Santa Cruz area nonprofits
There are 428 organizations in the greater Santa Cruz metro area, including the cities of Santa Cruz and Watsonville. Combined, these Santa Cruz metro nonprofits employ 8,572 people, earn more than $817 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.
Job trends for Santa Cruz nonprofits
| Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| 0 | 126 |
| 1-10 | 110 |
| 11-25 | 43 |
| 26-100 | 58 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 24 |
| 1,000+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Santa Cruz is driven by large organizations like Encompass Community Services, Salud Para La Gente, New Teacher Center (NTC), Monte Vista Christian School (MVCS), and Mission Springs Camps and Conference Center.
- The largest employers tend to be multiservice human service organizations, community clinics, elementary schools, educational service providers, and high schools.
Sizes of nonprofits in Santa Cruz
| Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| < $250k | 154 |
| $250k to $1M | 145 |
| $1M to $5M | 84 |
| $5M to $25M | 32 |
| $25M to $100M | 5 |
| $100M+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California, New Teacher Center (NTC), Salud Para La Gente, Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance Risk Retention Group, and Encompass Community Services earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Santa Cruz.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 10.3% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Santa Cruz with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be insurance companies, community clinics, educational service providers, multiservice human service organizations, and high schools.
Types of nonprofits in Santa Cruz
| Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
63 | $149,735,453 | |
52 | $36,182,161 | |
38 | $110,440,296 | |
34 | $19,249,970 | |
33 | $37,272,222 | |
28 | $23,969,326 | |
23 | $14,648,376 | |
17 | $46,406,275 | |
16 | $53,161,213 | |
13 | $17,531,176 |
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Directory of nonprofits in Santa Cruz
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Education Training and Research Associates
Revenue
$14.3m
Assets
$18.3m
Employees
113
EIN
94-2760764
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Monte Vista Christian School (MVCS)
Revenue
$19.6m
Assets
$29.9m
Employees
232
EIN
94-1358324
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Revenue
$14.7m
Assets
$111.5m
Employees
24
EIN
94-2808039
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Revenue
$19.3m
Assets
$32.7m
Employees
26
EIN
59-2751953
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New Teacher Center (NTC)
Revenue
$35.6m
Assets
$24.0m
Employees
341
EIN
26-2427526
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Firelight Foundation
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$7.2m
Employees
12
EIN
27-2795006
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Assist International
Revenue
$12.9m
Assets
$14.5m
Employees
26
EIN
77-0243475
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Island Conservation
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
32
EIN
91-1839907
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Elevate Addiction Services
Revenue
$12.3m
Assets
$4.7m
Employees
123
EIN
77-0275827
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
Revenue
$6.6m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
138
EIN
51-0183410
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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