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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in New Jersey, 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 | 30,770 | 100.0% | 42,727 | 100.0% | 38.9% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 15,706 | 51.0% | 26,702 | 62.5% | 70.0% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 2,178 | 7.1% | 4,019 | 9.4% | 84.5% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 12,886 | 41.9% | 12,006 | 28.1% | -6.8% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 15,706 | 51.0% | 26,702 | 62.5% | 70.0% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 15,706 | 51.0% | 26,702 | 62.5% | 70.0% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 6,221 | 20.2% | 13,160 | 30.8% | 111.5% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 5,490 | 17.8% | 11,529 | 27.0% | 110.0% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 731 | 2.4% | 1,631 | 3.8% | 123.1% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 9,485 | 30.8% | 13,542 | 31.7% | 42.8% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 7,668 | 17.9% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 2,178 | 7.1% | 4,019 | 9.4% | 84.5% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 2,114 | 6.9% | 3,884 | 9.1% | 83.7% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 64 | 0.2% | 135 | 0.3% | 110.9% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 12,886 | 41.9% | 12,006 | 28.1% | -6.8% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 3,597 | 11.7% | 3,232 | 7.6% | -10.1% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 2,156 | 7.0% | 1,681 | 3.9% | -22.0% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,471 | 4.8% | 1,722 | 4.0% | 17.1% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 2,295 | 7.5% | 2,065 | 4.8% | -10.0% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,651 | 5.4% | 1,676 | 3.9% | 1.5% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 625 | 2.0% | 540 | 1.3% | -13.6% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 1,091 | 3.5% | 1,090 | 2.6% | -0.1% | |||
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.