State Profile – Virginia

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About This Profile

Across the United States, the charitable sector generates incredible impact on both communities and economies. This profile is a snapshot of major statistics about Virginia’s charitable community. It’s designed to give you a broad sense of the scale and diversity of nonprofits, foundations, and charities across the state. A downloadable PDF version is available above.

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Number of Virginia Nonprofit Organizations

  • All nonprofit organizations: 37,860
  • 501(c)(3) Public Charities (includes some religious organizations): 26,283
  • 501(c)(3) Private and Public Foundations: 1,827
  • Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations*: 9,750

* includes civic leagues, chamber of commerce, veterans organizations, etc

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Economic Impact of the Virginia Nonprofit Sector

  • Employs 277,787 – over 9% of the state’s workforce
  • Generates over $63 billion in annual revenues
  • Holds assets of almost $153 billion
  • Virginia foundations annually give over $652 million
  • Virginians give over $5.6 billion to charity each year, representing 2.85 percent of household income

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Public Charities and Foundations Benefit Virginia Communities

Deliver vital community services
Catholic Charities USA and its network help people, regardless of their faith, who are struggling with poverty and other complex issues,
providing help and hope to neighbors across the country. Their collective efforts in housing, nutrition, integrated health, refugee assistance,
disaster relief, and more serve over 15 million people annually.

Give voice to the people they serve
Working directly in 2,900 schools in 26 states and the District of Columbia, Communities In Schools builds relationships that empower
students to stay in school and succeed in life. The CIS model leverages the most effective strategies in order to provide the resources and
networks students need to stay in school, delivering a 93 percent graduation rate for students in their programs.

Contribute to vibrant communities
A national organization based in Arlington, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 125 million acres of land. With more than 100
marine conservation projects in 75 countries, the Conservancy employees over 400 scientists for its work.

Advance solutions for challenges facing society
The Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance is actively involved in empirical and theoretical research, and supports sponsored research
endeavors for the School of Public and International Affairs. They engage in research, capacity building, technical assistance and community-based
participatory inquiry with and on behalf of those they serve, principally public, nonprofit and private organizations, and the populations and communities
these entities support.

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Sources

Note: The “nonprofit sector” encompasses organizations that are defined as tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. This includes both public charities and private foundations [501(c)(3)] and other nonprofits such as civic league organizations [501(c)(4)]. Exceptions are noted when relevant.

Employment Information
Best estimate based on available data from the following sources:
Number of nonprofit employees: The 2019 nonprofit employment report, Lester M. Salamon and Chelsea L.
Newhouse, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Nonprofit Employment Bulletin #47, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society
Studies, 2019 {Data is 2016, page 3}
http://ccss.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/01/2019-NP-Employment-Report_FINAL_1.8.2019.pdf

Number of Nonprofits
Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics, State Summary reports
http://www.nccs.urban.org/statistics/profiles.cfm {Data are 2013}

Asset and Revenues
Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics, “Registered Nonprofit Organizations by State (BMF
12/2015)” http://nccsweb.urban.org/tablewiz/bmf.php {Data are 2015}

Foundation Giving
The Foundation Center, FC Stats: “Foundation Stats: Total Grantmaking Foundations” {Data are 2015}
http://data.foundationcenter.org/#/foundations/all/state:VA/total/list/2015
http://data.foundationcenter.org/#/foundations/all/state:VA/total/list/2013

Individual Giving
How America Gives, 2014. The Chronicle of Philanthropy. {Data are 2012}.
https://philanthropy.com/interactives/how-america-gives#search

Nonprofit Examples:
Catholic Charities USA: https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/our-vision-and-ministry/
Communities In Schools: https://www.communitiesinschools.org/about-us/ and
https://www.communitiesinschools.org/
Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/
The Institute for Policy and Governance, Virginia Tech: https://ipg.vt.edu/

As of October 2019

 

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