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=== United States === The U.S. nonprofit sector consisted of approximately 1.56 million organizations registered with the [[Internal Revenue Service]] in 2015. These reporting nonprofits identified $2.54 trillion in revenues and $5.79 trillion in assets in 2015. Over $400 billion in revenue comes through private support and [[fundraising]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKeever |first1=Brian |title=The Nonprofit Sector in Brief |url=https://nccs.urban.org/publication/nonprofit-sector-brief-2018 |website=National Center for Charitable Statistics |access-date= 30 November 2018}}</ref> The U.S. nonprofit sector contributed an estimated $985.4 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015, composing 5.4 percent of the country's gross domestic product and employed 11 percent of the U.S. workforce in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKeever |first1=Brian |title=The Nonprofit Sector in Brief |url=https://nccs.urban.org/project/nonprofit-sector-brief |website=National Center for Charitable Statistics |access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref> Each year, seven out of ten Americans donate to at least one charitable cause. Contributions are from two to 20 times higher in the U.S. than in other countries of comparable wealth and modernity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/how_philanthropy_fuels_american_success_intro|title=How Philanthropy Fuels American Success {{!}} Excellence in Philanthropy {{!}} The Philanthropy Roundtable|website=www.philanthropyroundtable.org|access-date=2016-03-17}}</ref>
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