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Nonprofits in Virginia

The IRS recognises 54,196 tax-exempt organizations with a Virginia address, rank 11 of 51. 4,492 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

54,196
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
45,151
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
4,492
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
615.1
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$111,835,031,373
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
2.8%
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 Virginia by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1SENTARA HEALTH PLANS$6,496,481,283
2INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES$6,423,097,177
3SENTARA HOSPITALS$4,425,929,465
4GOOD360$3,264,744,236
5RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION INC$2,523,395,459
6CARILION MEDICAL CENTER$2,324,266,131
7NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORP$2,071,222,273
8GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$2,041,697,367
9LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC$1,802,305,808
10RAILROAD EMPLOYEES NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN TRUST$1,773,181,499
11NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,746,229,436
12AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1,623,067,000
13VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM$1,442,236,973
14SENTARA HEALTH$1,261,880,759
15CENTRA HEALTH INC$1,166,348,794

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 Virginia by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORP$38,295,081,990
2UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY$16,078,987,884
3NATURE CONSERVANCY$10,108,681,571
4INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$9,169,739,339
5INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES$8,082,113,289
6SENTARA HEALTH$7,237,302,464
7GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$5,460,399,051
8LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC$4,612,068,688
9NAVY MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION$3,341,207,802
10SENTARA HOSPITALS$2,693,024,945

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

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Virginia by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$6,579,453
2INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES$6,579,451
3SENTARA HEALTH$6,375,042
4SENTARA HEALTH PLANS$6,375,042
5SENTARA HOSPITALS$6,375,042
6LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC$5,936,509
7UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY$5,014,567
8SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT$4,001,668
9CENTRA HEALTH INC$2,878,656
10NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORP$2,821,260

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

What they do

Organizations in Virginia by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Education542
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations420
Human Services393
Health Care285
Community Improvement and Capacity Building206
Arts, Culture and Humanities202
Housing and Shelter124
International, Foreign Affairs and National Security99
Public and Societal Benefit99
Recreation and Sports97

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 Virginia by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
10Michigan56,381
12New Jersey53,634

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  • The Virginia Factbook entryAcross the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

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Compared with New Jersey.

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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