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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
All Nonprofit Organizations0 NA 0 NA NA
501(c)(3) Public Charities0 NA 0 NA NA
501(c)(3) Private Foundations0 NA 0 NA NA
Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations0 NA 0 NA NA
Small community groups and partnerships, etc.UnknownNAUnknownNANA
501(c)(3) Public Charities0 NA 0 NA NA
501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the IRS
(including registered congregations)
0 NA 0 NA NA
Reporting Public Charities0 NA 0 NA NA
Operating Public Charities0 NA 0 NA NA
Supporting Public Charities0 NA 0 NA NA
Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts0 NA 0 NA NA
Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)*- NA 0 NA NA
501(c)(3) Private Foundations0 NA 0 NA NA
Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations0 NA 0 NA NA
Private Operating Foundations0 NA 0 NA NA
Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations0 NA 0 NA NA
Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc.0 NA 0 NA NA
Fraternal beneficiary societies0 NA 0 NA NA
Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc.0 NA 0 NA NA
Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs0 NA 0 NA NA
Social and recreational clubs0 NA 0 NA NA
Post or organization of war veterans0 NA 0 NA NA
All Other Nonprofit Organizations0 NA 0 NA NA

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.