Washington DC area nonprofits

There are 60,624 organizations in the greater Washington DC metro area, including the cities of Washington DC, Bethesda, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Alexandria, Arlington, and Reston within the states of Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia. Combined, these Washington DC metro nonprofits employ 1 million people, earn more than $171 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $408 billion.

Job trends for Washington DC nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
9,744
1-10
 
3,801
11-25
 
1,732
26-100
 
1,623
101 to 1,000
 
787
1,000+
 
72

Sizes of nonprofits in Washington DC

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
11,511
$250k to $1M
 
4,713
$1M to $5M
 
3,808
$5M to $25M
 
1,998
$25M to $100M
 
608
$100M+
 
258
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Types of nonprofits in Washington DC

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
 
8,592
 
$1,255,758,993
 
8,144
 
$16,328,767,523
 
4,989
 
$20,343,935,338
 
4,823
 
$9,030,181,709
 
4,751
 
$9,650,108,059
 
4,033
 
$6,965,417,106
 
3,303
 
$1,633,484,867
 
2,492
 
$10,413,934,657
 
2,302
 
$24,384,629,147
 
1,938
 
$12,044,138,439
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Directory of nonprofits in Washington DC


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