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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Georgia, 1999 - 2009
| 1999 | 2009 | |||||||
| Number of Orgs. |
Percent of All Orgs. |
Number of Orgs. |
Percent of All Orgs. |
Pct. Change |
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| All Nonprofit Organizations | 24,239 | 100.0% | 39,174 | 100.0% | 61.6% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 13,515 | 55.8% | 27,189 | 69.4% | 101.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,662 | 6.9% | 2,850 | 7.3% | 71.5% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 9,062 | 37.4% | 9,135 | 23.3% | 0.8% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 13,515 | 55.8% | 27,189 | 69.4% | 101.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 13,515 | 55.8% | 27,189 | 69.4% | 101.2% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 5,164 | 21.3% | 7,603 | 19.4% | 47.2% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 4,468 | 18.4% | 6,656 | 17.0% | 49.0% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 696 | 2.9% | 947 | 2.4% | 36.1% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 8,351 | 34.5% | 19,586 | 50.0% | 134.5% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 15,358 | 39.2% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,662 | 6.9% | 2,850 | 7.3% | 71.5% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 1,610 | 6.6% | 2,735 | 7.0% | 69.9% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 52 | 0.2% | 115 | 0.3% | 121.2% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 9,062 | 37.4% | 9,135 | 23.3% | 0.8% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 2,158 | 8.9% | 2,078 | 5.3% | -3.7% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,860 | 7.7% | 1,719 | 4.4% | -7.6% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,532 | 6.3% | 1,758 | 4.5% | 14.8% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 1,032 | 4.3% | 923 | 2.4% | -10.6% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,170 | 4.8% | 1,361 | 3.5% | 16.3% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 553 | 2.3% | 637 | 1.6% | 15.2% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 757 | 3.1% | 659 | 1.7% | -12.9% | |||
Note: Excludes out-of-scope organizations.
Sources: IRS Business Master File 01/2010 (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.
