Washington DC area nonprofits

There are 56,419 organizations in the greater Washington DCmetro 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 808,744 people, earn more than $149 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $366 billion.

Job trends for Washington DC nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
6,983
1-10
3,749
11-25
1,698
26-100
1,557
101 to 1,000
734
1,000+
65

Sizes of nonprofits in Washington DC

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
11,220
$250k to $1M
4,449
$1M to $5M
3,570
$5M to $25M
1,851
$25M to $100M
514
$100M+
232
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Types of nonprofits in Washington DC

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
7,919
$14,957,312,140
7,767
$1,029,754,535
4,773
$19,236,863,026
4,538
$5,978,390,984
4,341
$8,593,865,629
3,841
$6,110,500,670
3,028
$1,499,832,215
2,413
$9,465,374,998
2,170
$20,790,891,468
1,749
$10,395,372,710
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Directory of nonprofits in Washington DC


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