Research Summary. Nonprofits are operations that provide accessible services for worthy causes, and they supply millions of jobs to Americans and represent a relatively huge portion of the United States GDP. Additionally, the revenue of these organizations has also more than doubled over the past decade.

• There are 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States.

• Nonprofits employ 10% of the U.S. workforce.

• Nonprofits employ 7.4% of the worldwide workforce.

• 70% of the staff at international nonprofits are paid workers, while 29% are volunteers.

• 5.7% of the United States GDP comes from nonprofits.

• The total U.S. nonprofit annual revenue is $2.62 trillion.