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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Pennsylvania, 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 | 53,890 | 100.0% | 67,047 | 100.0% | 24.4% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 24,716 | 45.9% | 39,184 | 58.4% | 58.5% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 3,607 | 6.7% | 5,183 | 7.7% | 43.7% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 25,567 | 47.4% | 22,680 | 33.8% | -11.3% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 24,716 | 45.9% | 39,184 | 58.4% | 58.5% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 24,716 | 45.9% | 39,184 | 58.4% | 58.5% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 11,460 | 21.3% | 21,379 | 31.9% | 86.6% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 10,115 | 18.8% | 19,145 | 28.6% | 89.3% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 1,345 | 2.5% | 2,234 | 3.3% | 66.1% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 13,256 | 24.6% | 17,805 | 26.6% | 34.3% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 17,497 | 26.1% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 3,607 | 6.7% | 5,183 | 7.7% | 43.7% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 3,467 | 6.4% | 4,988 | 7.4% | 43.9% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 140 | 0.3% | 195 | 0.3% | 39.3% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 25,567 | 47.4% | 22,680 | 33.8% | -11.3% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 6,348 | 11.8% | 5,626 | 8.4% | -11.4% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 6,236 | 11.6% | 4,398 | 6.6% | -29.5% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 2,491 | 4.6% | 2,497 | 3.7% | 0.2% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 3,438 | 6.4% | 2,844 | 4.2% | -17.3% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 3,500 | 6.5% | 3,386 | 5.1% | -3.3% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 1,423 | 2.6% | 1,313 | 2.0% | -7.7% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 2,131 | 4.0% | 2,616 | 3.9% | 22.8% | |||
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.