Which organizations qualify for the Charity DNA directory?

Every organization listed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as tax-exempt is included in the CharityCheck directory.

We obtain the IRS list by going to its online Exempt Organizations Business Master File Extract.

Churches and government units generally do not file with the IRS (not being required to do so). Unless they have filed, they are not included in the IRS list. Government units include states, counties, cities and towns and their agencies.

Numbers of nonprofits on the IRS list — recent history

IRS released list

Number of nonprofits listed

Change

2014 September 08

1,459,813

2014 October  17

1,480,141

Added 20,328

2014 November 101,489,164

Added 9,023

2014 December 081,497,172

Added 8,008

2015 February 091,510,115

Added 12,943

2015 March 101,508,150

Dropped 1,965

2015 April 161,523,959

Added 15,809

2015 May 111,532,722

Added 8,763

2015 June 081,538,881

Added 6,159

2015 July 131,545,625

Added 6,744

2015 August 101,535,234

Dropped 10,391

2015 September 141,540,945

Added 5,711

2015 October 121,548,033

Added 7,088

2015 November 091,552,319

Added 4,286

2015 December 141,551,677

Dropped 642

2016 JanuaryNo IRS Update

N/A

2016 February 081,564,696

Added 17,019

2016 March 141,570,948

Added 6,252

2016 April 111,574,146

Added 3,198

2016 May 091,580,059

Added 5,913

2016 June 131,586,679

Added 6,620

2016 July 111,593,522

Added 6,843

2016 August 081,584,587

Dropped 8,935

2016 September 121,591,667

Added 7,080

2016 October 101,599,249

Added 7,582

2016 November 141,604,599

Added 5,350

2016 December 051,609,600

Added 5,001

2017 JanuaryNo IRS Update

N/A

2017 February 131,617,742

Added 8,142

2017 March 131,620,085

Added 2,343

2017 April 171,628,234

Added 8,149

2017 May 091,634,005

Added 5,771

2017 June 141,639,508

Added 5,503

2017 July 111,648,368

Added 8,860

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