Growth in number of registered charitable organizations, 2002 - 2012

2002 - 675 charities

2003 - 2,021 charities - grew 199.4%

2004 - 2,766 charities - grew 36.9%

2005 - 3,552 charities - grew 28.4%

2006 - 4,168 charities - grew 17.3%

2007 - 4,837 charities - grew 16%

2008 - 6,450 charities - grew 33.4%

2009 -7,329 charities - grew 13.6%

2010 - 8,349 charities - grew 13.9%

2011 -9,168 charities - grew 9.8%

2012 - 10,072 charities - grew 20.6%