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Virginia’s Nonprofit Sector: An Economic Force
Prepared for The Community Foundation and Connect Network by Johns Hopkins University, September 2008
Overview
Largely invisible to most Virginia residents is a set of institutions that, taken together, constitute the state’s second largest employer, deliver the lion’s share of the available health, cultural, and social services, enliven the state’s democracy, and add immeasurably to its citizens’ overall quality of life.
This mystery component of Virginia life is the vast array of private hospitals, universities, symphonies, art galleries, soup kitchens, nursing homes, family service agencies, churches, civic agencies, and many more that comprise Virginia’s private “nonprofit sector.”