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Nonprofits in Pennsylvania

The IRS recognises 81,852 tax-exempt organizations with a Pennsylvania address, rank 5 of 51. 8,133 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

81,852
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
65,120
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
8,133
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
625.8
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$245,761,389,623
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
4.2%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Pennsylvania by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1UPMC$24,322,528,674
2NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR$17,794,939,562
3TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$11,670,540,000
4VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$6,410,999,905
5HIGHMARK HEALTH$6,059,666,088
6LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL$4,266,690,493
7THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$3,858,554,683
8GEISINGER HEALTH PLAN$3,175,815,149
9UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$3,139,570,956
10MILTONS S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER$3,022,537,247
11TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INC$2,728,530,922
12HEALTH PARTNERS PLANS INC$2,601,819,990
13THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL$2,553,262,379
14CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$2,498,102,199
15GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER$2,019,451,285

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Pennsylvania by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR$56,096,033,883
2TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$36,736,678,000
3MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL & SCHOOL TRUST$23,560,448,240
4VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$22,173,441,530
5UPMC$11,152,724,568
6UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$9,680,542,422
7THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$8,131,937,980
8CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$7,636,209,610
9GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER$5,649,870,803
10GEISINGER CLINIC$5,358,921,619

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Pennsylvania by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND UPMC MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES FDN$17,886,701
2COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER$14,295,895
3GEISINGER CLINIC$14,295,895
4GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$14,295,895
5GEISINGER HEALTH$14,295,895
6GEISINGER HEALTH PLAN$14,295,895
7GEISINGER INSURANCE CORPORATION RISK RETENTION GROUP$14,295,895
8GEISINGER JERSEY SHORE HOSPITAL$14,295,895
9GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER$14,295,895
10GEISINGER SYSTEM SERVICES$14,295,895

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Pennsylvania by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations999
Education873
Human Services871
Health Care735
Arts, Culture and Humanities306
Community Improvement and Capacity Building247
Housing and Shelter214
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention200
Recreation and Sports175
Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief173

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Pennsylvania by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
4Florida114,028
6Ohio76,947

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Compared with Ohio.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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