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5.6%
5.6% -- gdp share for US nonprofits (2021)
US nonprofits make up approximately 5.6% of US Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
- The source notes this is 'about' 5.6 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: 5.6% gdp share. Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-nonprofits-gdp-share
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