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Nonprofits contributed more than $666 billion to the U.S. economy in 2006. Individuals donated over $222 billion and volunteered 12.9 billion hours to some 1.4 million nonprofit organizations. What are the statistics behind this sector's continuing growth and financial impact? The Nonprofit Almanac 2008 "unveils a new generation of data that will make this fluid and changing sector more transparent." 