Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Annual Extract of Tax-Exempt Organization Financial Data

Nonprofit Data Is Here — See Who's Working in Your Community Today

Nonprofit financial data runs about three years behind. That makes a simple question hard to answer: which nonprofits are working in my community right now?

New data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now available in mySidewalk. A new calendar year count of every registered nonprofit, nearly 2 million nationwide, shows who's working on the issues you care about today, by activity type and organization age. Alongside it, Tax Year 2022 financials join 2020 and 2021, so you can see how the sector's revenue and spending have changed.

What's new

A calendar year count of every registered nonprofit, from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File:

Total nonprofit organizations — every organization registered with the IRS, including small organizations that file the 990-N postcard and churches that aren't required to file
Nonprofits by activity type — food, housing, youth, and more
Average organization age — overall and by activity type

Tax Year 2022 financials, covering the $3.6 trillion in revenue reported by the nonprofits that filed that year:

Revenue and sources of revenue — contributions, government support, and other income
Expenses and uses of funds — grants and benefits, payroll, and administrative costs
Assets and liabilities
Employees and executive compensation
Grant-to-expense ratio
Breakouts by filing type (Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF) and by activity type

Understanding the two kinds of nonprofit data

Questions about money go to the Tax Year data. Questions about how many, how old, and what kind go to the calendar year data.

The IRS gives organizations up to three years to file, so Tax Year 2022 is the most recent complete year. The calendar year count doesn't wait on filings, and it covers a much bigger group: nearly 2 million registered organizations, compared with about 590,000 that filed returns for 2022. That difference isn't growth. The calendar year count is a snapshot that's replaced with each update, so it doesn't trend over time.

Where you can use it

This data is available at the nation, state, county, place, county subdivision, tract, ZIP code (ZCTA), metropolitan and micropolitan (CBSA), MPO, unified school district, congressional district, and state legislative district levels. It can't be apportioned to custom geographies.

Values are reported where each organization is located, not where its money is spent.

Put it to work with Sidekick

Ask Sidekick about your community — the same way you'd ask a colleague:

Give me a profile of the nonprofit sector in [your county]. What stands out?
How has total nonprofit revenue in [your county] changed from 2020 to 2022?
What share of nonprofit revenue in [your county] comes from contributions, government support, and other income?
How does the number of nonprofits per resident in [your county] compare with other counties in the state?
How many food, housing, and youth nonprofits are registered in [your county] today?
Where are food-focused nonprofits thin relative to need in [your county]? Compare them with food insecurity and poverty for our community needs assessment.
Write a one-page summary of the nonprofit landscape in [your county] for our funders and partners.

Whether you're writing a state of the sector report, mapping gaps in local services, or showing funders the work already underway, the data is ready when you are.

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