San Jose area nonprofits

There are 2,945 organizations in the greater San Jose metro area, including the cities of San Jose, Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale. Combined, these San Jose metro nonprofits employ 98,989 people, earn more than $21 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $81 billion.

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Job trends for San Jose nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	925
1-10	439
11-25	196
26-100	213
101 to 1,000	120
1,000+	15

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in San Jose is driven by large organizations like Peninsula Police Officers Association, Stanford Health Care, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Young Men's Christian Association Of Silicon Valley, and Satellite Healthcare.
The largest employers tend to be insurance companies, outpatient clinics, specialty hospitals, student service providers, and multiservice human service organizations.

Sizes of nonprofits in San Jose

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	1,442
$250k to $1M	787
$1M to $5M	446
$5M to $25M	186
$25M to $100M	61
$100M+	21

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Stanford Health Care, Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, and Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in San Jose.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.4% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in San Jose with more than $100 million account for 69.7% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be private foundations, outpatient clinics, community foundations, specialty hospitals, and fraternal societies.

Types of nonprofits in San Jose

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Foundations	922	281	$7,952,115,599	$44,300,395,786
Educational institutions	363	14,182	$1,055,417,766	$1,745,900,283
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	207	4,121	$229,557,095	$576,410,114
Business and community development organizations	198	1,516	$417,068,925	$848,945,969
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	191	3,786	$224,071,146	$537,230,536
Human service organizations	152	13,960	$1,220,418,499	$1,071,424,109
Religious organizations	142	919	$105,033,359	$267,074,035
Unions and employment organizations	91	5,764	$283,416,394	$358,549,414
International-focused organizations	75	167	$100,528,483	$108,454,104
Housing providers and shelters	74	665	$123,292,953	$800,212,120

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Skoll Foundation

The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world's most pressing problems.

Revenue

$14.0m

Assets

$579.9m

Employees

N/A

EIN

11-3659133

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Humane Society Silicon Valley

Humane Society Silicon Valley is an animal protection and welfare in Milpitas, CA whose mission is: The mission of the organization is to save and enhance lives.

Revenue

$12.8m

Assets

$48.8m

Employees

137

EIN

94-1196215

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Peninsula open space trust (post) protects and cares for open space, farms and parkland in and around silicon valley. Since its founding in 1977, post has permanently protected more than 74,000 acres of land in san mateo, santa clara and santa cruz coun...

Revenue

$23.6m

Assets

$293.0m

Employees

EIN

94-2392007

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

Second Harvest Food Bank's mission is to lead their community to ensure that anyone who needs a healthy meal can get one.

Revenue

$126.6m

Assets

$82.9m

Employees

192

EIN

94-2614101

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)

Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a comprehensive center of philanthropy. Through visionary leadership, strategic grantmaking and world-class experiences, they partner with donors to strengthen the common good locally and throughout the world.

Revenue

$2.4b

Assets

$12.6b

Employees

231

EIN

20-5205488

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Electric Power Research Institute

Electric Power Research Institute is an engineering and technology research, service in Palo Alto, CA, which was founded in 1972 and most recently had $411,576,259 in revenue and 1,113 employees.

Revenue

$411.6m

Assets

$364.5m

Employees

1,113

EIN

23-7175375

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Heising Simons Foundation

Heising-Simons Foundation works with its many partners to advance sustainable solutions in climate and clean energy, enable groundbreaking research in science, enhance the education of their youngest learners, and support human rights for all people.

Revenue

$76.4m

Assets

$505.1m

Employees

N/A

EIN

26-0799587

IRS type

501(c)(3)

San Andreas Regional Center (SARC)

San Andreas Regional Center recognizes the ongoing need for advocacy to sustain the original intent and promise of the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act and commits itself to protecting its provisions.

Revenue

$416.3m

Assets

$108.4m

Employees

332

EIN

94-2591195

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Eastside College Preparatory School

At Eastside College Preparatory School we are committed to opening new doors for students historically underrepresented in higher education.

Revenue

$13.3m

Assets

$135.9m

Employees

106

EIN

94-3187806

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Health Trust

To lead the Silicon Valley community to advance wellness. To transform Silicon Valley into the healthiest region in America for everyone through three initiatives: Healthy Living, Healthy Aging and Healthy Eating.

Revenue

$21.3m

Assets

$116.5m

Employees

171

EIN

94-6050231

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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San Jose area nonprofits

Job trends for San Jose nonprofits

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Skoll Foundation

Humane Society Silicon Valley

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)

Electric Power Research Institute

Heising Simons Foundation

San Andreas Regional Center (SARC)

Eastside College Preparatory School

Health Trust

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