NCCS - Number of Public Charities in the United States 2010
Number of Public Charities in the United States, 2010
NTEE Code | Description | Number | Number Filing With IRS | Total Revenue | Total Assets |
| A |
Arts, Culture, and Humanities | 101,946 |
63,248 |
30,516,604,376 |
95,771,914,531 |
| B |
Education | 157,246 |
95,647 |
253,984,623,793 |
861,112,830,877 |
| C |
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification | 29,415 |
13,736 |
8,071,585,901 |
20,673,042,288 |
| D |
Animal-Related | 18,190 |
11,215 |
5,425,543,161 |
12,003,747,389 |
| E |
Health | 38,222 |
27,918 |
753,870,927,494 |
926,199,704,589 |
| F |
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention | 16,993 |
10,939 |
27,277,744,279 |
21,273,637,284 |
| G |
Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines | 21,634 |
12,506 |
14,166,172,063 |
19,655,252,416 |
| H |
Medical Research | 3,898 |
2,653 |
7,920,436,082 |
31,658,731,279 |
| I |
Crime, Legal Related | 14,411 |
8,550 |
6,654,132,770 |
6,087,649,310 |
| J |
Employment, Job Related | 7,419 |
4,853 |
13,008,127,042 |
10,384,384,441 |
| K |
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition | 7,521 |
4,869 |
6,776,076,501 |
3,936,986,484 |
| L |
Housing, Shelter | 27,361 |
19,475 |
20,241,831,786 |
66,779,146,346 |
| M |
Public Safety | 14,404 |
8,257 |
1,936,401,591 |
4,639,775,889 |
| N |
Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics | 88,933 |
51,534 |
11,293,173,797 |
15,488,564,927 |
| O |
Youth Development | 22,317 |
12,138 |
6,436,548,700 |
12,298,469,182 |
| P |
Human Services - Multipurpose and Other | 89,202 |
54,521 |
111,474,063,975 |
148,854,131,902 |
| Q |
International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security | 15,829 |
9,567 |
31,339,867,808 |
30,279,297,808 |
| R |
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy | 5,971 |
3,181 |
2,065,227,128 |
2,450,475,842 |
| S |
Community Improvement, Capacity Building | 46,155 |
25,458 |
15,831,300,185 |
43,413,598,431 |
| T |
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations | 30,142 |
19,602 |
25,182,198,986 |
113,197,001,513 |
| U |
Science and Technology Research Institutes, Services | 6,326 |
3,771 |
18,084,690,909 |
19,428,341,533 |
| V |
Social Science Research Institutes, Services | 2,357 |
1,177 |
2,276,370,656 |
3,741,988,729 |
| W |
Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other | 18,780 |
9,728 |
8,990,693,864 |
33,747,367,450 |
| X |
Religion Related, Spiritual Development | 219,223 |
31,365 |
11,372,762,991 |
24,922,667,361 |
| Z |
Unknown | 10,991 |
1,700 |
348,540,050 |
680,571,169 |
Total | | 1,014,886 | 507,608 | 1,394,545,645,888 | 2,528,679,278,970 |
Note: Excludes out-of-scope and approximately 900 so-called "mutual benefit" public charities.
Source: IRS Business Master File 04/2010 (with modifications by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute) |