March 11, 2016 | Abbie Gripman, Community Editor | Arizona Daily Sun

At a March 7 gathering at the Coconino Center for the Arts, representatives of dozens of local nonprofits learned that they’re much more than warm and fuzzy do-gooders, they’re also part of a significant economic footprint.

For Immediate Release
March 11, 2016

PHOENIX – A recently released report, “Arizona Nonprofits: Economic Power, Positive Impact” shows that the state’s nonprofit sector is not only a critical contributor to Arizona’s social fabric and shared quality of life, it’s also a powerful economic driver and job creator.

The first of its kind, the report examines in economic terms the sizable contribution that Arizona’s 21,000-plus nonprofit organizations make to the state economy in the form of jobs, wages, taxes and revenue generated.

FEBRUARY 23, 2016 | Philanthropy News Digest 

Although Arizona's growing nonprofit sector is an important economic driver for the state, large hospitals account for the lion’s share of the sector’s assets, jobs, and revenue, with cultural, environmental, and smaller charities having far less impact, the Arizona Republic reports.

February 21, 2016 | The Arizona Republic

Arizona's growing nonprofit sector is an important economic driver for the state and "a force to be reckoned with," but it's also an arena dominated by big hospitals, with much less impact from cultural, environmental and smaller traditional charities.

Those are some of the takeaways from a new study that estimates nonprofits contribute at least $22.4 billion to the state's economy, employ more than 324,000 people and generate at least $2.1 billion in annual sales, payroll and property taxes.