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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 Wyoming’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 Wyoming Nonprofit Organizations
- All nonprofit organizations: 4,592
- 501(c)(3) Public Charities (includes some religious organizations): 2,952
- 501(c)(3) Private and Public Foundations: 301
- Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations*: 1,339
* includes civic leagues, chamber of commerce, veterans organizations, etc
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Economic Impact of the Wyoming Nonprofit Sector
- Employs 12,527 – almost 6.1% of the state’s workforce
- Generates over $2.1 billion in annual revenues
- Holds assets of almost $6.1 billion
- Wyoming foundations annually give over $82 million
- Wyoming residents give almost $455 million to charity each year, representing 3.45 percent of household income
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Public Charities and Foundations Benefit Wyoming Communities
Deliver vital community services
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the
lands and waters on which all life depends. In 2018, The
Nature Conservancy in Wyoming administered projects to
improve stream health at Heart Mountain and Red Canyon
Ranch Preserve, as well as working with more than two dozen
partners to improve conditions on the Popo Agie River and
better secure important wildlife migration routes.
Give voice to the people they serve
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network of
Wyoming works to mobilize people in the fight against cancer.
ACS CAN advocates of Wyoming promote programs that
provide vital cancer research and tobacco prevention.
Contribute to vibrant communities
The local Girl Scouts council provides girls in K-12 with a wide
variety of leadership opportunities with a focus on financial
literacy, STEM, health, and environmental awareness. The Girl
Scouts of Montana and Wyoming serve 8,500 girls each year in
an area of 245,000 square miles.
Advance solutions for challenges facing society
In partnership with FamilyWize, United Way of Southwest
Wyoming offers discounts on prescription drugs. FamilyWize
cards are primarily for people with no health insurance or
prescription coverage. They can also be used for prescriptions
not covered by health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare or VA
benefits. This program saves residents of southwest Wyoming
over $300,000 per year.
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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 InformationEmployment 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
Wyoming Nonprofit Network: Wyoming’s Nonprofit Sector
https://wynonprofit.org/resources/Documents/WNN%20NP%20Sector%20Report%20Electronic%20Version%20
Resized.pdf
IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 9/2015
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 2013}
http://data.foundationcenter.org/#/foundations/all/state:WY/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:
Nature Conservancy in Wyoming:
https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/WY_AR_FY18_spreads.pdf
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming: http://www.gsmw.org/en/our-council/about-us.html
United Way: http://www.swunitedway.org/familywize
ACS CAN: http://www.acscan.org/action/wy
Updated: October 2019
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