Nonprofit organizations by 501(c) subsection U.S. FY 2022

In 2022, 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 1.49 million, while social welfare groups accounted for nearly 75,000 of the total sum of tax-exempt organizations that year.

Number of nonprofit organizations in the United States in Fiscal Year 2022, by 501(c) subsection

Characteristic	501(c) organizations
501(c)(3) Religious, charitable, and similar organizations	1,480,565
501(c)(4) Social welfare organizations	74,735
501(c)(6) Business leagues	60,580
501(c)(7) Social and recreation clubs	47,837
501(c)(5) Labor and agriculture organizations	44,566
501(c)(8) Fraternal beneficiary societies	38,907
501(c)(19) Veterans’ organizations	26,614
501(c)(10) Domestic fraternal beneficiary societies	15,069
501(c)(13) Cemetery companies	9,503
501(c)(9) Voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations	5,712
501(c)(12) Benevolent life insurance associations	5,380
501(c)(2) Title-holding corporations	4,278
501(c)(14) State-chartered credit unions	1,532
501(c)(1) Corporations organized under an Act of Congress	698
501(c)(15) Mutual insurance companies	630
501(c)(25) Holding companies for pensions and other entities	576
501(c)(17) Supplemental unemployment compensation trusts	90
Other 501(c) subsections*	60

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February 2024

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United States

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FY 2022

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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