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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Alabama, 1998 - 2008
| 1998 | 2008 | |||||||
| Number of Orgs. |
Percent of All Orgs. |
Number of Orgs. |
Percent of All Orgs. |
Pct. Change |
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| All Nonprofit Organizations | 14,773 | 100.0% | 20,106 | 100.0% | 36.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 7,133 | 48.3% | 12,613 | 62.7% | 76.8% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 740 | 5.0% | 1,201 | 6.0% | 62.3% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,900 | 46.7% | 6,292 | 31.3% | -8.8% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 7,133 | 48.3% | 12,613 | 62.7% | 76.8% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 7,133 | 48.3% | 12,613 | 62.7% | 76.8% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 2,691 | 18.2% | 5,801 | 28.9% | 115.6% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 2,296 | 15.5% | 5,091 | 25.3% | 121.7% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 395 | 2.7% | 710 | 3.5% | 79.7% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 4,442 | 30.1% | 6,812 | 33.9% | 53.4% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 11,695 | 58.2% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 740 | 5.0% | 1,201 | 6.0% | 62.3% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 719 | 4.9% | 1,157 | 5.8% | 60.9% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 21 | 0.1% | 44 | 0.2% | 109.5% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,900 | 46.7% | 6,292 | 31.3% | -8.8% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 1,484 | 10.0% | 1,388 | 6.9% | -6.5% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,890 | 12.8% | 1,548 | 7.7% | -18.1% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 877 | 5.9% | 920 | 4.6% | 4.9% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 877 | 5.9% | 713 | 3.5% | -18.7% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 851 | 5.8% | 763 | 3.8% | -10.3% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 362 | 2.5% | 365 | 1.8% | 0.8% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 559 | 3.8% | 595 | 3.0% | 6.4% | |||
Note: Excludes out-of-scope organizations.
Sources: IRS Business Master File 04/2009 (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.