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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in South Carolina, 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 | 13,628 | 100.0% | 21,357 | 100.0% | 56.7% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 7,673 | 56.3% | 15,318 | 71.7% | 99.6% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 461 | 3.4% | 876 | 4.1% | 90.0% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 5,494 | 40.3% | 5,163 | 24.2% | -6.0% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 7,673 | 56.3% | 15,318 | 71.7% | 99.6% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 7,673 | 56.3% | 15,318 | 71.7% | 99.6% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 2,430 | 17.8% | 5,708 | 26.7% | 134.9% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 2,110 | 15.5% | 5,062 | 23.7% | 139.9% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 320 | 2.3% | 646 | 3.0% | 101.9% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 5,243 | 38.5% | 9,610 | 45.0% | 83.3% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 9,904 | 46.4% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 461 | 3.4% | 876 | 4.1% | 90.0% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 449 | 3.3% | 842 | 3.9% | 87.5% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 12 | 0.1% | 34 | 0.2% | 183.3% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 5,494 | 40.3% | 5,163 | 24.2% | -6.0% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 1,494 | 11.0% | 1,419 | 6.6% | -5.0% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 1,210 | 8.9% | 1,194 | 5.6% | -1.3% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 820 | 6.0% | 823 | 3.9% | 0.4% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 415 | 3.0% | 344 | 1.6% | -17.1% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 725 | 5.3% | 748 | 3.5% | 3.2% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 381 | 2.8% | 342 | 1.6% | -10.2% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 449 | 3.3% | 293 | 1.4% | -34.7% | |||
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.