U.S. Nonprofits Spent $ 22.6 Billion on R & D Activities in FY 2016

The nonprofit sector is one of four major sectors of the economy ( along with business, government, and higher education ) that performs or funds research and experimental development ( R&D ) . Nationally, nonprofits spent an estimated $ 22.6 billion on R&D performed by their organizations in FY 2016, which is equivalent to 4 % of the estimated total spent on R&D in the United States in 2016. Data in this InfoBrief are from the FY 2016 Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities ( NPRA Survey ) , sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics ( NCSES ) within the National Science Foundation. The FY 2016 NPRA Survey marks the first nationally representative collection of R&D data from U.S. 501 ( c ) organizations other than universities and colleges in more than 20 years. This InfoBrief presents the subset of top-level official estimates.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news