Nonprofit organizations by 501(c) subsection U.S. FY 2023

In 2023, the majority of nonprofit organizations in the U.S. were registered with the IRS under the 501(c)(3) tax exemption code. Organizations qualified for 501(c)(3) status include religious, charitable, and similar organizations. That year, the total number 501(c)(3) organizations alone reached 1.51 million, while social welfare groups accounted for nearly 73,000 of the total sum of tax-exempt organizations that year.

Number of nonprofit organizations in the United States in Fiscal Year 2023, by 501(c) subsection

Characteristic	501(c) organizations
501(c)(3) Religious, charitable, and similar organizations	1,514,558
501(c)(4) Social welfare organizations	73,467
501(c)(6) Business leagues	59,764
501(c)(7) Social and recreation clubs	47,327
501(c)(5) Labor and agriculture organizations	44,478
501(c)(8) Fraternal beneficiary societies	37,755
501(c)(19) Veterans’ organizations	26,913
501(c)(10) Domestic fraternal beneficiary societies	15,033
501(c)(13) Cemetery companies	9,535
501(c)(9) Voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations	5,597
501(c)(12) Benevolent life insurance associations	5,378
501(c)(2) Title-holding corporations	4,181
501(c)(14) State-chartered credit unions	1,497
501(c)(1) Corporations organized under an Act of Congress	705
501(c)(15) Mutual insurance companies	622
501(c)(25) Holding companies for pensions and other entities	548
501(c)(17) Supplemental unemployment compensation trusts	88
Other 501(c) subsections*	55

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August 2024

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United States

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FY 2023

Supplementary notes

Organizations gain 501(c) status by applying for and receiving tax-exempt status, after which they are sorted into different 501(c) categories depending on the IRS tax exempt codes they are registered under.

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