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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Illinois, 1998 - 2008

  1998 2008  
  Number
of Orgs.
Percent
of All Orgs.
Number
of Orgs.
Percent
of All Orgs.
Pct.
Change
All Nonprofit Organizations53,638 100.0% 67,162 100.0% 25.2%
501(c)(3) Public Charities23,717 44.2% 37,847 56.4% 59.6%
501(c)(3) Private Foundations3,857 7.2% 5,638 8.4% 46.2%
Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations26,064 48.6% 23,677 35.3% -9.2%
Small community groups and partnerships, etc.UnknownNAUnknownNANA
501(c)(3) Public Charities23,717 44.2% 37,847 56.4% 59.6%
501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the IRS
(including registered congregations)
23,717 44.2% 37,847 56.4% 59.6%
Reporting Public Charities9,394 17.5% 19,490 29.0% 107.5%
Operating Public Charities8,042 15.0% 17,058 25.4% 112.1%
Supporting Public Charities1,352 2.5% 2,432 3.6% 79.9%
Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts14,323 26.7% 18,357 27.3% 28.2%
Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)*- 0.0% 15,317 22.8% NA
501(c)(3) Private Foundations3,857 7.2% 5,638 8.4% 46.2%
Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations3,747 7.0% 5,461 8.1% 45.7%
Private Operating Foundations110 0.2% 177 0.3% 60.9%
Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations26,064 48.6% 23,677 35.3% -9.2%
Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc.4,759 8.9% 4,113 6.1% -13.6%
Fraternal beneficiary societies7,064 13.2% 6,232 9.3% -11.8%
Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc.3,894 7.3% 4,571 6.8% 17.4%
Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs3,758 7.0% 2,747 4.1% -26.9%
Social and recreational clubs2,420 4.5% 2,101 3.1% -13.2%
Post or organization of war veterans2,175 4.1% 1,694 2.5% -22.1%
All Other Nonprofit Organizations1,994 3.7% 2,219 3.3% 11.3%

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.