Total Assets

$ 38.2 billion

Total Revenue

$ 32.3 billion

Total Employment

over 240,000

In fact...

• New Jersey ranks among the top ten states in the country with the highest share of charitable assets and expenses.
• New Jersey non-profits employ more people than the banking industry, the communications industry, the printing industry and the petroleum/coal industry combined.
• In 1997, New Jersey non-profits' total revenues exceeded New Jersey gross casino revenues eight times over.

Sources: State Non-Profit Almanac, Urban Institute 1997; Fitzgerald's State of New Jersey Legislative Manual, 1998; U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income database of NJ tax-exempt organizations (primarily 1996 and 1997 data); US Census data, released 1994; NJ Department of Labor, NJ Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment, Seasonally Adjusted, January 1993

New Jersey's Non-Profit Sector: Strong and Growing
New Jersey's Non-Profit Sector: Supported by the People
New Jersey's Non-Profit Sector: Distribution by Annual Income
New Jersey's Non-Profit Sector: Diverse Missions

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