Social Capital – 501c3 organizations
This indicator reports the rate of social services organizations with 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status per 100,000 total population. Data are obtained from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Exempt Organizations Business Master File.
Source
Source Description
The Exempt Organization Business Master File Extract (EO BMF) is an address-level database containing information about all exempt organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Exempt organization information is extracted monthly from the Internal Revenue Service’s Business Master File. This is a cumulative file, and the data are the most recent information the IRS has for these organizations. For more information, please visit the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File web page.
Methodology
This indicator reports the rate of exempt 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) charitable organizations per 100,000 total population. The number of organizations in each geographic area was acquired through analysis of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Exempt Organizations Business Master File Extract (EO BMF).
The Exempt Organization Business Master File Extract (EO BMF) includes cumulative information on exempt organizations. The data are extracted monthly and made available for download. Data from the file utilized in the analysis include address, filing subsection, activity codes, and National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) codes. Only organizations that indicate an IRS filing subsection of 3 or 4, indicating the organization is a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) charitable organization, are included in this analysis. Population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 Decennial Census. Rates are calculated by the University of Missouri Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES) and reported per 100,000 total population.
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