The Largest Non-Profit Organizations in Italy

What are the largest non-profit organizations in Italy? Based on Wikidata, here is the list of the largest organizations by donations, revenue, employees, members, and volunteers.

Last updated on July 3, 2025

Non-Profit Organizations in Italy

The largest non-profit organizations by donations
The largest non-profit organizations by revenue
The largest non-profit organizations by employees
The largest organizations by members

The data for these lists is based on the open database Wikidata and is largely taken from tax documents or annual reports of the organizations. By clicking on the edit icon of the organization, you can verify the source or add your own data.

Attention: This data is a starting point for your research - and you can help improve it!

Do you see missing organizations or want to add data? For each organization, you'll find an edit icon that allows you to make changes directly in Wikidata. In our short guide, we'll show you how easy it is.
We're always looking for dedicated people to help with research – including internships. Just get in touch with us!

The Largest Nonprofit Organizations in Italy by Donations

Which organization receives the most donations.

Legal form

Industry^(Beta)

#	Organisation	Donations	Year
1	Save the Children Italia	136,668,760 € 84.6%	2023
2	Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti	84,463,737 € 100.0%	2020
3	UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF	53,500,000 € 64.7%	2023
4	Telethon Foundation	46,339,000 € 68.5%	2019
5	ActionAid Italia	40,911,034 € 79.9%	2023
6	Fondazione AVSI - ETS	28,246,421 € 22.6%	2023
7	Intersos	13,027,176 € 11.5%	2023
8	Amnesty International Italy	12,551,700 € 83.3%	2022
9	Fondazione Banco Alimentare	11,453,165 € 90.0%	2020
10	Doctors with Africa Cuamm	10,258,108 € 20.9%	2023
11	Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP	7,798,026 € 26.5%	2023
12	WeWorld	7,070,323 € 14.1%	2023
13	Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation	6,532,545 € 96.2%	2020
14	White Cross Bolzano	6,405,008 € 76.8%	2020
15	Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia	6,386,583 € 20.6%	2023
16	Oxfam Italia	6,211,768 € 29.5%	2023
17	Cesvi	5,991,281 € 12.8%	2023
18	Amref Health Africa	5,775,521 € 30.3%	2023
19	Associazione Pro Terra Sancta	5,613,905 € 52.2%	2023
20	CBM Italia	5,479,108 € 69.8%	2023
21	GMA (GRUPPO MISSIONI AFRICA)	4,557,629 € > 100 %	2023
22	VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo	4,269,328 € 40.1%	2023
23	World Wide Fund for Nature (Italy)	3,931,430 € 25.4%	2020
24	San Patrignano	3,212,928 € 99.7%	2019
25	Elettricità Futura	3,169,823 € 100.0%	2019
26	CISP	2,526,179 € 6.7%	2023
27	Ai. Bi. Associazione Amici dei bambini	2,335,241 € 35.6%	2022
28	Federconsumatori	2,224,759 € 69.1%	2019
29	Südtiroler Bauernbund	2,185,647 € 12.7%	2019
30	Fondazione Fratelli Dimenticati	2,098,276 € 96.4%	2023
31	Fondazione Mission Bambini	2,031,288 € 43.8%	2021
32	Conciliatore BancarioFinanziario	1,800,000 € 100.0%	2020
33	Telefono Azzurro	1,796,805 € 51.5%	2019
34	Banco Farmaceutico	1,761,834 € 93.4%	2020
35	AMU - Azione per un Mondo Unito	1,630,923 € 94.5%	2023
36	CIAI - Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia	1,597,933 € 56.2%	2023
37	Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau	1,579,973 € 36.1%	2023
38	Associazione Gruppi "Insieme si può..."	1,563,617 € 69.9%	2023
39	COOPI	1,552,146 € 2.0%	2023
40	SOLETERRE	1,490,171 € 25.6%	2023
41	Caritas Children	1,484,292 € 79.3%	2023
42	VISPE - Volontari Italiani per la Solidarietà ai Paesi Emergenti	1,369,112 € 69.3%	2023
43	Fondazione Italia Uganda per l'opera di padre Giovanni Scalabrini	1,266,571 € 81.6%	2023
44	OVCI LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA	1,163,853 € 33.0%	2023
45	Helpcode Italia	1,074,491 € 13.7%	2023
46	Agenzia Per La Promozione Della Ricerca Europea	1,019,400 € 37.4%	2020
47	FONDAZIONE PRO.SA	982,890 € 79.4%	2023
48	Fondazione MAGIS	978,436 € 48.3%	2023
49	Care to Action	909,762 € 86.6%	2023
50	CIES	862,114 € 4.2%	2023

The Largest Non-Profit Organizations by Revenue

A list of all non-profit organizations and charities by annual revenue.

Legal form

Industry^(Beta)

#	Organisation	Revenue	Year
1	Associazione Italiana Celiachia	174,267,479 €	2020
2	Save the Children Italia	161,622,365 €	2023
3	Fondazione AVSI - ETS	124,919,924 €	2023
4	Intersos	113,282,766 €	2023
5	Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti	84,463,737 €	2020
6	Medici Senza Frontiere	83,663,733 €	2023
7	UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF	82,636,967 €	2023
8	COOPI	77,945,562 €	2022
9	Emergency	70,852,706 €	2022
10	Telethon Foundation	67,676,000 €	2019
11	C.I.D.A.S. - Cooperativa Inserimento Disabili Assistenza Solidarietà	56,120,206 €	2019
12	ActionAid Italia	51,196,991 €	2023
13	WeWorld	50,320,785 €	2023
14	Doctors with Africa Cuamm	49,053,456 €	2023
15	Cesvi	46,979,947 €	2023
16	CISP	37,949,094 €	2023
17	Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia	30,987,370 €	2023
18	Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP	29,452,747 €	2023
19	Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII	24,649,625 €	2019
20	Oxfam Italia	21,088,201 €	2023
21	CIES	20,321,910 €	2023
22	Amref Health Africa	19,082,937 €	2023
23	Südtiroler Bauernbund	17,266,983 €	2019
24	World Wide Fund for Nature (Italy)	15,503,697 €	2020
25	Un Ponte Per	15,464,996 €	2023
26	Amnesty International Italy	15,069,068 €	2023
27	Fondazione Banco Alimentare	12,719,329 €	2020
28	COSPE	12,652,866 €	2023
29	ARCS ARCI Culture Solidali	11,797,752 €	2023
30	Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria	11,118,069 €	2023
31	Associazione Pro Terra Sancta	10,761,743 €	2023
32	VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo	10,657,158 €	2023
33	Progettomondo	9,643,958 €	2023
34	Q3600586	9,551,466 €	2023
35	Comitato europeo per la formazione e l'agricoltura	9,361,891 €	2023
36	LVIA	9,038,086 €	2023
37	Legambiente	8,942,529 €	2019
38	Comitato Collaborazione Medica - CCM	8,484,177 €	2019
39	White Cross Bolzano	8,340,502 €	2020
40	CBM Italia	7,855,043 €	2023
41	Helpcode Italia	7,835,883 €	2023
42	Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation	6,791,653 €	2020
43	Ai. Bi. Associazione Amici dei bambini	6,562,964 €	2022
44	Q3648865	6,382,972 €	2023
45	AISPO	6,156,812 €	2023
46	SOLETERRE	5,831,935 €	2023
47	FOCSIV	5,607,285 €	2023
48	Istituto Oikos	5,404,935 €	2021
49	TAMAT	5,363,386 €	2023
50	Engim	5,296,391 €	2023

The Largest Non-Profit Organizations in Italy by Employees

Non-profit organizations and charities by number of employees.

Legal form

Industry^(Beta)

#	Organisation	Employees	Year
1	Fondazione MAGIS	25,271	2023
2	Intersos	3,835	2023
3	Emergency	3,668	2023
4	Doctors with Africa Cuamm	3,622	2023
5	Fondazione AVSI - ETS	2,162	2023
6	El Comedor Estudiantil Giordano Liva	2,022	2019
7	COOPI	1,823	2023
8	Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia	1,355	2023
9	WeWorld	1,321	2023
10	CISP	1,128	2023
11	Italian Red Cross	941	2023
12	Cesvi	674	2023
13	Medici Senza Frontiere	538	2023
14	Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP	531	2023
15	Save the Children Italia	434	2023
16	Un Ponte Per	308	2023
17	Progetto Uomo Rishilpi International	297	2023
18	Teatro Regio Torino	285	2021
19	LVIA	266	2023
20	Associazione Pro Terra Sancta	244	2023
21	SOLETERRE	232	2023
22	Progettomondo	227	2023
23	ActionAid Italia	220	2023
24	Q3648865	207	2023
25	VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo	203	2023
26	Q3600586	203	2023
27	OVCI LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA	175	2023
28	ASSOCIAZIONE DIFFERENZA DONNA	170	2023
29	Gallerie degli Uffizi	166	2021
30	Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau	152	2023
31	UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF	133	2022
32	CIAI - Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia	130	2023
33	Musei reali di Torino	118	2021
34	C.I.F.A. Centro Internazionale per l'Infanzia e la Famiglia	115	2023
35	Istituto Oikos	110	2021
36	Ai. Bi. Associazione Amici dei bambini	108	2022
37	AISPO	107	2023
38	ICEI Istituto Cooperazione Economica Internazionale	105	2019
39	Fondazione Mission Bambini	98	2021
40	L’Africa Chiama	97	2017
41	Consorzio Associazioni con il Mozambico	94	2023
42	Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria	93	2023
43	Oxfam Italia	91	2023
44	Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini	88	2019
45	Helpcode Italia	88	2023
46	Engim	82	2023
47	Amref Health Africa	75	2023
48	Community Engagement Voluntary Service	74	2023
49	CIES	73	2023
50	COSPE	72	2023

Some federal organizations report only the employees at the federal association level, while others count all federal employees together.

The Largest Associations and Organizations by Members

Italian associations by number of statutory members. For federal associations, this usually results in multiple counting, as the sum of all members of the federal structures is usually reported.

Legal form

Industry^(Beta)

#	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 Archdiocese of Florence	831,320	2019
11	Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza	780,143	2017
12	Roman Catholic Diocese of Treviso	777,300	2017
13	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catania	742,400	2019
14	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto	739,533	2018
15	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa	674,520	2019
16	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagliari	573,420	2019
17	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno	547,000	2017
18	Roman Catholic Diocese of Pozzuoli	539,950	2019
19	Roman Catholic Diocese of Aversa	538,290	2018
20	Roman Catholic Diocese of Como	536,260	2019
21	Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara	528,000	2019
22	Roman Catholic Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla	505,000	2017
23	Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen	501,619	2018
24	Roman Catholic Diocese of Nola	500,000	2019
25	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela	494,000	2019
26	Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano	493,870	2018
27	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trento	487,800	2017
28	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine	483,900	2017
29	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento	415,518	2018
30	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola	409,530	2019
31	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taranto	391,528	2017
32	Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina	386,000	2019
33	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano	381,148	2019
34	Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone	365,199	2019
35	Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro	348,860	2018
36	Roman Catholic Diocese of Vittorio Veneto	340,000	2017
37	Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua	322,782	2019
38	Roman Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno	321,570	2019
39	Club Alpino Italiano	321,451	2018
40	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa	320,270	2019
41	Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini	318,300	2017
42	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca	315,200	2019
43	Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio	314,632	2019
44	Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona	313,170	2019
45	Patriarchate of Venice	311,855	2018
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

The Largest Associations and Organizations by Active Volunteers

Legal form

Industry^(Beta)

#	Organisation	Volunteers	Year
1	Italian Red Cross	149,412	2023
2	Comunità di Sant'Egidio ACAP	20,000	2023
3	Save the Children Italia	5,954	2023
4	Doctors with Africa Cuamm	5,359	2023
5	UNICEF - Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF	5,189	2023
6	Emergency	2,162	2023
7	Fondazione AVSI - ETS	1,932	2023
8	Associazione Gruppi "Insieme si può..."	1,000	2023
9	CIAI - Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia	945	2023
10	Angeli in Moto	917	2022
11	IBO Italia	765	2023
12	Oxfam Italia	630	2023
13	Fondazione Mission Bambini	490	2021
14	Condivisione fra i Popoli	472	2023
15	Emergenza Sorrisi - Doctors for Smiling Children	375	2018
16	Amnesty International Italy	310	2023
17	Comitato europeo per la formazione e l'agricoltura	300	2023
18	Medici Senza Frontiere	300	2023
19	ASSOCIAZIONE DIFFERENZA DONNA	296	2023
20	Ai. Bi. Associazione Amici dei bambini	282	2022
21	Associazione Pro Terra Sancta	263	2023
22	Un Ponte Per	157	2023
23	La Luna di Vasilika	150	2022
24	Volontari nel Mondo RTM	131	2023
25	LVIA	124	2023
26	Fondazione Querini Stampalia	121	2019
27	Servizio Civile Internazionale	110	2021
28	COOPI	100	2023
29	COMUNITA' MISSIONARIA DI VILLAREGIA PER LO SVILUPPO	100	2014
30	Luciano Lama	100	2018
31	NO ONE OUT	100	2023
32	Project for People	100	2023
33	Servizio Volontario Internazionale - SVI	100	2019
34	Volontariato Internazionale Donna Educazione Sviluppo	100	2023
35	ARCS ARCI Culture Solidali	98	2023
36	Aleimar - Organizzazione di Volontariato	95	2022
37	Informatici Senza Frontiere	93	2021
38	Cesvi	87	2023
39	Caritas Children	80	2023
40	VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo	79	2023
41	AUXILIA	73	2015
42	VISPE - Volontari Italiani per la Solidarietà ai Paesi Emergenti	65	2023
43	Centro orientamento educativo	64	2023
44	M.A.I.S. - Movimento per l'Autosviluppo Internazionale nella Solidarietà	58	2023
45	Movimento Shalom	56	2023
46	Wikimedia Italia	53	2023
47	Associazione Centro ELIS	52	2023
48	WeWorld	48	2023
49	OVCI LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA	45	2023
50	A.G.A.P.E.	43	2023