Nonprofits in Pennsylvania

There are 23,544 organizations in Pennsylvania. Combined, these Pennsylvanian nonprofits employ 2 million people, earn more than $156 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $361 billion.

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Nonprofits by major Pennsylvania cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Philadelphia	6,903	783,465	$64,526,372,800	$156,372,678,247
Pittsburgh	6,847	292,418	$42,306,837,132	$97,523,596,011
Harrisburg	1,264	57,239	$8,094,846,443	$33,829,773,318
Allentown	960	70,521	$8,083,983,128	$15,808,166,786
Lancaster	897	41,299	$3,285,404,981	$8,669,900,463
Scranton	744	32,409	$2,448,296,526	$4,375,853,026
Erie	499	28,944	$1,585,685,464	$3,133,879,669
York	496	38,232	$4,104,717,512	$6,052,479,409
Reading	492	28,244	$3,058,349,142	$6,621,598,436
State College	286	9,094	$849,636,222	$1,440,822,722

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Job trends for Pennsylvania nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	6,687
1-10	3,775
11-25	2,326
26-100	2,188
101 to 1,000	1,348
1,000+	212

Key takeaways for employment stats:

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

Sizes of nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	11,482
$250k to $1M	6,113
$1M to $5M	3,267
$5M to $25M	1,511
$25M to $100M	489
$100M+	210

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Upmc Group, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Highmark Health Group, University of Pittsburgh, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Pennsylvania.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.6% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Pennsylvania with more than $100 million account for 66.3% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, universities, specialty hospitals, hospital systems, and fraternal societies.

Types of nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Foundations	5,891	2,266	$9,216,347,377	$56,889,206,434
Educational institutions	2,012	605,573	$31,773,530,529	$104,542,887,709
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	1,765	38,961	$1,298,552,051	$2,514,920,309
Public safety organizations	1,618	5,019	$482,072,825	$2,121,346,824
Human service organizations	1,536	236,088	$11,241,064,517	$17,318,577,213
Business and community development organizations	1,482	17,565	$2,795,786,496	$9,003,078,662
Health organizations	1,359	437,695	$69,026,047,008	$88,173,437,786
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	1,219	27,280	$1,926,560,651	$8,364,799,267
Mutual assistance organizations	1,001	11,157	$13,628,592,043	$32,542,030,356
Housing providers and shelters	807	9,097	$890,384,455	$2,448,215,391

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The Pew Charitable Trusts / Plan 08150 08151 08152

Pew is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life. Improving public policy. We study and promote nonparti...

Revenue

$337.9m

Assets

$1.3b

Employees

1,035

EIN

56-2307147

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)

Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia is an American opera company in Philadelphia and is the city's only company producing grand opera. The organization produces five fully staged opera productions annually, encompassing works from the 17th through the 21st century.

Revenue

$17.7m

Assets

$10.3m

Employees

432

EIN

23-1504706

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Back on My Feet

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

Revenue

$6.2m

Assets

$3.1m

Employees

EIN

26-2109809

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)

Leadingage Pa Foundation

To promote the interests of members by enhancing their ability to provide quality services efficiently and effectively; and by representing the members through cooperative action. General membership services - as the chief advocate for non-profit long-t...

Revenue

$1.1m

Assets

$7.9m

Employees

EIN

23-6394750

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)

Oncology Nursing Society

Promote excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care. To advance excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care. To advance excellence in oncology nursing.

Revenue

$28.7m

Assets

$38.0m

Employees

156

EIN

51-0183279

IRS type

501(c)(6)

United Steelworkers - United Steelworkers USW

The USW is 1.2 million working and retired members throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, working together to improve our jobs, to build a better future for our families; and to promote fairness, justice and equality.

Revenue

$520.9m

Assets

$931.7m

Employees

1,429

EIN

25-0818080

IRS type

501(c)(5)

Philabundance

Philabundance works to reduce hunger and food insecurity in the Delaware valley by providing food access to people in partnership with organizations and individuals. To reduce hunger and food insecurity in the Delaware valley. To drive hunger from our c...

Revenue

$52.9m

Assets

$17.9m

Employees

189

EIN

23-2290505

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Nonprofits by major Pennsylvania cities

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Types of nonprofits in Pennsylvania

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The Pew Charitable Trusts / Plan 08150 08151 08152

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Opera Philadelphia

Back on My Feet

Animal Friends

Leadingage Pa Foundation

American College of Physicians (ACP)

Oncology Nursing Society

United Steelworkers - United Steelworkers USW

Philabundance

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