2026 CCYP
Civic Engagement Field Guide
Map. Data. Directory. Methodology.
Everything you need to know who's doing what across Cape Cod and the Islands.
1,754
organizations and community groups operating on the Cape Cod and Islands. The data below provides a summary based on revenue.
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Non-Reporting / New: 590
Revenue = $0. Grassroots, hyper-local community groups, and associations that rely entirely on volunteers.
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Micro: 480
Revenue = $1 to $99K. Minimal budgets, run by volunteers or part-timers, focus on highly specific needs. Examples: small scholarship funds, local garden clubs, neighborhood associations, and niche advocacy groups.
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Established: 364
Revenue = $100K to $500K. Sustain programs, maintain physical spaces, or employ a small staff. Examples: libraries, historical societies, youth sports leagues, local arts/culture centers, and specific support services.
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Scaling: 112
Revenue = $500K to $999K. Growing regional players, featuring professional staff and broad reach. Examples: larger conservation trusts, museums, and specialized health or family service agencies.
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Major Anchors: 208
Revenue ≥ $1M. Significant infrastructure, large donor bases, and/or government funding. Examples: healthcare, major land conservation, large educational institutions, and international funds.
GEOGRAPHY
There are significant concentrations in specific regional hubs. Top ten clusters include:
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Falmouth: 204
Examples:
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Nantucket: 129
Examples:
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Hyannis: 97
Examples:
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Yarmouth: 94
Examples:
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Vineyard Haven: 92
Examples:
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Orleans: 78
Examples:
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Dennis: 76
Examples:
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Harwich: 76
Examples:
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Provincetown: 60
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Mashpee: 59
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INDUSTRIES
Our regional sector is highly diverse, with 53 unique industries represented. The top 5 are:
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Sports: 165
Examples include:
Cape Cod Canal Youth Hockey
Bourne Basketball Association
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Individual & Family Services: 148
Examples include:
West Parish Family School
Cape Cod Challenger Club
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Education: 118
Examples include:
Oak Tree Academy
Bourne Education Foundation
Laurel School -
Public Policy & Conservation: 88
Examples include:
Barnstable Land Trust
Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts
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Real Estate: 74
Examples include:
Sagamore Beach Colony Club
Shearwater Association
Highland Home Owners Association
SEARCH & EXPLORE
WHAT THIS DATA CAN (AND CAN'T) TELL YOU
This project offers a picture of volume, not impact. A large budget doesn't guarantee a large service population, and a volunteer-run group with no reported revenue may be doing some of the most essential work in its community. What the IRS collects tells only part of the story.
This guide is a starting point for making sense of our landscape — not a scorecard. By making the region's nonprofit sector more visible, and by seeking community perspectives, we hope to get closer to understanding where need lives and where our collective efforts might go next.
METHODOLOGY
.This dataset contains information on 1,755 nonprofit organizations exported from the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search tool over the course of 2025 and 2026. It is intended to provide a comprehensive look at the region's philanthropic and civic landscape. Family foundations, trusts, and religious organizations have been excluded from this analysis, as have organizations that are no longer operating.
Because the underlying IRS data reflects each organization's most recent available filing, revenue figures and operating status may lag behind an organization's current circumstances.
Organizations are grouped into revenue tiers based on their reported annual figures, and counts for smaller tiers are approximate.
WHY WE BUILT THIS
CCYP's Civic & Community Engagement Committee believes emerging leaders become committed, generous stewards of place when three things happen together: they feel they belong somewhere; they are actively building a capacity to contribute; and they are invited into real responsibility... before they feel ready. This guide is one part of the puzzle. Together, we hope to turn potential into stewardship, and stewardship into a sustainable future for Cape and Islands.
QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS?
We've worked to make this dataset as accurate and complete as possible, but with more than 1,700 organizations represented, some details may be out of date or incomplete.
If you spot an error, notice a missing org, or have questions about how the data was compiled and validated, we'd love to hear from you! Please reach out to anytime: info@ccyp.org