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10% -- employment share for US nonprofits (2021)
US nonprofits account for approximately 10 percent of total US employment.
- The source states 'about 10 percent'.
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Center for Effective Philanthropy
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/data-reveal-stark-divergences-in-covid-19s-impact-among-nonprofits/?u… ↗
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Data Reveal Stark Divergences in COVID-19’s Impact among Nonprofits | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
In writing about COVID-19’s impact on the US economy, journalists, economists, and researchers alike have sliced up the for-profit sector by location, size, industry, and myriad other dimensions when searching for and positing answers. Conversely, the nonprofit sector is often treated as a monolith,…
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Nonprofit Quarterly
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/data-reveal-stark-divergences-in-covid-19s-impact…
2026-07-16
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US nonprofits: 10% employment share. Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-nonprofits-employment-share
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