Arizona is home to a vibrant nonprofit sector comprising 29,622 registered tax-exempt organizations. The vast majority of these (25,843) are 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.
These organizations deliver vital human services, educate youth, preserve the natural world, and provide forums for worship, activism, and artistic expression.
Most of Arizona's 501(c)(3) organizations are public charities, but the state's private foundations number over 1,400.
Arizona's nonprofit sector reaches beyond charitable organizations and includes nearly 4,000 other registered nonprofits, including social welfare organizations and business leagues.
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Arizona nonprofit subsectors
The diversity of the nonprofit world suggests that subsectors of the data may be useful for analysis. We can divide the nonprofit sector into five subsectors: healthcare organizations, religious organizations, education organizations, financial organizations and all other "core" nonprofits. Nonprofit healthcare organizations include large providers such as Banner Health and Honor Health, regional medical facilities, and medical clinics. Educational nonprofits include Grand Canyon University, University of Arizona Global Campus, and Prescott College serving higher education needs, plus many, but not all charter schools for primary and secondary students. Many private schools are also organized as nonprofits. The religious nonprofit subsector includes congregations of many faiths plus foundations and missionary groups. Financial nonprofits captures organizations such as credit unions, electrical and water cooperatives, and employee pension funds.
Source: IRS 2023
| Total nonprofit orgs | Orgs with no reported income | Orgs with reported income | Reported income (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Total | 31,414 | 21,675 | 9,739 | $134,372 |
| Core Nonprofit | 15,758 | 10,262 | 5,496 | $15,492 |
| Healthcare Nonprofit | 1,503 | 820 | 683 | $102,830 |
| Education Nonprofit | 4,245 | 2,734 | 1,511 | $8,314 |
| Religious Nonprofit | 6,144 | 5,543 | 601 | $511 |
| Other Nonprofit | 3,764 | 2,316 | 1,448 | $7,226 |
These distinctions were made largely due to the wide range of income by these groups. The 8,106 organizations in the Core Nonprofit subsector that reported income to the IRS had a median annual income of $183,161. The Healthcare and Education subsectors had median incomes of $528,857 and $2.69 million, respectively. The Financial subsector had a median income of $1.56 million. Only 211 of the 4,677 religious organizations reported any income since they are largely exempt from IRS reporting requirements. The few religious groups that did report income showed a median income of $107,255.
Read more about Arizona's charitable organizations and other nonprofits, and view interactive charts, by clicking the links in the Scope of the Sector navigation menu.