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Nonprofit Industry Statistics

The shape of the sector: number of nonprofits, revenue, employment, salaries, boards, formation, and failure rates.

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Nonprofit Industry Statistics (2026): Sector Scale, Challenges & Opportunity

Explore the latest nonprofit statistics for 2026 — spanning 1.8M organizations, $617B in giving, volunteer trends, workforce pressures, and funding gaps reshaping the sector.

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