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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Connecticut, 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 | 16,538 | 100.0% | 20,345 | 100.0% | 23.0% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 8,498 | 51.4% | 12,334 | 60.6% | 45.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,301 | 7.9% | 2,051 | 10.1% | 57.6% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,739 | 40.7% | 5,960 | 29.3% | -11.6% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 8,498 | 51.4% | 12,334 | 60.6% | 45.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 8,498 | 51.4% | 12,334 | 60.6% | 45.1% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 3,834 | 23.2% | 7,175 | 35.3% | 87.1% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 3,415 | 20.6% | 6,414 | 31.5% | 87.8% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 419 | 2.5% | 761 | 3.7% | 81.6% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 4,664 | 28.2% | 5,159 | 25.4% | 10.6% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 3,360 | 16.5% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,301 | 7.9% | 2,051 | 10.1% | 57.6% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 1,239 | 7.5% | 1,952 | 9.6% | 57.5% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 62 | 0.4% | 99 | 0.5% | 59.7% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,739 | 40.7% | 5,960 | 29.3% | -11.6% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 1,510 | 9.1% | 1,297 | 6.4% | -14.1% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,261 | 7.6% | 964 | 4.7% | -23.6% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 926 | 5.6% | 811 | 4.0% | -12.4% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 891 | 5.4% | 950 | 4.7% | 6.6% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,067 | 6.5% | 951 | 4.7% | -10.9% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 410 | 2.5% | 364 | 1.8% | -11.2% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 674 | 4.1% | 623 | 3.1% | -7.6% | |||
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.