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**International Society of Furniture Designers** (High Point)

**National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics** (Raleigh)

**American Dairy Goat Association** (Spindale)

**American Recorder Society** (Charlotte)

### 400,000

The number of people employed by North Carolina’s 501(c)(3) organizations in 2015

*Source: North Carolina Center for Nonprofits*

### $45 million

The amount of money donated to 501(c)(3) organizations in the state from July 2017 through June 2018

*Source: North Carolina Charitable Solicitation Licensing Division Annual Report*

### $15 billion

The total wages North Carolina’s 501(c) organizations paid to employees in 2015

*Source: North Carolina Center for Nonprofits*

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