Canada NewsWire "Ontario's charitable and nonprofit sector employs 959,000

Canada NewsWire: "Ontario's charitable and nonprofit sector employs 959,000
New data estimates $48 billion in revenues, 7.8 million volunteers

TORONTO, Dec. 15 /CNW/ - According to a groundbreaking new study, Ontario's charitable and nonprofit sector is made up of 45,000 organizations that report more than $48 billion in annual revenues and have 959,000 paid staff ($29 billion and 597,000 paid staff when hospitals, universities and colleges are excluded). The National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations(*) (NSNVO), conducted by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy and a consortium of organizations in partnership with Statistics Canada also reveals that:"