet combats homelessness through the power of running, community support, and essential employment and housing resources.

Revenue

$6.4m

Assets

$3.5m

Employees

EIN

26-2109809

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Nonprofits in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)

Whyy

American College of Physicians (ACP)

American Association for Cancer Research

Animal Friends

Philadelphia Foundation (PF)

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP)

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Project Management Institute (PMI)

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