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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in District of Columbia, 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 | 13,950 | 100.0% | 14,473 | 100.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 6,908 | 49.5% | 8,521 | 58.9% | 23.3% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 671 | 4.8% | 874 | 6.0% | 30.3% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,371 | 45.7% | 5,078 | 35.1% | -20.3% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 6,908 | 49.5% | 8,521 | 58.9% | 23.3% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 6,908 | 49.5% | 8,521 | 58.9% | 23.3% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 3,092 | 22.2% | 5,015 | 34.7% | 62.2% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 2,789 | 20.0% | 4,499 | 31.1% | 61.3% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 303 | 2.2% | 516 | 3.6% | 70.3% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 3,816 | 27.4% | 3,506 | 24.2% | -8.1% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 1,009 | 7.0% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 671 | 4.8% | 874 | 6.0% | 30.3% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 628 | 4.5% | 808 | 5.6% | 28.7% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 43 | 0.3% | 66 | 0.5% | 53.5% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 6,371 | 45.7% | 5,078 | 35.1% | -20.3% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 4,133 | 29.6% | 2,464 | 17.0% | -40.4% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 199 | 1.4% | 590 | 4.1% | 196.5% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,298 | 9.3% | 1,284 | 8.9% | -1.1% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 334 | 2.4% | 354 | 2.4% | 6.0% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 193 | 1.4% | 205 | 1.4% | 6.2% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 34 | 0.2% | 50 | 0.3% | 47.1% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 180 | 1.3% | 131 | 0.9% | -27.2% | |||
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.