Governing compiled 2018 IRS data published by the National Center for Charitable Statistics to compute numbers of locally-focused nonprofits by metro area. We excluded groups with narrow interests not specific to communities, such as medical research, and small nonprofits reporting less than $25,000 in gross receipts. (View methodology)
The following metro areas with populations of at least 300,000 have the most such nonprofits per capita:
- Trenton, NJ: 17.1
- Madison, WI: 16.6
- Boulder, CO: 16.5
- Portland-South Portland, ME: 15.2
- Anchorage, AK: 14.9
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT: 14.7
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: 14.1
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY: 14.1
- Lincoln, NE: 13.9
- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA: 13.8
Metro Area | Locally-Focused Nonprofits | Rate Per 10K Population |
---|---|---|
Barnstable Town, MA | 517 | 24.2 |
Pittsfield, MA | 286 | 22.6 |
Santa Fe, NM | 285 | 19.0 |
Missoula, MT | 219 | 18.4 |
Ithaca, NY | 187 | 18.2 |
Springfield, IL | 358 | 17.2 |
Trenton, NJ | 634 | 17.1 |
Bismarck, ND | 222 | 16.7 |
Napa, CA | 231 | 16.6 |
Madison, WI | 1,094 | 16.6 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 366 | 16.6 |
Boulder, CO | 538 | 16.5 |
Duluth, MN-WI | 447 | 16.0 |
Great Falls, MT | 130 | 15.9 |
Fairbanks, AK | 157 | 15.9 |
Glens Falls, NY | 198 | 15.8 |
Jefferson City, MO | 234 | 15.4 |
Portland-South Portland, ME | 813 | 15.2 |
Anchorage, AK | 595 | 14.9 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 1,391 | 14.7 |
Casper, WY | 115 | 14.5 |
Charleston, WV | 301 | 14.3 |
Corvallis, OR | 131 | 14.2 |
Dubuque, IA | 137 | 14.1 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 6,895 | 14.1 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 1,246 | 14.1 |
Billings, MT | 242 | 14.1 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 382 | 13.9 |
Lincoln, NE | 465 | 13.9 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI | 231 | 13.8 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 6,518 | 13.8 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 606 | 13.6 |
Cheyenne, WY | 134 | 13.5 |
Charlottesville, VA | 318 | 13.5 |
Santa Rosa, CA | 673 | 13.5 |
Midland, MI | 112 | 13.5 |
Lima, OH | 138 | 13.4 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 150 | 13.4 |
Wheeling, WV-OH | 186 | 13.3 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA | 374 | 13.2 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 8,230 | 13.2 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 754 | 13.1 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 632 | 13.1 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 179 | 13.1 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 1,576 | 13.1 |
Johnstown, PA | 172 | 13.1 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 852 | 13.0 |
Wenatchee, WA | 155 | 12.9 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 2,085 | 12.9 |
Rapid City, SD | 191 | 12.8 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 2,982 | 12.8 |
Rochester, MN | 281 | 12.8 |
Ocean City, NJ | 118 | 12.7 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 214 | 12.7 |
New Haven-Milford, CT | 1,082 | 12.6 |
Tallahassee, FL | 482 | 12.5 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 104 | 12.4 |
Kingston, NY | 220 | 12.3 |
Erie, PA | 334 | 12.3 |
Syracuse, NY | 796 | 12.2 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 4,432 | 12.2 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN | 124 | 12.1 |
Norwich-New London, CT | 318 | 11.9 |
Carson City, NV | 66 | 11.9 |
Topeka, KS | 275 | 11.8 |
Altoona, PA | 144 | 11.8 |
Manchester-Nashua, NH | 488 | 11.8 |
Springfield, MA | 741 | 11.7 |
Fargo, ND-MN | 287 | 11.7 |
State College, PA | 190 | 11.7 |
Bend-Redmond, OR | 224 | 11.7 |
Bangor, ME | 176 | 11.6 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN | 118 | 11.6 |
Ann Arbor, MI | 429 | 11.6 |
Binghamton, NY | 274 | 11.4 |
Sioux Falls, SD | 303 | 11.4 |
Medford, OR | 250 | 11.4 |
Grand Island, NE | 96 | 11.3 |
Decatur, IL | 118 | 11.3 |
Walla Walla, WA | 73 | 11.2 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 144 | 11.2 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 101 | 11.2 |
Rochester, NY | 1,201 | 11.2 |
Elmira, NY | 94 | 11.2 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,758 | 11.2 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 120 | 11.1 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 1,255 | 11.1 |
Williamsport, PA | 126 | 11.1 |
Bellingham, WA | 248 | 11.0 |
Sheboygan, WI | 126 | 10.9 |
Evansville, IN-KY | 343 | 10.9 |
Terre Haute, IN | 184 | 10.8 |
Redding, CA | 195 | 10.8 |
St. Cloud, MN | 216 | 10.8 |
Peoria, IL | 398 | 10.8 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY | 555 | 10.7 |
Harrisonburg, VA | 145 | 10.7 |
Enid, OK | 65 | 10.7 |
Iowa City, IA | 185 | 10.7 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 181 | 10.7 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 2,643 | 10.7 |
Eugene, OR | 404 | 10.6 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 612 | 10.6 |
Morgantown, WV | 149 | 10.6 |
Columbus, OH | 2,237 | 10.6 |
Eau Claire, WI | 179 | 10.6 |
Bloomington, IL | 200 | 10.6 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 403 | 10.6 |
Winston-Salem, NC | 708 | 10.5 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 180 | 10.5 |
Columbus, IN | 87 | 10.5 |
Cumberland, MD-WV | 102 | 10.4 |
Toledo, OH | 627 | 10.4 |
Bay City, MI | 108 | 10.4 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL | 129 | 10.4 |
Wausau, WI | 140 | 10.3 |
Columbia, MO | 186 | 10.3 |
Ames, IA | 101 | 10.3 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 2,114 | 10.3 |
Fond du Lac, WI | 105 | 10.2 |
Montgomery, AL | 377 | 10.1 |
Jackson, MS | 586 | 10.1 |
Flagstaff, AZ | 144 | 10.1 |
Asheville, NC | 461 | 10.0 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3,926 | 10.0 |
Bloomington, IN | 167 | 10.0 |
Lancaster, PA | 539 | 9.9 |
Cedar Rapids, IA | 270 | 9.9 |
Utica-Rome, NY | 288 | 9.9 |
Lawrence, KS | 120 | 9.9 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 6,009 | 9.9 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA | 152 | 9.8 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 151 | 9.8 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 19,543 | 9.8 |
Roanoke, VA | 307 | 9.8 |
Dayton, OH | 788 | 9.8 |
Midland, TX | 174 | 9.8 |
Mansfield, OH | 118 | 9.7 |
Battle Creek, MI | 131 | 9.7 |
Albany, OR | 124 | 9.7 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 2,725 | 9.7 |
Pine Bluff, AR | 87 | 9.7 |
Worcester, MA-CT | 918 | 9.7 |
Salisbury, MD-DE | 397 | 9.7 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA | 119 | 9.7 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 152 | 9.7 |
Urban Honolulu, HI | 946 | 9.7 |
Abilene, TX | 165 | 9.6 |
Morristown, TN | 114 | 9.6 |
Salem, OR | 415 | 9.6 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 711 | 9.6 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 93 | 9.6 |
Fort Collins, CO | 336 | 9.6 |
Hot Springs, AR | 95 | 9.6 |
Saginaw, MI | 182 | 9.5 |
Gettysburg, PA | 98 | 9.5 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA | 273 | 9.5 |
Fort Wayne, IN | 417 | 9.5 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 324 | 9.5 |
Manhattan, KS | 93 | 9.5 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 2,222 | 9.5 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 2,774 | 9.5 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL | 226 | 9.4 |
Mobile, AL | 390 | 9.4 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 508 | 9.4 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 303 | 9.4 |
Akron, OH | 661 | 9.4 |
Salinas, CA | 408 | 9.4 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 103 | 9.4 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 881 | 9.4 |
Appleton, WI | 222 | 9.3 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 251 | 9.3 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 516 | 9.3 |
Monroe, LA | 164 | 9.3 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 1,900 | 9.3 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 528 | 9.2 |
Green Bay, WI | 296 | 9.2 |
Victoria, TX | 91 | 9.1 |
Rockford, IL | 306 | 9.1 |
Joplin, MO | 162 | 9.1 |
St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,528 | 9.0 |
Canton-Massillon, OH | 359 | 9.0 |
Muncie, IN | 103 | 9.0 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,791 | 9.0 |
Pocatello, ID | 78 | 9.0 |
Wichita Falls, TX | 135 | 8.9 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 752 | 8.9 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 954 | 8.9 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 164 | 8.9 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 1,131 | 8.9 |
Wilmington, NC | 262 | 8.9 |
Lewiston, ID-WA | 56 | 8.9 |
Richmond, VA | 1,143 | 8.8 |
Grand Junction, CO | 134 | 8.7 |
Chico, CA | 202 | 8.7 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1,888 | 8.7 |
Springfield, OH | 117 | 8.7 |
Gainesville, FL | 250 | 8.7 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 738 | 8.7 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 230 | 8.7 |
Prescott, AZ | 201 | 8.7 |
Macon-Bibb County, GA | 199 | 8.7 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 230 | 8.6 |
Reading, PA | 360 | 8.6 |
Kankakee, IL | 94 | 8.5 |
San Angelo, TX | 102 | 8.5 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 8,089 | 8.5 |
Kokomo, IN | 70 | 8.5 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1,850 | 8.4 |
Racine, WI | 166 | 8.4 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 1,629 | 8.4 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC | 183 | 8.4 |
Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,799 | 8.4 |
Rome, GA | 82 | 8.4 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 98 | 8.4 |
Farmington, NM | 104 | 8.3 |
Lynchburg, VA | 219 | 8.3 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS | 105 | 8.3 |
Lebanon, PA | 117 | 8.3 |
Albuquerque, NM | 756 | 8.3 |
Reno, NV | 387 | 8.2 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ | 124 | 8.2 |
Winchester, VA-WV | 114 | 8.2 |
Raleigh, NC | 1,110 | 8.1 |
Owensboro, KY | 97 | 8.1 |
Columbia, SC | 678 | 8.1 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA | 172 | 8.1 |
Grants Pass, OR | 71 | 8.1 |
Tyler, TX | 187 | 8.1 |
Brunswick, GA | 96 | 8.1 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI | 132 | 8.1 |
Longview, WA | 88 | 8.1 |
Jackson, MI | 128 | 8.1 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1,045 | 8.1 |
Waco, TX | 217 | 8.0 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 164 | 8.0 |
Johnson City, TN | 161 | 7.9 |
Pueblo, CO | 132 | 7.9 |
York-Hanover, PA | 353 | 7.9 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 277 | 7.9 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 174 | 7.8 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 902 | 7.8 |
Danville, IL | 60 | 7.8 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 2,564 | 7.7 |
Baton Rouge, LA | 635 | 7.6 |
Oklahoma City, OK | 1,066 | 7.6 |
Amarillo, TX | 203 | 7.6 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC | 585 | 7.6 |
Boise City, ID | 556 | 7.6 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL | 288 | 7.6 |
Albany, GA | 116 | 7.6 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID | 122 | 7.6 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 620 | 7.5 |
Twin Falls, ID | 83 | 7.5 |
Gadsden, AL | 77 | 7.5 |
Longview, TX | 164 | 7.5 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA | 419 | 7.5 |
Knoxville, TN | 655 | 7.4 |
Idaho Falls, ID | 110 | 7.4 |
Wichita, KS | 476 | 7.4 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 9,794 | 7.4 |
Colorado Springs, CO | 543 | 7.3 |
Lubbock, TX | 234 | 7.3 |
Yakima, WA | 182 | 7.2 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 568 | 7.2 |
Springfield, MO | 333 | 7.1 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 218 | 7.1 |
Bowling Green, KY | 126 | 7.1 |
Muskegon, MI | 123 | 7.1 |
East Stroudsburg, PA | 120 | 7.1 |
Tulsa, OK | 703 | 7.1 |
Salt Lake City, UT | 864 | 7.1 |
Savannah, GA | 275 | 7.1 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 3,044 | 7.0 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 305 | 7.0 |
Jackson, TN | 90 | 7.0 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA | 204 | 6.9 |
Florence, SC | 141 | 6.9 |
Sherman-Denison, TX | 92 | 6.9 |
Lake Charles, LA | 144 | 6.9 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 305 | 6.8 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 922 | 6.8 |
College Station-Bryan, TX | 178 | 6.8 |
Sumter, SC | 72 | 6.8 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 3,991 | 6.7 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 85 | 6.7 |
Dothan, AL | 99 | 6.7 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 270 | 6.6 |
Hattiesburg, MS | 98 | 6.6 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK | 185 | 6.6 |
Tucson, AZ | 678 | 6.5 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL | 74 | 6.5 |
Flint, MI | 263 | 6.5 |
Yuba City, CA | 113 | 6.5 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 583 | 6.4 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 318 | 6.4 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 291 | 6.4 |
Alexandria, LA | 98 | 6.4 |
Greenville, NC | 114 | 6.3 |
Lafayette, LA | 309 | 6.3 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,081 | 6.3 |
Jacksonville, FL | 958 | 6.2 |
Rocky Mount, NC | 91 | 6.2 |
Beckley, WV | 73 | 6.2 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 173 | 6.2 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA | 129 | 6.2 |
Madera, CA | 97 | 6.2 |
Fresno, CA | 610 | 6.1 |
California-Lexington Park, MD | 69 | 6.1 |
Monroe, MI | 92 | 6.1 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 224 | 6.1 |
Las Cruces, NM | 132 | 6.1 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 1,558 | 6.1 |
Texarkana, TX-AR | 91 | 6.1 |
Dover, DE | 108 | 6.0 |
Huntsville, AL | 279 | 6.0 |
Greeley, CO | 189 | 6.0 |
Goldsboro, NC | 74 | 6.0 |
Tuscaloosa, AL | 146 | 6.0 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 361 | 6.0 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA | 277 | 5.9 |
New Bern, NC | 74 | 5.9 |
Cleveland, TN | 73 | 5.9 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 86 | 5.8 |
Homosassa Springs, FL | 86 | 5.8 |
Jonesboro, AR | 77 | 5.8 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 125 | 5.7 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,795 | 5.7 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 4,281 | 5.7 |
Panama City, FL | 114 | 5.7 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 427 | 5.7 |
Burlington, NC | 94 | 5.6 |
Columbus, GA-AL | 171 | 5.6 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 307 | 5.6 |
Gainesville, GA | 113 | 5.6 |
Modesto, CA | 305 | 5.5 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS | 220 | 5.5 |
Decatur, AL | 84 | 5.5 |
Punta Gorda, FL | 102 | 5.5 |
Spartanburg, SC | 188 | 5.5 |
Sebring, FL | 58 | 5.5 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 3,407 | 5.5 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 83 | 5.5 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY | 84 | 5.5 |
Valdosta, GA | 80 | 5.5 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA | 411 | 5.5 |
Logan, UT-ID | 76 | 5.4 |
Port St. Lucie, FL | 260 | 5.4 |
Dalton, GA | 77 | 5.3 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 315 | 5.3 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL | 85 | 5.2 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 1,326 | 5.2 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1,273 | 5.1 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 3,515 | 5.0 |
Odessa, TX | 81 | 5.0 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 329 | 5.0 |
Bakersfield, CA | 445 | 5.0 |
Hammond, LA | 66 | 4.9 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 2,384 | 4.9 |
El Centro, CA | 89 | 4.9 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 223 | 4.6 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 328 | 4.6 |
Killeen-Temple, TX | 207 | 4.6 |
Clarksville, TN-KY | 133 | 4.6 |
Merced, CA | 122 | 4.4 |
Warner Robins, GA | 85 | 4.4 |
St. George, UT | 74 | 4.3 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,941 | 4.2 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 269 | 4.0 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 83 | 4.0 |
Yuma, AZ | 81 | 3.8 |
Ocala, FL | 137 | 3.8 |
Lawton, OK | 48 | 3.8 |
Fayetteville, NC | 143 | 3.7 |
Provo-Orem, UT | 209 | 3.3 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 138 | 3.3 |
Hinesville, GA | 26 | 3.2 |
El Paso, TX | 271 | 3.2 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 705 | 3.2 |
Jacksonville, NC | 62 | 3.1 |
Laredo, TX | 80 | 2.9 |
The Villages, FL | 34 | 2.6 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 204 | 2.4 |
SOURCE: Governing analysis of data published by National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2018 IRS Business Master Files
Data reflects nonprofits aimed at serving communities and local areas. Nonprofits serving primarily support functions to other organizations were excluded from our analysis as well as those classified with the following IRS activity codes: Animal-related, nursing facilities and nursing-related, health associations and medical disciplines, medical research, homeowners and tenants associations, student services, amateur sports and pro athletic leagues, international/foreign affairs/national security, science and technology, social science, military, fire prevention, consumer protection, religion-related, private and corporate foundations, named trusts, mutual and membership benefit. Organizations not filing with the IRS the past two years and those reporting less than $25,000 in gross receipts are also excluded.