Reporting public charities include only organizations that both reported (filed IRS Forms 990) and were required to do so. The following were excluded: foreign organizations, government-associated organizations, and organizations without state identifiers.
* 'Higher education' and 'other education' are sub-categories of 'education'.
** 'Hospitals and primary care facilities' and 'other health care' are sub-categories of 'health'.
This statistic displays the assets of public charities in the United States in 2016, by subsector. In 2016, public charities in the education subsector held assets with a value of about **** trillion U.S. dollars.
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Urban Institute. (June 18, 2020). Assets of public charities in the United States in 2016, by subsector (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 07, 2026, from /statistics/189289/assets-of-public-charities-by-subsector-in-the-united-states-2008/
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