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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Alabama, 1999 - 2009
| 1999 | 2009 | |||||||
| Number of Orgs. |
Percent of All Orgs. |
Number of Orgs. |
Percent of All Orgs. |
Pct. Change |
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| All Nonprofit Organizations | 15,463 | 100.0% | 21,517 | 100.0% | 39.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 7,629 | 49.3% | 13,548 | 63.0% | 77.6% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 879 | 5.7% | 1,385 | 6.4% | 57.6% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,955 | 45.0% | 6,584 | 30.6% | -5.3% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 7,629 | 49.3% | 13,548 | 63.0% | 77.6% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 7,629 | 49.3% | 13,548 | 63.0% | 77.6% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 2,847 | 18.4% | 3,723 | 17.3% | 30.8% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 2,429 | 15.7% | 3,227 | 15.0% | 32.9% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 418 | 2.7% | 496 | 2.3% | 18.7% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 4,782 | 30.9% | 9,825 | 45.7% | 105.5% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 11,695 | 54.4% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 879 | 5.7% | 1,385 | 6.4% | 57.6% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 856 | 5.5% | 1,339 | 6.2% | 56.4% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 23 | 0.1% | 46 | 0.2% | 100.0% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,955 | 45.0% | 6,584 | 30.6% | -5.3% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 1,519 | 9.8% | 1,427 | 6.6% | -6.1% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,856 | 12.0% | 1,596 | 7.4% | -14.0% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 883 | 5.7% | 959 | 4.5% | 8.6% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 869 | 5.6% | 711 | 3.3% | -18.2% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 841 | 5.4% | 811 | 3.8% | -3.6% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 371 | 2.4% | 384 | 1.8% | 3.5% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 616 | 4.0% | 696 | 3.2% | 13.0% | |||
Note: Excludes out-of-scope organizations.
Sources: IRS Business Master File 01/2010 (with modifications by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute to exclude foreign and governmental organizations).
* The number of congregations is from the website of American Church Lists (http://list.infousa.com/acl.htm), 2004. These numbers are excluded from the totals for the state since approximately half of the congregations are included under registered public charities.
