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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Colorado, 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 | 20,026 | 100.0% | 28,315 | 100.0% | 41.4% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 11,291 | 56.4% | 18,599 | 65.7% | 64.7% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,162 | 5.8% | 2,055 | 7.3% | 76.9% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 7,573 | 37.8% | 7,661 | 27.1% | 1.2% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 11,291 | 56.4% | 18,599 | 65.7% | 64.7% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 11,291 | 56.4% | 18,599 | 65.7% | 64.7% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 4,388 | 21.9% | 10,165 | 35.9% | 131.7% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 3,877 | 19.4% | 9,101 | 32.1% | 134.7% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 511 | 2.6% | 1,064 | 3.8% | 108.2% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 6,903 | 34.5% | 8,434 | 29.8% | 22.2% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 4,415 | 15.6% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,162 | 5.8% | 2,055 | 7.3% | 76.9% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 1,105 | 5.5% | 1,911 | 6.7% | 72.9% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 57 | 0.3% | 144 | 0.5% | 152.6% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 7,573 | 37.8% | 7,661 | 27.1% | 1.2% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 1,803 | 9.0% | 2,373 | 8.4% | 31.6% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,357 | 6.8% | 967 | 3.4% | -28.7% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,395 | 7.0% | 1,483 | 5.2% | 6.3% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 817 | 4.1% | 687 | 2.4% | -15.9% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 778 | 3.9% | 778 | 2.7% | 0.0% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 596 | 3.0% | 557 | 2.0% | -6.5% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 827 | 4.1% | 816 | 2.9% | -1.3% | |||
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.