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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Rhode Island, 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 | 5,241 | 100.0% | 7,299 | 100.0% | 39.3% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 2,577 | 49.2% | 3,844 | 52.7% | 49.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 746 | 14.2% | 1,184 | 16.2% | 58.7% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 1,918 | 36.6% | 2,271 | 31.1% | 18.4% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 2,577 | 49.2% | 3,844 | 52.7% | 49.2% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 2,577 | 49.2% | 3,844 | 52.7% | 49.2% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 1,364 | 26.0% | 2,504 | 34.3% | 83.6% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 1,037 | 19.8% | 1,965 | 26.9% | 89.5% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 327 | 6.2% | 539 | 7.4% | 64.8% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 1,213 | 23.1% | 1,340 | 18.4% | 10.5% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 718 | 9.8% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 746 | 14.2% | 1,184 | 16.2% | 58.7% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 728 | 13.9% | 1,163 | 15.9% | 59.8% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 18 | 0.3% | 21 | 0.3% | 16.7% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 1,918 | 36.6% | 2,271 | 31.1% | 18.4% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 341 | 6.5% | 320 | 4.4% | -6.2% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 402 | 7.7% | 291 | 4.0% | -27.6% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 261 | 5.0% | 295 | 4.0% | 13.0% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 311 | 5.9% | 304 | 4.2% | -2.3% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 273 | 5.2% | 267 | 3.7% | -2.2% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 126 | 2.4% | 109 | 1.5% | -13.5% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 204 | 3.9% | 685 | 9.4% | 235.8% | |||
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.