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Over six decades, CCS has played a vital role in the expansion and empowerment of the non-profit sector.
 

Top Five Lists About Philanthropy

Top 5 Facts about Nonprofits:

  1. 1.4 million nonprofits, including:
    •   5,000 international human rights and relief organizations
    •   14,000 environmental organizations
    •   36,000 arts and culture organizations
    •   60,000 education institutions, including institutions of higher ed
    •   46,000 health organizations, including 5,000 hospitals
    •   100,000 human service organizations
  2. Nonprofits grew in number by more than 27 percent from 1995 to 2005.
  3. Nonprofits contributed more than $666-billion to the economy through their activities.
  4. Nonprofits received $1-trillion in revenue in 2006, a 5-percent increase from 2005.
  5. Nonprofits employed 12.9 million people. Nonprofit groups pay 8.1 percent of the nation's wages, and employ 9.7 percent of  its workers.

Source: The Urban Institute's The Nonprofit Almanac 2008 .

 

The 5 Most Popular Causes Americans Give To:

  1. Religious/Faith-Based ($106.9 billion)
  2. Education ($40.9 billion)
  3. Foundations ($32.6 billion)
  4. Human Services ($25.9 billion)
  5. Health ($21.6 billion)
Source: Giving USA 2009. Americans gave a total of $307.6 billion to charity in 2009.

 

The 5 Most Generous States (indexed by socio-economic factors):

  1. New York (Score: 1.96)
  2. District of Columbia (Score: 1.84)
  3. Utah (Score: 1.56)
  4. California (Score: 1.40)
  5. Connecticut (Score: 1.33)
Source: Center on Wealth and Philanthropy and sponsored by the Boston Foundation.

 

The 5 Most Generous States (by total amount given):

  1. California ($18.4 billion)
  2. New York ($12.4 billion)
  3. Texas ($8.3 billion)
  4. Florida ($7.4 billion)
  5. Illinois ($6.2 billion)
Source: The Nonprofit Almanac, published by Independent Sector and the National Center for Charitable Statistics.

 

The 5 Largest Gifts to Charity in 2009

  1. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($255 million to Rotary International)
  2. Sealy & Smith Foundation ($200 million to the University of Texas Medical Branch)
  3. United Arab Emirates ($150 million pledge to the Children's National Medical Center)
  4. Atlantic Philanthropies ($125 million to University of San Francisco Medical Center)
  5. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($115 million to Medicines for Malaria Venture)
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Foundation Center.

 

Top Sources of Nonprofit Revenue:

As seen below, almost 70% of nonprofit revenue is self-generated and from support from federal, state and local government grants and contracts.  
  1. Dues, Fees and Charges (38%)
  2. Government (31%) 
  3. Private Contributions (19%)
  4. Other Sources (11%) *
*Other sources include income from investments, interest, dividends, etc. 
Source: The Nonprofit Almanac, published by Independent Sector and the National Center for Charitable Statistics

 

Top 5 Reasons Why People Give:

  1. Because they are asked or presented a giving opportunity
  2. Compassion for those in need
  3. Personally believe in the cause
  4. Affected by the cause
  5. To give back to their community
Source: The above is based on an analysis of research in the field of philanthropy — including Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, Independent Sector, University of Pittsburgh, and others.