BMF 12/2008

Number of variables39
Number of records1,519,384

Field Name
Field Type
Description and Values
Basic Info
EIN
Character
(9)
Employer Identification Number
Employer identification number.
NAME
Character
(60)
Name of organization
Organization name.
STATE
Character
(2)
State
Two-letter state abbreviation.
NTEE1
Character
(2)
NTEE major group
NTEE major group (A-Z)
NTEECC
Character
(4)
NTEECC primary purpose
NTEECC classification
CITY
Character
(22)
City
City
zip5
Character
(5)
Zip code, 5 digits
First 5 digits of zip code
FIPS
Character
(5)
State + County FIPS code
2-digit State + 3-digit County FIPS code (Federal Information Processing Standard). See also U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts.
MSA_NECH
Character
(4)
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area (NCCS file) (list)
PMSA
Character
(4)
Primary MSA
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
TAXPER
Character
(20)
Ending date for tax period
Ending date for tax period of financial data. Core files for 1997 on are in "yyyymm" format (199412=Dec. 1994). Earlier years use 2-digit year ("9412").
outnccs
Character
(20)
Out of Scope flag
Out-of-scope (IN/OUT) (see OUTREAS doc. for details)
OUTREAS
Character
(20)
Reason why out of scope
Reason why out of scope
Filer
Character
(20)
990 filing w/n 2 years? (Y/N)
Filed 990 return within 24 months of BMF file? (Y/N)
ZFiler
Character
(20)
990 filing $0 inc/assets w/n 2 years? (Y/N)
Filed 990 return with zero income and assets within 24 months of BMF file? (Y/N) - Beginning 2008, over 95% of 'zero filers' (ZFiler=Y) filed Form 990-N (e-Postcard) for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2007.
Classification
SUBSECCD
Character
(20)
Subsection code
IRS subsection code (03=501(c)(3), etc.)
ntmaj5
Character
(20)
Major subsector
Major subsector (5)
ntmaj10
Character
(20)
NTEE major group (10)
10 NTEE major groups
ntmaj12
Character
(20)
NTEE major group (12)
12 NTEE major groups: ntmaj10 plus higher education (BH) and hospitals (EH)
NTEEconf
Character
(1)
NTEE confidence rating
NTEE classification confidence rating (A/B/C)
MAJGRPB
Character
(1)
Major NTEE group
Major NTEE group plus hospitals and higher education
Financial Info
INCOME
Numeric
(1)
Gross receipts
Gross receipts from most recently filed Form 990
ASSETS
Numeric
(1)
Total assets, end of year
Total assets (end of year) from most recent Form 990
NCCS Financial Info
cFiler
Character
(1)
990 filing w/n 2 years? (Y/N)
Filed 990 return within 24 months of BMF file date? (Y/N)
cZFiler
Character
(1)
990 filing $0 inc/assets w/n 2 years? (Y/N)
Filed 990 return with zero income and assets within 24 months of BMF file? (Y/N) - Beginning 2008, over 95% of 'zero filers' (cZFiler=Y) filed Form 990-N (e-Postcard) for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2007.
cTaxPer
Character
(6)
Ending date for tax period
Ending date for tax period of NCCS financial data in yyyymm format.
cTotRev
Numeric
(6)
Total Revenue
Total Revenue from most recent Form 990 (Part I, line 12 on Form 990; Part I, line 9 on Form 990-EZ; or Part I, line 12(a) on Form 990-PF)
cAssets
Numeric
(6)
Total Assets, BV End of Year
Total Assets (Book Value at end of year) from most recent Form 990 (Part IV, line 59(B) on Form 990; Part II, line 25(B) on Form 990-EZ; or Part II, line 16(b) on Form 990-PF)
cFinSrc
Character
(10)
Source of NCCS Financial Data
Source of financial data added by NCCS (primarily the most recent Form 990 filing as of BMF date from NCCS Core files)
Other Descriptive Info
RULEDATE
Character
(6)
Ruling date (YYYYMM) from IRS
Ruling date: year and month of IRS ruling or determination letter recognizing orgs exempt status (YYYYMM)
FNDNCD
Character
(6)
Reason for 501(c)(3) status
Reason for & type of 501(c)(3) exempt status including codes for operating and grantmaking foundations, and broad type of public charity
SEC_NAME
Character
(35)
Sort Name (Secondary name)
Secondary organization name
Other Classification
LEVEL1
Character
(35)
Public charity or priv. fndn?
Public charity or private foundation?
LEVEL2
Character
(35)
Reporting public charity group
Reporting public charity groups.
level3
Character
(35)
Major NTEE category
Major NTEE category
level4
Character
(35)
NTEE-CC Major Group
NTEE-CC Major Group
NAICS
Character
(6)
NAICS
NAICS Code
Miscellaneous
randnum
Numeric
(6)
Random number between 0 and 1
Random number between 0 and 1 used for creating samples
ACCPER
Character
(2)
Accounting period (MM)
Accounting period