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Number of nonprofit organizations in the United States in fiscal year 2024, by 501(c) subsection

Characteristic	501(c) organizations
501(c)(3) Religious, charitable, and similar organizations	1,548,798
501(c)(4) Social welfare organizations	71,178
501(c)(6) Business leagues	58,627
501(c)(7) Social and recreation clubs	46,441
501(c)(5) Labor and agriculture organizations	43,969
501(c)(8) Fraternal beneficiary societies	36,266
501(c)(19) Veterans’ organizations	25,359
501(c)(10) Domestic fraternal beneficiary societies	14,936
501(c)(13) Cemetery companies	9,563
501(c)(9) Voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations	5,497
501(c)(12) Benevolent life insurance associations	5,365
501(c)(2) Title-holding corporations	4,098
501(c)(14) State-chartered credit unions	1,462
501(c)(1) Corporations organized under an Act of Congress	705
501(c)(15) Mutual insurance companies	599
501(c)(25) Holding companies for pensions and other entities	532
501(c)(17) Supplemental unemployment compensation trusts	84
Other 501(c) subsections*	59

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May 2025

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FY 2024

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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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In 2024, 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 1.54 million, while social welfare groups accounted for nearly 71,000 of the total sum of tax-exempt organizations that year.