08.14.2010 - Bibliography for "Know Your Sector"

"Know Your Sector" was produced by Ben Klasky. It was designed by Kevin Michael Martin using Motion software.

• "In the United States, 1 in 244 workers are lawyers; 1 in 57 wait tables; 1 in 10 work for a nonprofit." Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Waitress Photo Credit: "Marge" by Tommy Gooch
• "The majority of these work in health care and education." Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• "There are almost 2 million nonprofits in the U.S. This number has roughly doubled in the last 15 years." Source: Independent Sector
• "Each year in the U.S. $300 billion is donated to charities." Source: Giving USA 2010
• "83% of all donations are made by individuals. Source: Giving USA 2010
• "70% of US households make at least one donation each year. The average giving is $2,333 per household." Source: Independent Sector
• "Nearly half of all donations support religion and education. 4% goes toward the arts and 2% goes toward the environment and animals." Source: Giving USA 2010
• "Donations represent only 27% of income for nonprofits. 73% of nonprofit income is earned from such sources as tuition, hospital patient fees, and ticket sales." Source: US Dept of Commerce: Bureau of Economic Analysis
• "Nonprofits in the U.S. generate $1.1 trillion every year." Source: Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics
• "That's more than the entire economies of Saudi Arabia and Sweden combined." Source: World Bank
• "The United Way, the World's largest charity, brought in over $4 billion last year." Source: Forbes - America's 200 Largest Charities
• "6.5% of Americans volunteer for nonprofits every day, averaging 2.3 hours a day. That equals 7.6 million employees." Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• "There are over 70,000 foundations in the U.S." Source: Foundation Center
• "Five of the ten largest are on the West Coast. None of these existed fifty years ago." Source: Foundation Center - Top 100 U.S. Foundations
• "The Gates Foundation, the world's largest foundation, is worth about $30 billion." Source: Foundation Center - Top 100 U.S. Foundations
• "It must give away $5.8 million per workday." Source: IRS Code IRC 4942e (requires that a foundation must typically pay 5% of the fair market value of its assets annually)
• "Nonprofits have developed medications and technologies." Source: www.ipadvocate.org - University Inventions That Changed the World
• Homeless Photo: "Homeless anonymity - The other side of Venice" by Anabadili