American Civil Society
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903 000 non profit organizations.
$866 billion in assets.
The non profit sector employs 11 million workers, 6.3% of the American labor force.
$306 billion in donations, 75% from individuals.
1- Foundations
72 477 in 2007 (+74% since 1996), with $614.7 billion in total assets.
$42.9 billion awarded in grants in 2007, which is the double of the United States’ ODA for that same year.
With $1.6 billion awarded in grants in 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Fondation topped Austria and Ireland’s ODA.
2- NGOs
50% of American ODA is funnelled through these organisms.
Amounting to $953 million in 2006, the operational budget of the American NGO World Vision is greater than Finland and Greece’s ODA.
CARE USA’s operational budget in 2006 ($645.6 million) is greater than Portugal and New-Zealand’s ODA.
