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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Washington, 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 | 27,684 | 100.0% | 35,460 | 100.0% | 28.1% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 14,794 | 53.4% | 23,190 | 65.4% | 56.8% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,255 | 4.5% | 2,132 | 6.0% | 69.9% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 11,635 | 42.0% | 10,138 | 28.6% | -12.9% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 14,794 | 53.4% | 23,190 | 65.4% | 56.8% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 14,794 | 53.4% | 23,190 | 65.4% | 56.8% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 5,579 | 20.2% | 12,307 | 34.7% | 120.6% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 4,928 | 17.8% | 10,921 | 30.8% | 121.6% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 651 | 2.4% | 1,386 | 3.9% | 112.9% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 9,215 | 33.3% | 10,883 | 30.7% | 18.1% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 6,128 | 17.3% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,255 | 4.5% | 2,132 | 6.0% | 69.9% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 1,192 | 4.3% | 2,021 | 5.7% | 69.5% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 63 | 0.2% | 111 | 0.3% | 76.2% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 11,635 | 42.0% | 10,138 | 28.6% | -12.9% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 3,006 | 10.9% | 2,516 | 7.1% | -16.3% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 2,494 | 9.0% | 1,719 | 4.8% | -31.1% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,560 | 5.6% | 1,562 | 4.4% | 0.1% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 1,555 | 5.6% | 1,484 | 4.2% | -4.6% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,427 | 5.2% | 1,311 | 3.7% | -8.1% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 571 | 2.1% | 524 | 1.5% | -8.2% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 1,022 | 3.7% | 1,022 | 2.9% | 0.0% | |||
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.