CHARITIES AND OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
RJM Advisors LLC collects statistics from recent studies and reports on charitable giving in the U.S. Please refer to the footnotes for original sources.
Nonprofit Organizations
Public charities are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Other tax-exempt organizations covered in this section include those exempt under Sections 501(c)(4) through 501(c)(9). Descriptions of these organizations are below:
501(c)(3): Religious, educational, charitable, scientific, or literary organizations; testing for public safety organizations. Also, organizations preventing cruelty to children or animals, or fostering national or international amateur sports competition
501(c)(4): Civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and local associations of employees
501(c)(5): Labor, agriculture, and horticultural organizations
501(c)(6): Business leagues, chambers of commerce, and real estate boards
501(c)(7): Social and recreational clubs
501(c)(8): Fraternal beneficiary societies and associations
501(c)(9) Voluntary employee beneficiary associations
1Statista Research Department, June 2021
2Statista Research Department, Jan 2021
- In 2016, there were approximately 1.54 million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. that were registered with the IRS. 1
- The registered organizations had assets with a combined value of 5.79 trillion dollars in 2015.1
- Reported revenues amounted to 2.62 trillion U.S. dollars in 2016, while reported expenses were 2.48 trillion U.S. dollars in 2016. 1
- In 2016, there were about 1.08 million public charities registered at the Internal Revenue Service in the United States 2
- In 2016, the revenues of reporting public charities amounted to about 2.04 trillion U.S. dollars. 2
- In 2016, reporting public charities in the United States had assets worth about 3.79 trillion U.S. dollars. 2
- In 2016, public charities in the education subsector held assets with a value of about $1.14 trillion, hospitals and primary care facilities totaled $1.339 trillion, and health organizations totaled $1.643 trillion. 2
- In 2018, about 58 percent of nonprofit organizations in the arts sector reported an increase in charitable receipts as compared to 2017.
- In 2019, the average amount of one-time gift via email was $111 and average monthly donations to nonprofit organizations in the United States via e-mail in 2019 was $25. The average one-off donation to international organization was $52. 1
Public charities are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Other tax-exempt organizations covered in this section include those exempt under Sections 501(c)(4) through 501(c)(9). Descriptions of these organizations are below:
501(c)(3): Religious, educational, charitable, scientific, or literary organizations; testing for public safety organizations. Also, organizations preventing cruelty to children or animals, or fostering national or international amateur sports competition
501(c)(4): Civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and local associations of employees
501(c)(5): Labor, agriculture, and horticultural organizations
501(c)(6): Business leagues, chambers of commerce, and real estate boards
501(c)(7): Social and recreational clubs
501(c)(8): Fraternal beneficiary societies and associations
501(c)(9) Voluntary employee beneficiary associations
1Statista Research Department, June 2021
2Statista Research Department, Jan 2021
