In addition to helping people, nonprofits create a strong economic impact. Danielle Clore, executive director of the Kentucky Nonprofit Network, explained that nonprofit organizations are the fourth-largest employment sector in the state, surpassed only by manufacturing, retail, and accommodations and food service.

Based on data from 2017, the most recent year for which the network has data, Kentuckians claimed $2.2 billion in giving on their tax returns. Although that number is impressive, the Kentucky Nonprofit Network fears that giving will decline in 2020 due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic