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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in the United States, 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 | 1,158,031 | 100.0% | 1,536,134 | 100.0% | 32.7% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 596,160 | 51.5% | 974,337 | 63.4% | 63.4% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 70,480 | 6.1% | 115,340 | 7.5% | 63.6% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 491,391 | 42.4% | 446,457 | 29.1% | -9.1% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 596,160 | 51.5% | 974,337 | 63.4% | 63.4% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 596,160 | 51.5% | 974,337 | 63.4% | 63.4% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 231,625 | 20.0% | 483,779 | 31.5% | 108.9% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 201,175 | 17.4% | 426,033 | 27.7% | 111.8% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 30,450 | 2.6% | 57,746 | 3.8% | 89.6% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 364,535 | 31.5% | 490,558 | 31.9% | 34.6% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 385,874 | 25.1% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 70,480 | 6.1% | 115,340 | 7.5% | 63.6% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 67,625 | 5.8% | 110,099 | 7.2% | 62.8% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 2,855 | 0.2% | 5,241 | 0.3% | 83.6% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 491,391 | 42.4% | 446,457 | 29.1% | -9.1% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 125,504 | 10.8% | 110,924 | 7.2% | -11.6% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 103,065 | 8.9% | 78,109 | 5.1% | -24.2% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 69,734 | 6.0% | 71,887 | 4.7% | 3.1% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 61,444 | 5.3% | 55,629 | 3.6% | -9.5% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 56,452 | 4.9% | 55,838 | 3.6% | -1.1% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 34,272 | 3.0% | 32,592 | 2.1% | -4.9% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 40,920 | 3.5% | 41,478 | 2.7% | 1.4% | |||
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.