"Ask for what you need – Give what you can"
Guilford County is home to more than 587 charitable nonprofit organizations, which provide diverse services to the community. Interesting facts about the sector include the following:
These organizations spend more than $2.2 billion annually serving the people of Guilford County.
- Our state’s nonprofit sector is growing faster than the business or government sectors. Among the largest nonprofits in Guilford County are the Moses Cone and the High Point Regional hospitals, with total revenues of more than $1.4 billion in annual revenues.
- 6.5% of all jobs in our state are provided by charitable nonprofits.
- People throughout Guilford County support and participate in nonprofit organizations by serving as board members, volunteering, donating, and working as staff.
- Nonprofit employees pay income taxes and spend their salaries locally, thus paying local and state sales taxes too; they buy houses, cars, computers, groceries, clothes, home products, and all other items sold in our community.
- Nonprofits in Greensboro and Guilford County build partnerships and collaborate with governments, businesses, faith-based organizations, and other groups to expand resources.
- Nonprofits play a central role in the democratic process by providing a means for individuals to deliberate on and advocate for public policies and decisions that affect them.
- Nonprofits in Guilford County provide opportunities for developing skills, leadership abilities, and service through civic engagement.
- Everyone who lives in Guilford County benefits from nonprofits’ vital contributions of strengthening our social fabric, public policy, culture, sense of community, and future.
