Top 100 Nonprofits on Twitter by Follower Count

Ever wonder how many followers the top 100 nonprofits have on Twitter? Well, at Nonprofit News Feed the question came up and we had to answer it. Using the help of the awesome nonprofit data at CauseIQ.com, here are the top nonprofiits by Twitter follower count. 

With the coming changes at Twitter with the potential acquisition by Elon Musk, it will be interesting to see how the country’s largest nonprofits will adjust. What strategies should your nonprofit be planning for? Consider talking with a social media marketing nonprofit expert from Nonprofit.ist.

Summary Charts of Top 100 Nonprofits on Twitter

The following is a breakdown of the top 100 nonprofit organizations by follower count according the CauseIQ.com. 

Who are the Top 100 Nonprofits on Twitter?

Rank	Org name	Website domain	Twitter username	Twitter URL	Twitter followers	State	Num. employees	Total revenues
1	National Public Radio	npr.org	npr	https://twitter.com/npr	8,021,427	DC	1307	$277,605,127
2	UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children	unicefusa.org	unicef	https://twitter.com/unicef	7,384,382	NY	0	$62,295,013
3	The Museum of Modern Art	moma.org	museummodernart	https://twitter.com/museummodernart	5,395,142	NY	3	$2,137,923
4	Museum of Modern Art	moma.org	museummodernart	https://twitter.com/museummodernart	5,383,138	NY	1365	$262,144,582
5	American National Red Cross	redcross.org	redcross	https://twitter.com/redcross	5,279,095	DC	18984	$2,839,409,246
6	Metropolitan Museum of Art	metmuseum.org	metmuseum	https://twitter.com/metmuseum	4,343,426	NY	2458	$414,668,610
7	Human Rights Watch	hrw.org	hrw	https://twitter.com/hrw	4,254,426	NY	346	$70,485,098
8	Amnesty International	amnestyusa.org	amnestyusa	https://twitter.com/amnestyusa	4,119,789	NY	137	$52,101,475
9	Brees Dream Foundation	drewbrees.com	drewbrees	https://twitter.com/drewbrees	3,213,204	OH	0	$4,122,340
10	Save the Children Federation	savethechildren.org	savethechildren	https://twitter.com/savethechildren	2,819,436	CT	1469	$808,658,178
11	Kmfa Classical 895	kmfa.org	cbcnews	https://twitter.com/cbcnews	2,740,258	TX	24	$4,011,523
12	Smithsonian Institution	si.edu	smithsonian	https://twitter.com/smithsonian	2,649,738	DC	7219	$1,561,599,985
13	New York Public Library	nypl.org	nypl	https://twitter.com/nypl	2,548,523	NY	3632	$448,257,647
14	Public Broadcasting Service	pbs.org	pbs	https://twitter.com/pbs	2,277,755	VA	597	$550,502,628
15	Mayo Clinic	mayoclinic.org	mayoclinic	https://twitter.com/mayoclinic	2,052,655	MN	26211	$6,819,422,921
16	National Cable Satellite Corporation	c-span.org	cspan	https://twitter.com/cspan	2,049,262	DC	250	$63,706,081
17	Team USA	teamusa.org	teamusa	https://twitter.com/teamusa	2,029,741	CO	9	$2,044,345
18	Cleveland Clinic	my.clevelandclinic.org	clevelandclinic	https://twitter.com/clevelandclinic	2,011,547	OH	71093	$11,558,538,378
19	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	gatesfoundation.org	gatesfoundation	https://twitter.com/gatesfoundation	2,009,334	WA		$5,860,099,037
20	Usa Weightlifting	teamusa.org	teamusa	https://twitter.com/teamusa	1,987,305	CO	15	$7,656,840
21	Cleveland Clinic	my.clevelandclinic.org	clevelandclinic	https://twitter.com/clevelandclinic	1,972,565	OH	41815	$6,830,413,008
22	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust	gatesfoundation.org	gatesfoundation	https://twitter.com/gatesfoundation	1,958,445	WA		$4,049,739,968
23	National Collegiate Athletic Association	ncaa.org	ncaa	https://twitter.com/ncaa	1,945,227	IN	657	$521,036,223
24	Judicial Watch	judicialwatch.org	judicialwatch	https://twitter.com/judicialwatch	1,852,567	DC	56	$109,973,904
25	Burger King Foundation	burgerkingfoundation.org	burgerking	https://twitter.com/burgerking	1,797,386	FL	0	$7,238,168
26	ACLU Foundation	aclufoundation.org	aclu	https://twitter.com/aclu	1,692,078	NY	441	$185,480,203
27	San Diego Comic Convention	comic-con.org	comic_con	https://twitter.com/comic_con	1,686,863	CA	79	$28,522,117
28	The One Campaign	one.org	onecampaign	https://twitter.com/onecampaign	1,585,419	DC	135	$32,709,905
29	The Jane Goodall Institute	janegoodall.org	janegoodallinst	https://twitter.com/janegoodallinst	1,480,190	VA	46	$18,979,885
30	World Wildlife Fund	worldwildlife.org	world_wildlife	https://twitter.com/world_wildlife	1,463,564	DC	677	$286,350,088
31	Charity Water	charitywater.org	charitywater	https://twitter.com/charitywater	1,342,046	NY	117	$90,131,472
32	Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere	care.org	care	https://twitter.com/care	1,271,052	GA	534	$609,275,545
33	American Cancer Society	cancer.org	americancancer	https://twitter.com/americancancer	1,148,933	GA	4320	$576,295,531
34	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	web.mit.edu	mit	https://twitter.com/mit	1,116,747	MA	26214	$4,804,195,000
35	Foundation to Support Animal Protection	petafoundation.org	peta	https://twitter.com/peta	1,100,107	VA	237	$16,377,725
36	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals	peta.org	peta	https://twitter.com/peta	1,100,105	VA	279	$60,643,106
37	Obama Foundation	obama.org	obamafoundation	https://twitter.com/obamafoundation	1,077,023	IL	203	$141,308,493
38	Museum Associates	lacma.org	lacma	https://twitter.com/lacma	1,068,229	CA	650	$144,174,390
39	Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls	siouxfallshabitat.org	habitat_org	https://twitter.com/habitat_org	1,063,782	SD	16	$2,354,610
40	Whitney Museum of American Art	whitney.org	whitneymuseum	https://twitter.com/whitneymuseum	1,060,820	NY	638	$113,143,000
41	Habitat for Humanity International	habitat.org	habitat_org	https://twitter.com/habitat_org	1,060,643	GA	1287	$272,786,180
42	Samaritan’s Purse	samaritanspurse.org	samaritanspurse	https://twitter.com/samaritanspurse	1,036,577	NC	4039	$894,308,893
43	MIT Technology Review	technologyreview.com	techreview	https://twitter.com/techreview	999,111	MA	80	$17,630,000
44	USA Basketball	usab.com	usabasketball	https://twitter.com/usabasketball	974,231	CO	32	$12,446,344
45	The Nature Conservancy	nature.org	nature_org	https://twitter.com/nature_org	953,080	VA	4091	$1,137,390,674
46	Livestrong Foundation	livestrong.org	livestrong	https://twitter.com/livestrong	917,485	TX	26	$10,471,940
47	Doctors without Borders USA	doctorswithoutborders.org	msf_usa	https://twitter.com/msf_usa	905,080	NY	603	$558,340,480
48	Mother Jones	motherjones.com	motherjones	https://twitter.com/motherjones	856,917	CA	142	$16,529,073
49	ProPublica	propublica.org	propublica	https://twitter.com/propublica	836,626	NY	162	$37,513,092
50	The Humane Society of the United States	humanesociety.org	humanesociety	https://twitter.com/humanesociety	832,161	DC	640	$124,684,806
51	Bill Hillary and Chelsea Clinton FOUNDATION	clintonfoundation.org	clintonfdn	https://twitter.com/clintonfdn	830,726	AR	329	$42,816,475
52	Stanford University	stanford.edu	stanford	https://twitter.com/stanford	806,123	CA	39560	$6,829,098,940
53	DoSomething	dosomething.org	dosomething	https://twitter.com/dosomething	742,669	NY	85	$8,284,413
54	Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund	gspf.goldman.com	goldmansachs	https://twitter.com/goldmansachs	738,800	NY	0	$3,764,893,999
55	Khan Academy	khanacademy.org	khanacademy	https://twitter.com/khanacademy	724,353	CA	197	$79,340,879
56	Democracy Now Productions	democracynow.org	democracynow	https://twitter.com/democracynow	721,240	NY	66	$10,840,559
57	Waterorg	water.org	water	https://twitter.com/water	719,635	MO	102	$19,027,906
58	American Medical Association Foundation	amafoundation.org	amermedicalassn	https://twitter.com/amermedicalassn	706,984	IL	0	$2,567,190
59	Seti Institute	seti.org	setiinstitute	https://twitter.com/setiinstitute	705,183	CA	146	$22,680,216
60	Oxford University	ox.ac.uk	uniofoxford	https://twitter.com/uniofoxford	699,424		794	$3,017,540,114
61	Brooklyn Museum	brooklynmuseum.org	brooklynmuseum	https://twitter.com/brooklynmuseum	667,490	NY	574	$40,602,578
62	The Heritage Foundation	heritage.org	heritage	https://twitter.com/heritage	663,368	DC	388	$119,134,479
63	Heritage Foundation	heritageofthomasville.com	heritage	https://twitter.com/heritage	653,901	GA	32	$1,463,774
64	University of Georgia Athletic Assn	georgiadogs.com	ugaathletics	https://twitter.com/ugaathletics	623,159	GA	66	$179,161,257
65	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	sfmoma.org	sfmoma	https://twitter.com/sfmoma	605,250	CA	591	$60,826,981
66	Open Society Foundations	opensocietyfoundations.org	opensociety	https://twitter.com/opensociety	599,624	NY		$878,622,618
67	Open Society Foundation	opensocietyfoundations.org	opensociety	https://twitter.com/opensociety	599,218	NY		$208,513,497
68	Johns Hopkins Medicine	hopkinsmedicine.org	hopkinsmedicine	https://twitter.com/hopkinsmedicine	597,650	MD	37	$1,060,639
69	National Wildlife Federation	nwf.org	nwf	https://twitter.com/nwf	597,107	VA	397	$82,468,942
70	United Nations Foundation	unfoundation.org	unfoundation	https://twitter.com/unfoundation	593,726	DC	374	$119,227,500
71	Film Independent	filmindependent.org	filmindependent	https://twitter.com/filmindependent	584,003	CA	144	$12,341,472
72	Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation	ob.org	operationbless	https://twitter.com/operationbless	582,960	VA	117	$91,567,341
73	The Nobel Foundation	nobelprize.org	nobelprize	https://twitter.com/nobelprize	578,114	Sweeden	9	$41,813,891
74	World Vision	worldvision.org	worldvisionusa	https://twitter.com/worldvisionusa	576,360	WA	1009	$1,220,294,518
75	Southeastern Conference	secsports.com	sec	https://twitter.com/sec	568,614	AL	47	$833,383,274
76	Enlace	enlace.org	enlacetv	https://twitter.com/enlacetv	567,461	TX	19	$4,547,769
77	Room to Read	roomtoread.org	roomtoread	https://twitter.com/roomtoread	559,528	CA	84	$61,954,261
78	University of Cambridge	cam.ac.uk	cambridge_uni	https://twitter.com/cambridge_uni	554,936		343	$2,478,881,518
79	The James Beard Foundation	jamesbeard.org	beardfoundation	https://twitter.com/beardfoundation	554,170	NY	80	$18,186,794
80	Yale University	yale.edu	yale	https://twitter.com/yale	546,625	CT	31333	$5,595,177,145
81	American Institute of Graphic Arts	aiga.org	aigadesign	https://twitter.com/aigadesign	531,093	NY	23	$3,408,772
82	Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation		bankofamerica	https://twitter.com/bankofamerica	530,883	RI		$9,480,351
83	Kiva Microfunds	kiva.org	kiva	https://twitter.com/kiva	525,860	CA	145	$38,603,028
84	Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo	rodeohouston.com	rodeohouston	https://twitter.com/rodeohouston	522,400	TX	1245	$77,585,862
85	Case Foundation	casefoundation.org	casefoundation	https://twitter.com/casefoundation	519,935	DC		$3,420,024
86	Self	selfincorp.org	selfmagazine	https://twitter.com/selfmagazine	508,539	PA	0	$405,605
87	The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals	aspca.org	aspca	https://twitter.com/aspca	506,786	NY	1252	$324,772,105
88	KCRW Foundation	kcrw.com	kcrw	https://twitter.com/kcrw	503,354	CA	186	$21,775,303
89	The Climate Reality Project	climaterealityproject.org	climatereality	https://twitter.com/climatereality	501,351	DC	79	$18,909,115
90	Planned Parenthood Federation of America	plannedparenthood.org	ppact	https://twitter.com/ppact	497,984	NY	733	$293,759,273
91	Slow Food USA	slowfoodusa.org	slowfoodusa	https://twitter.com/slowfoodusa	492,726	NY	3	$1,693,997
92	American Associates of the National Theatre	nationaltheatre.org.uk	nationaltheatre	https://twitter.com/nationaltheatre	492,562	NY	6	$2,908,499
93	OpenAI	openai.com	openai	https://twitter.com/openai	488,491	CA	125	$31,932,729
94	Ashoka	ashoka.org	ashoka	https://twitter.com/ashoka	480,527	VA	126	$42,522,077
95	United States Fund for Unicef	unicefusa.org	unicefusa	https://twitter.com/unicefusa	472,937	NY	379	$573,865,026
96	Walker Art Center	walkerart.org	walkerartcenter	https://twitter.com/walkerartcenter	471,770	MN	176	$9,380,363
97	Feeding America	feedingamerica.org	feedingamerica	https://twitter.com/feedingamerica	470,677	IL	313	$3,571,430,346
98	Project Veritas	projectveritas.com	project_veritas	https://twitter.com/project_veritas	466,877	NY	45	$12,151,496
99	Federation for American Immigration Reform	fairus.org	fairimmigration	https://twitter.com/fairimmigration	464,810	DC	40	$7,316,658
100	American Museum of Natural History		amnh	https://twitter.com/amnh	462,451	NY	1547	$198,055,556

All Organizations with Twitter Data

Out of curiosity we also dug into the 23k nonprofits with Twitter data on CauseIQ.com. With just 5k followers, a nonprofit is already in the 75th percentile, well above the median count of followers. 

Wait, Why Does Twitter Still Matter for nonprofits?

Twitter has been around for more than a decade now, and while it may seem like old news compared to newer social media platforms like Tik Tok, it’s still an important tool for nonprofits. Here’s why:

1. It’s a great way to reach new supporters.

Twitter is a great platform for reaching new people who might be interested in your cause. You can use hashtags to connect with people who are talking about topics related to your work, and you can also use Twitter ads to target potential supporters with specific interests.

2. It’s a great way to keep supporters updated.

Twitter is a quick and easy way to share updates about your work with your supporters. Whether you’re sharing news stories, pictures, or just general updates, Twitter is a great platform for keeping supporters in the loop.

3. It’s a great way to build relationships.

Twitter is all about building relationships. By engaging with other users and sharing interesting content, you can quickly build up a group of engaged followers who are interested in what you have to say. These relationships can be beneficial down the line when you need support from your followers for petitions, campaigns, or fundraising efforts.

4. There may be more to come…

With rumors like integration of a crypto wallet and potential payment options coming to the platform, there may be a new opportunity for nonprofits to raise money on the platform.