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Number of Nonprofit Organizations in Wisconsin, 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 | 27,731 | 100.0% | 34,855 | 100.0% | 25.7% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 12,324 | 44.4% | 20,210 | 58.0% | 64.0% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,523 | 5.5% | 2,612 | 7.5% | 71.5% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 13,884 | 50.1% | 12,033 | 34.5% | -13.3% | |||
| Small community groups and partnerships, etc. | Unknown | NA | Unknown | NA | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities | 12,324 | 44.4% | 20,210 | 58.0% | 64.0% | |||
| 501(c)(3) Public Charities Registered with the
IRS (including registered congregations) | 12,324 | 44.4% | 20,210 | 58.0% | 64.0% | |||
| Reporting Public Charities | 4,953 | 17.9% | 11,276 | 32.4% | 127.7% | |||
| Operating Public Charities | 4,275 | 15.4% | 9,575 | 27.5% | 124.0% | |||
| Supporting Public Charities | 678 | 2.4% | 1,701 | 4.9% | 150.9% | |||
| Non-Reporting, or with less than $25,000 in Gross Receipts | 7,371 | 26.6% | 8,934 | 25.6% | 21.2% | |||
| Congregations (about half are registered with IRS)* | - | 0.0% | 6,762 | 19.4% | NA | |||
| 501(c)(3) Private Foundations | 1,523 | 5.5% | 2,612 | 7.5% | 71.5% | |||
| Private Grantmaking (Non-Operating) Foundations | 1,489 | 5.4% | 2,542 | 7.3% | 70.7% | |||
| Private Operating Foundations | 34 | 0.1% | 70 | 0.2% | 105.9% | |||
| Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations | 13,884 | 50.1% | 12,033 | 34.5% | -13.3% | |||
| Civic leagues, social welfare orgs, etc. | 3,128 | 11.3% | 2,841 | 8.2% | -9.2% | |||
| Fraternal beneficiary societies | 3,272 | 11.8% | 1,804 | 5.2% | -44.9% | |||
| Business leagues, chambers of commerce, etc. | 1,645 | 5.9% | 1,514 | 4.3% | -8.0% | |||
| Labor, agricultural, horticultural orgs | 1,973 | 7.1% | 2,190 | 6.3% | 11.0% | |||
| Social and recreational clubs | 1,061 | 3.8% | 1,091 | 3.1% | 2.8% | |||
| Post or organization of war veterans | 1,585 | 5.7% | 1,450 | 4.2% | -8.5% | |||
| All Other Nonprofit Organizations | 1,220 | 4.4% | 1,143 | 3.3% | -6.3% | |||
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.