Shipvane · 4 AE roles
Marco E. · joined Cargolio
Fleetora · first roles in DECharitable foundations in United States_
As of 4 November 2026, 59,968 charitable foundations companies are based in United States; 1,786 are hiring right now and New York has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 59,968
- Hiring now
- 1,786 · 1,019 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Local social welfare foundations · 19,726
- Top city
- New York · 1,306
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 236,349
Charitable foundations in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Local social welfare foundations | 19,726 | 33% |
| Patient support & health charities | 9,241 | 15% |
| Grantmaking foundations | 6,173 | 10% |
| Charity fundraising organisations | 5,747 | 10% |
| International relief charities | 4,969 | 8% |
| Scholarship funds | 4,530 | 8% |
| Animal welfare charities | 4,176 | 7% |
| Food banks | 3,898 | 7% |
| Conservation & environmental charities | 3,575 | 6% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 2,401 | 4% |
| General purpose charities | 2,311 | 4% |
| Child sponsorship charities | 2,264 | 4% |
| Youth welfare organisations | 2,236 | 4% |
| Medical research charities | 1,509 | 3% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 1,136 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 27,489 · 16 |
| 2-10 employees | 20,614 · 169 |
| 11-50 employees | 8,525 · 432 |
| 51-200 employees | 2,313 · 706 |
| 201-500 employees | 636 · 292 |
| 501-1000 employees | 210 · 91 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 129 · 70 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 17 · 5 |
| 10,001+ employees | 35 · 5 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,306 | 2% |
| Washington | 816 | 1% |
| Chicago | 604 | 1% |
| Houston | 556 | 1% |
| San Francisco | 496 | 1% |
| Atlanta | 469 | 1% |
| Dallas | 378 | 1% |
| Seattle | 336 | 1% |
| Denver | 324 | 1% |
| Brooklyn | 316 | 1% |
| San Diego | 313 | 1% |
| Portland | 309 | 1% |
The biggest charitable foundations companies in United States
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
Filter by niche, size, city or hiring, and open the decision makers with verified e-mails.
Free plan: 1,000 records, no card. The first 20 are above; e-mails are verified at the mail server when you open them.
The stack of charitable foundations in United States
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of public, community & associations in United States
Public, community & associations in United States, the whole market →
Churches congregations · 69,341 →
Nonprofit civic associations · 68,293 →
Membership associations & unions · 28,742 →
Amateur sports clubs · 22,575 →
Public programmes & agencies · 15,409 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 7,541 →
Municipal government · 6,021 →
Justice & public safety · 1,301 →
Quote the sentence with the date and the link. The numbers change daily; the link always shows the current ones.
59,968 charitable foundations companies are based in United States; 1,786 are hiring right now and New York has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/united-states/charitable_foundations)
Read from the source, not self-reported
Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Charitable foundations in United States: questions
How many charitable foundations companies are there in United States?
59,968 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Charitable foundations → leaf niches such as local social welfare foundations, patient support & health charities, grantmaking foundations. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
Can I get the list?
Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.
Get this segment your way
The same data as a search, over MCP and the API, as bulk files, or pushed to you as it changes.
Every charitable foundations company in United States,
with the person who decides
Filter on the segment and the country, and get 1,000 records free.