The Largest Non-Profit Organisations of Italy

What are the largest associations, federations and foundations in Italy? Based on Wikidata, here is the list of the largest organisations by donations, revenue, employees and members.

Last updated on: November 5, 2025

Non-Profit Organisations Italy

The data for these lists is based on the free database Wikidata and is largely taken from the organisations' annual reports or public lists. By clicking on the edit icon of the organisation, you can verify the source or add your own data.

The largest non-profit organisations by donations

Which organisation receives the most donations.


# Organisation Donations Year
1
Save the Children Italia
131,529,094 €
76.0%
2024
2
Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti
84,463,737 €
100.0%
2020
3
UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF
50,700,000 €
66.9%
2024
4
Telethon Foundation
46,339,000 €
68.5%
2019
5
ActionAid Italia
38,850,353 €
80.9%
2024
6
Emergency
31,260,731 €
38.7%
2024
7
AVSI
26,115,911 €
23.4%
2024
8
Amnesty International Italy
15,787,321 €
100.0%
2024
9
Doctors with Africa Cuamm
12,653,585 €
25.9%
2024
10
Intersos
11,706,497 €
10.8%
2024
11
Fondazione Banco Alimentare
11,453,165 €
90.0%
2020
12
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia
8,523,703 €
25.7%
2024
13
COOPI
8,062,041 €
9.8%
2024
14
Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP
7,798,026 €
26.5%
2023
15
Associazione Pro Terra Sancta
7,161,304 €
53.5%
2024
16
Oxfam Italia
7,042,633 €
33.9%
2024
17
WeWorld
7,001,270 €
11.0%
2024
18
Comunita di S.Egidio ACAP
6,738,499 €
20.8%
2024
19
Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation
6,532,545 €
96.2%
2020
20
White Cross Bolzano
6,405,008 €
76.8%
2020
21
Amref Health Africa
6,027,504 €
33.3%
2024
22
Cesvi
5,709,524 €
13.8%
2024
23
CBM Italia
5,284,689 €
53.3%
2024
24
GMA (GRUPPO MISSIONI AFRICA)
4,557,629 €
> 100 %
2023
25
VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo
3,976,594 €
34.3%
2024
26
World Wide Fund for Nature (Italy)
3,931,430 €
25.4%
2020
27
San Patrignano
3,212,928 €
99.7%
2019
28
Elettricità Futura
3,169,823 €
100.0%
2019
29
Azione Famiglie Nuove
2,705,257 €
72.0%
2024
30
Federconsumatori
2,224,759 €
69.1%
2019
31
Südtiroler Bauernbund
2,185,647 €
12.7%
2019
32
Fondazione Fratelli Dimenticati
1,923,713 €
74.5%
2024
33
Conciliatore BancarioFinanziario
1,800,000 €
100.0%
2020
34
Telefono Azzurro
1,796,805 €
51.5%
2019
35
Banco Farmaceutico
1,761,834 €
93.4%
2020
36
Fondazione Mission Bambini
1,702,267 €
38.1%
2024
37
Associazione italiana amici di Raoul Follereau
1,666,856 €
> 100 %
2024
38
Movimento Shalom
1,583,618 €
45.7%
2024
39
SOLETERRE
1,450,991 €
18.5%
2024
40
Caritas Children
1,422,281 €
74.8%
2024
41
CIAI - Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia
1,410,500 €
40.0%
2024
42
ACRA
1,386,271 €
11.9%
2024
43
Engim
1,277,351 €
22.3%
2024
44
Fondazione Italia Uganda per l'opera di padre Giovanni Scalabrini
1,266,724 €
85.2%
2024
45
OVCI LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA
1,215,321 €
45.0%
2024
46
Associazione Gruppi "Insieme si può..."
1,161,521 €
50.1%
2024
47
AMU - Azione per un Mondo Unito
1,134,833 €
67.5%
2024
48
Helpcode Italia
1,044,829 €
11.2%
2024
49
Agenzia Per La Promozione Della Ricerca Europea
1,019,400 €
37.4%
2020
50
Humana People to People Italia
961,862 €
56.1%
2024

The largest non-profit organisations by revenue

A list of all associations, foundations and other charitable organisations by annual revenue.


# Organisation Revenue Year
1
Fondazione Cariplo
297,190,068 € 2023
2
Associazione Italiana Celiachia
174,267,479 € 2020
3
Save the Children Italia
173,024,998 € 2024
4
AVSI
111,722,947 € 2024
5
Intersos
108,240,217 € 2024
6
Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti
84,463,737 € 2020
7
Medici Senza Frontiere
83,663,733 € 2023
8
COOPI
82,391,937 € 2024
9
Emergency
80,811,465 € 2024
10
UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF
75,732,809 € 2024
11
Telethon Foundation
67,676,000 € 2019
12
WeWorld
63,705,665 € 2024
13
C.I.D.A.S. - Cooperativa Inserimento Disabili Assistenza Solidarietà
56,120,206 € 2019
14
Doctors with Africa Cuamm
48,859,571 € 2024
15
ActionAid Italia
48,003,786 € 2024
16
Cesvi
41,284,780 € 2024
17
CISP
33,946,308 € 2024
18
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia
33,228,951 € 2024
19
Comunita di S.Egidio ACAP
32,327,633 € 2024
20
Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP
29,452,747 € 2023
21
Gemeinschaft Papst Johannes XXIII.
24,649,625 € 2019
22
CIES
23,388,326 € 2024
23
Oxfam Italia
20,746,797 € 2024
24
Amref Health Africa
18,091,723 € 2024
25
Südtiroler Bauernbund
17,266,983 € 2019
26
Amnesty International Italy
15,787,321 € 2024
27
World Wide Fund for Nature (Italy)
15,503,697 € 2020
28
Un Ponte Per
15,417,362 € 2024
29
Associazione Pro Terra Sancta
13,392,380 € 2024
30
Fondazione Banco Alimentare
12,719,329 € 2020
31
ARCS ARCI Culture Solidali
12,426,090 € 2024
32
Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria
12,019,752 € 2024
33
ACRA
11,611,384 € 2024
34
VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo
11,578,782 € 2024
35
COSPE
11,025,470 € 2024
36
Progettomondo
10,551,869 € 2024
37
CBM Italia
9,907,207 € 2024
38
LVIA
9,489,026 € 2024
39
Helpcode Italia
9,302,616 € 2024
40
Comitato europeo per la formazione e l'agricoltura
9,298,520 € 2024
41
Legambiente
8,942,529 € 2019
42
Comitato Collaborazione Medica - CCM
8,484,177 € 2019
43
White Cross Bolzano
8,340,502 € 2020
44
SOLETERRE
7,823,995 € 2024
45
Associazione Don Bosco 2000
7,600,142 € 2024
46
AISPO
7,350,503 € 2024
47
Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation
6,791,653 € 2020
48
FOCSIV
6,238,869 € 2024
49
Engim
5,731,586 € 2024
50
COSV
5,673,716 € 2024

The largest non-profit organisations by employees

Associations, foundations and other charitable organisations by number of employees.


# Organisation Employees Year
1
El Comedor Estudiantil Giordano Liva
2,022  2019
2
WeWorld
1,105  2024
3
Italian Red Cross
941  2023
4
CIES
657  2024
5
Doctors with Africa Cuamm
573  2024
6
Medici Senza Frontiere
538  2023
7
Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP
531  2023
8
Save the Children Italia
449  2024
9
Emergency
405  2024
10
Intersos
325  2024
11
Teatro Regio Torino
285  2021
12
ActionAid Italia
277  2024
13
AVSI
240  2024
14
ASSOCIAZIONE DIFFERENZA DONNA
188  2024
15
COOPI
175  2024
16
Comunita di S.Egidio ACAP
172  2024
17
Gallerie degli Uffizi
166  2021
18
Cesvi
137  2024
19
CIAI - Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia
135  2024
20
UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF
133  2022
21
Associazione Don Bosco 2000
131  2024
22
Musei reali di Torino
118  2021
23
SOLETERRE
111  2024
24
Istituto Oikos
110  2021
25
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia
109  2024
26
ICEI Istituto Cooperazione Economica Internazionale
105  2019
27
VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo
103  2024
28
Oxfam Italia
94  2024
29
Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria
89  2024
30
Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini
88  2019
31
Amref Health Africa
83  2024
32
COSPE
81  2024
33
Amnesty International Italy
79  2024
34
Associazione Centro ELIS
79  2024
35
Un Ponte Per
78  2024
36
Movimento Shalom
74  2024
37
Associazione Coopisa - Cooperazione in Sanità
66  2023
38
C.I.F.A. Centro Internazionale per l'Infanzia e la Famiglia
60  2024
39
Helpcode Italia
59  2024
40
CBM Italia
55  2024
41
Fondazione Mission Bambini
55  2024
42
CISP
53  2024
43
Azione Famiglie Nuove
50  2024
44
Associazione italiana amici di Raoul Follereau
50  2024
45
ACRA
49  2024
46
EducAid
46  2023
47
AISPO
45  2024
48
AMU - Azione per un Mondo Unito
45  2024
49
Ai. Bi. Associazione Amici dei bambini
43  2024
50
Progettomondo
43  2024

The largest associations and federations by members

Associations by number of their statutory members.


# Organisation Members Year
1
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan
5,078,297  2019
2
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin
2,024,600  2017
3
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples
1,442,850  2019
4
Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua
1,012,157  2019
5
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia
960,000  2018
6
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna
943,957  2018
7
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo
937,200  2018
8
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo
892,900  2019
9
Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona
869,384  2017
10
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza
780,143  2017
11
Roman Catholic Diocese of Treviso
777,300  2017
12
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catania
742,400  2019
13
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
739,533  2018
14
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa
674,520  2019
15
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagliari
573,420  2019
16
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
547,000  2017
17
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pozzuoli
539,950  2019
18
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa
538,290  2018
19
Roman Catholic Diocese of Como
536,260  2019
20
Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara
528,000  2019
21
Roman Catholic Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla
505,000  2017
22
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen
501,619  2018
23
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nola
500,000  2019
24
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
494,000  2019
25
Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano
493,870  2018
26
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trento
487,800  2017
27
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine
483,900  2017
28
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento
415,518  2018
29
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
409,530  2019
30
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taranto
391,528  2017
31
Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina
386,000  2019
32
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
381,148  2019
33
Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone
365,199  2019
34
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
348,860  2018
35
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vittorio Veneto
340,000  2017
36
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua
322,782  2019
37
Roman Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno
321,570  2019
38
Club Alpino Italiano
321,451  2018
39
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa
320,270  2019
40
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini
318,300  2017
41
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca
315,200  2019
42
Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
314,632  2019
43
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona
313,170  2019
44
Patriarchate of Venice
311,855  2018
45
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne
299,300  2019
46
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa
290,215  2017
47
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce
289,770  2019
48
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto
287,000  2019
49
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova
281,200  2017
50
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie
280,103  2017