20 percent: Growth in the number of reporting charitable nonprofits in Maine from 2000 (1,805) to 2003 (2,162)*



$6 billion: Expenditures by those charitable nonprofits



$643 million: Amount spent in the region by the 129 reporting nonprofits in Androscoggin County in 2003



16: Percentage of Androscoggin County workers who are nonprofit employees – more than double the national average



12.5: Percentage of workers statewide who are nonprofit employees

* Numbers do not include churches.
Source: Maine Association of Nonprofits