The Largest Nonprofit Organizations In America

Everyone knows that nonprofits are formed to make a change in their local communities and for the greater public benefit.  Nonprofit organizations are also a large force of the American economy, accounting for over 11.4 million jobs and 10.3% of all private sector employment according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

See 2017 Hedge Fund Letters.

To help show the full impact of nonprofits in the U.S. Kittleman set out to find the largest nonprofits in each state using data from the National Center for Charitable Statistics. They looked at nonprofits from 5 different sectors including health, education, conservation, finance and community. They took that data and turned it into a very useful and educational infographic that can be seen below.

Data from the National Center for Charitable Statistics shows that there is over 1.5 million registered nonprofits in the United States currently. These nonprofits are made up of a mix of public charities, foundations, health providers and various other entities. Many of the nonprofits on this list are extremely large although the list represents some smaller businesses as well. To calculate the largest nonprofits in each state by looking at both total receipts and assets for each nonprofit.

Health nonprofits dominated the list with 33 of the 50 states having a health related nonprofit top the list. Listed below is the top nonprofit for each state:

1. Kaiser Foundation- Portland, Oregon
2. Dignity Health- San Francisco, California
3. UPMC- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4. Cleveland Clinic- Cleveland, Ohio
5. Banner Health- Phoenix, Arizona
6. Fidelity Charitable- Boston, Massachusetts
7. Anne Ray Charitable Trust- Eden Prairie, Minnesota
8. Ochsner Health System- New Orleans, LA
9. Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop- Honolulu, Hawaii
10. New York Presbyterian- New York, New York
11. Commonfund- Wilton, Connecticut
12. Baptist Health System- Louisville, Kentucky
13. Saint Francis Hospital- Tulsa, Oklahoma
14. BJC HealthCare- Saint Louis, Missouri
15. American Red Cross- District of Columbia
16. Shriners Hospitals for Children- Tampa, Florida
17. Aurora Health Care- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
18. Beaumont Hospitals- Royal Oak, Michigan
19. Sanford Health- Fargo, North Dakota
20. Boy Scouts of America- Irving, Texas
21. The Nature Conservancy- Arlington, Virginia
22. Rhode Island Hospital- Providence, Rhode Island
23. Feeding America- Chicago, Illinois
24. St Luke’s- Boise, Idaho
25. Gothic Corporation- Durham, North Carolina
26. Catholic Health Initiatives- Englewood, Colorado
27. American Lebanese Syrian Association Charities Inc.- Memphis, TN
28. Good Samaritan Society- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
29. Dartmouth-Hitchcock- Lebanon, New Hampshire
30. Billings Clinic- Billings, Montana
31. American Cancer Society- Atlanta, Georgia
32. North Mississippi Medical Center- Tupelo, Mississippi
33. Palmetto Health- Columbia, South Carolina
34. Charleston Area Medical Center- Charleston, West Virginia
35. Goldman Sachs Gives- Jersey City, New Jersey
36. World Vision- Federal Way, Washington
37. NCAA- Indianapolis, Indiana
38. Baptist Health- Little Rock, Arkansas
39. Stormont-Vail Health Care- Topeka, Kansas
40. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation- Bethesda, Maryland
41. ACT- Davenport, Iowa
42. Boys Town- Boys Town, Nebraska
43. Navigate- Birmingham, Alabama
44. The Jackson Laboratory- Bar Harbor, Maine
45. Sightsavers- Wilmington, Delaware
46. Wyoming Medical Center- Casper, Wyoming
47. Center for Excellence in Higher Education- Salt Lake City, Utah
48. The Alaska Foundation- Anchorage, Alaska
49. World Learning Inc.- Brattleboro, Vermont
50. Opportunity Village- Las Vegas, Nevada
51. Sandia Foundation- Albuquerque, New Mexico

To see the full analysis, check out the infographic below to see the largest nonprofit in your state.

NOTE: Good Samwas established in 1922 not 1955 as  pictured below