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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Maryland, 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 | 22,219 | 100.0% | 32,391 | 100.0% | 45.8% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 12,817 | 57.7% | 21,823 | 67.4% | 70.3% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,445 | 6.5% | 2,475 | 7.6% | 71.3% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 7,957 | 35.8% | 8,093 | 25.0% | 1.7% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 12,817 | 57.7% | 21,823 | 67.4% | 70.3% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 12,817 | 57.7% | 21,823 | 67.4% | 70.3% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 5,234 | 23.6% | 10,623 | 32.8% | 103.0% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 4,597 | 20.7% | 9,472 | 29.2% | 106.0% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 637 | 2.9% | 1,151 | 3.6% | 80.7% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 7,583 | 34.1% | 11,200 | 34.6% | 47.7% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 6,284 | 19.4% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,445 | 6.5% | 2,475 | 7.6% | 71.3% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 1,386 | 6.2% | 2,381 | 7.4% | 71.8% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 59 | 0.3% | 94 | 0.3% | 59.3% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 7,957 | 35.8% | 8,093 | 25.0% | 1.7% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 2,239 | 10.1% | 2,025 | 6.3% | -9.6% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,345 | 6.1% | 1,086 | 3.4% | -19.3% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,223 | 5.5% | 1,348 | 4.2% | 10.2% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 1,153 | 5.2% | 908 | 2.8% | -21.2% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,132 | 5.1% | 1,752 | 5.4% | 54.8% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 359 | 1.6% | 410 | 1.3% | 14.2% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 506 | 2.3% | 564 | 1.7% | 11.5% | |||
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.