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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Massachusetts, 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 | 29,536 | 100.0% | 37,268 | 100.0% | 26.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 16,133 | 54.6% | 23,566 | 63.2% | 46.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 3,019 | 10.2% | 4,228 | 11.3% | 40.0% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 10,384 | 35.2% | 9,474 | 25.4% | -8.8% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 16,133 | 54.6% | 23,566 | 63.2% | 46.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 16,133 | 54.6% | 23,566 | 63.2% | 46.1% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 8,264 | 28.0% | 14,261 | 38.3% | 72.6% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 7,217 | 24.4% | 12,393 | 33.3% | 71.7% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 1,047 | 3.5% | 1,868 | 5.0% | 78.4% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 7,869 | 26.6% | 9,305 | 25.0% | 18.2% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 4,464 | 12.0% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 3,019 | 10.2% | 4,228 | 11.3% | 40.0% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 2,845 | 9.6% | 3,987 | 10.7% | 40.1% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 174 | 0.6% | 241 | 0.6% | 38.5% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 10,384 | 35.2% | 9,474 | 25.4% | -8.8% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 1,937 | 6.6% | 1,771 | 4.8% | -8.6% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,984 | 6.7% | 1,457 | 3.9% | -26.6% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,635 | 5.5% | 1,391 | 3.7% | -14.9% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 1,474 | 5.0% | 1,739 | 4.7% | 18.0% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,444 | 4.9% | 1,473 | 4.0% | 2.0% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 981 | 3.3% | 779 | 2.1% | -20.6% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 929 | 3.1% | 864 | 2.3% | -7.0% | |||
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.