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New York City has 27,474 registered nonprofit
organizations, of which 9,078 file annual
reports to the IRS. These 9,078 �reporting pub-lic
charities� include 8,034 that operate pro-grams and 1,044 that provide support to non-profits
that operate programs. The �operat-ing�
charities deliver information, products,
and services to the public. Although they are
only a share of the total nonprofit universe,
they are what we commonly think of when we
refer to nonprofits. They include hospitals,
universities, day care centers, dance compa-nies,
and the entire gamut of organizations
serving people on a nonprofit basis. The 1,044 �supporting� public charities collect funds and provide the financial support to operating organizations. These include United Way and Catholic Charities. The City also has 4,762 grant-making private founda-tions. The remaining 13,634 nonprofits include smaller nonprofits, religious groups, neighborhood, civic, and cultural organiza-tions with revenues too small to file annual financial statements with the IRS (and about which little is known) and ten large special-ized organizations that are not appropriate for inclusion in this study. This report refers to the group of 9,078 �reporting public charities� as �the nonprofit sector� (see Figure 1). The number of nonprofit organizations grew by almost 57% during the 1990s (by 21% between 1990 and 1995 and by 29% between 1995 and 2000). Expenditures grew even faster (by 64% in year 2000 dollars). Budgets grew most rapidly in the education, housing devel-opment, and health sectors and least rapidly among public benefit and human service organizations. |
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