This statistic displays the number of reporting public charities in the United States from 1998 to 2013. In 2012, about 286 thousand public charities were registered at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and were required to report to the IRS.
Number of reporting public charities in the U.S. from 1998 to 2013
Data for previous years can be found here.
Reporting public charities include only organizations that both reported (filed IRS Forms 990) and were required to do so. The following were excluded: foreign organizations, government-associated organizations, and organizations without state identifiers.
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Urban Institute. (October 27, 2015). Number of reporting public charities in the U.S. from 1998 to 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/189267/number-of-reporting-public-charities-in-the-united-states-since-1998/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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