Nonprofit Research Activities Survey
As part of NCSES's ongoing website redesign project, the Nonprofit Research Activities Survey page has been reimagined. Beginning in May 2023, only survey data published from the 2020 cycle or earlier will be available on this page. Data from all subsequent cycles will be published on our new Nonprofit Research Activities (NPRA) Survey page.
The Nonprofit Research Activities (NPRA) module of the Annual Business Survey measures research and experimental development (R&D) performance and funding at U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. The data is collected by the Census Bureau in partnership with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation.
Survey Description
Questionnaires
- U.S. Nonprofits Spent $28 Billion on R&D Activities in FY 2022
InfoBriefs | NSF 24-337 | October 8, 2024 - U.S. Nonprofits' R&D Performance Totaled $27 Billion in FY 2021
InfoBriefs | NSF 24-301 | October 23, 2023 - Geographic Distribution of Nonprofit R&D Performance in FY 2020
InfoBriefs | NSF 23-329 | May 9, 2023 - U.S. Nonprofits Spent $28 Billion on R&D Activities in FY 2020
InfoBriefs | NSF 23-316 | December 28, 2022 - U.S. Nonprofits Spent $22.6 Billion on R&D Activities in FY 2016
InfoBriefs | NSF 22-337 | September 22, 2022
- Assessment of the FY 2016 Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities to Determine Whether Data Meet Current Statistical Standards for Publication
Working Papers | NCSES 22-212 | September 22, 2022 - FY 2016 Nonprofit Research Activities Survey: Summary of Methodology, Assessment of Quality, and Synopsis of Results
Working Papers | NCSES 21-202 | September 21, 2021
(A): Archived Publication
Forthcoming
Ronda Britt
Survey Manager
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
(703) 292-7765
Last Updated: October 2024
