Business · Facts & sources
5 sourced facts about organizations -- nonprofits, unions and large companies, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer$557.08 billion
U.S. charitable giving reached $557.08 billion in 2024, spanning individuals, foundations, corporations and bequests.
Source: Giving USA 2025 report, via Wikipedia (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answer10.1%
Union membership in the U.S. sat at about 10.1% in 2018, well below the mid-20th-century peak.
Source: OECD, via Wikipedia (2018) en.wikipedia.org
Answer29.2 million
Fortune 500 firms employed about 29.2 million people worldwide in 2020, nearly 0.4% of the entire world population.
Source: Fortune, via Wikipedia (2020) en.wikipedia.org
Answer156 countries
The International Trade Union Confederation groups roughly 309 affiliated union organizations across about 156 countries, totaling around 166 million members.
Source: ITUC, via Wikipedia (2021) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 2 million
India is estimated to have roughly 2 million NGOs, about one for every 600 residents -- more than its schools and clinics combined.
Source: Research cited via Wikipedia (2009) en.wikipedia.org