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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in California, 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 | 117,012 | 100.0% | 159,275 | 100.0% | 36.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 69,240 | 59.2% | 109,528 | 68.8% | 58.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 7,441 | 6.4% | 13,388 | 8.4% | 79.9% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 40,331 | 34.5% | 36,359 | 22.8% | -9.8% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 69,240 | 59.2% | 109,528 | 68.8% | 58.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 69,240 | 59.2% | 109,528 | 68.8% | 58.2% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 27,459 | 23.5% | 54,037 | 33.9% | 96.8% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 23,956 | 20.5% | 47,684 | 29.9% | 99.0% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 3,503 | 3.0% | 6,353 | 4.0% | 81.4% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 41,781 | 35.7% | 55,491 | 34.8% | 32.8% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 26,444 | 16.6% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 7,441 | 6.4% | 13,388 | 8.4% | 79.9% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 7,055 | 6.0% | 12,606 | 7.9% | 78.7% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 386 | 0.3% | 782 | 0.5% | 102.6% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 40,331 | 34.5% | 36,359 | 22.8% | -9.8% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 10,857 | 9.3% | 9,225 | 5.8% | -15.0% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 7,042 | 6.0% | 4,806 | 3.0% | -31.8% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 6,724 | 5.7% | 6,802 | 4.3% | 1.2% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 4,934 | 4.2% | 4,837 | 3.0% | -2.0% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 6,104 | 5.2% | 5,806 | 3.6% | -4.9% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 1,342 | 1.1% | 1,763 | 1.1% | 31.4% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 3,328 | 2.8% | 3,120 | 2.0% | -6.3% | |||
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.