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Geographic Distribution of Nonprofit R&D Performance in FY 2020.
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Geographic Distribution of Nonprofit R&D Performance in FY 2020

May 9, 2023
Data show that nonprofit R&D was more geographically concentrated than the R&D of for-profit businesses and higher education institutions in 2020. Roughly 80% of U.S. nonprofit organizations' estimated R&D performance in FY 2020 was concentrated in just nine states and the District of Columbia, with nonprofit organizations performing more R&D in Massachusetts than any other state.

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