Nonprofit statistics from IRS data

1,972,886 tax-exempt organizations. 50.4% file the 990-N, 25.6% file Form 990 or 990-EZ, and 1,064,376 have had their exemption automatically revoked.

When the accounting year ends

Each annual return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after the year end.

Year ends in	Return due	Organizations
January	June 15	14,857
February	July 15	14,538
March	August 15	30,496
April	September 15	23,762
May	October 15	37,042
June	November 15	277,533
July	December 15	31,149
August	January 15	47,731
September	February 15	60,967
October	March 15	13,951
November	April 15	9,462
December	May 15	1,380,461

Automatic revocations posted per month

Organizations that went three years without a required return, by the month the IRS posted the revocation.

Month	Revoked	Since reinstated
2023-10	859	246
2023-11	1,161	165
2023-12	372	71
2024-01	91	59
2024-02	2,586	426
2024-03	8,566	1,344
2024-04	2,055	295
2024-05	2,170	312
2024-06	734	123
2024-07	818	198
2024-08	46,607	5,014
2024-09	981	137
2024-10	654	108
2024-11	974	150
2024-12	51	30
2025-02	3,146	493
2025-03	6,455	695
2025-04	1,486	152
2025-05	1,909	184
2025-06	886	137
2025-07	661	135
2025-08	40,454	2,678
2025-09	1,033	129
2025-10	64	25
2025-11	1,693	170
2025-12	1,048	84
2026-01	118	61
2026-02	2,320	227
2026-03	5,318	423
2026-04	1,077	92
2026-05	1,452	94
2026-06	773	57
2026-07	687	57
2026-08	38,839	111
2026-09	1,198	66
2026-10	465	0

Latest 990-N on file, by tax year

The IRS file holds each organization's latest e-Postcard only, so older years count only organizations that have not filed since.

Tax year	Organizations
2015	35,263
2016	40,843
2017	42,411
2018	45,802
2019	47,675
2020	56,345
2021	57,659
2022	57,776
2023	87,759
2024	227,111
2025	605,836

By category

Category (NTEE)	Organizations	File the 990-N	Median revenue*
Religion-related	204,475	25.1%	$124,600
Education	184,092	62.3%	$167,242
Human services	154,027	64.5%	$255,294
Arts, culture and humanities	117,740	66.7%	$145,654
Recreation and sports	111,993	70.5%	$120,758
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations	104,458	26.2%	$82,198
Community improvement and capacity building	70,526	63.7%	$171,169
Youth development	57,988	76.6%	$148,332
Health care	45,811	50.1%	$676,843
Animal-related	41,486	67.3%	$139,242
Public and societal benefit	33,914	75.1%	$118,686
Housing and shelter	30,802	44.7%	$349,912
Environment	28,435	64.1%	$208,128
Mental health and crisis intervention	27,558	63.0%	$300,237
Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief	22,132	59.6%	$153,132
International, foreign affairs and national security	21,180	55.8%	$195,852
Food, agriculture and nutrition	20,393	65.4%	$182,638
Mutual and membership benefit	15,759	67.2%	$171,108
Crime and legal-related	15,048	60.7%	$278,318
Employment	14,735	59.8%	$386,802
Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines	14,053	61.9%	$178,359
Civil rights, social action and advocacy	11,260	63.1%	$284,100
Unknown	7,876	51.6%	$171,188
Science and technology	6,820	64.6%	$226,142
Medical research	6,257	54.0%	$158,151
Social science	1,823	58.7%	$310,926

* Of organizations that filed Form 990, 990-EZ or 990-PF (IRS Statistics of Income extracts).

By state

State	Tax-exempt	File the 990-N	Revoked
California	204,468	47.6%	121,865
Texas	155,715	52.7%	83,177
New York	124,776	42.7%	62,730
Florida	114,907	50.3%	63,707
Pennsylvania	81,751	46.4%	37,939
Ohio	77,393	52.1%	39,400
Illinois	74,757	48.9%	45,437
Georgia	62,910	54.5%	37,633
North Carolina	59,506	53.5%	31,853
Michigan	56,854	52.0%	32,636
Virginia	54,465	53.3%	27,402
New Jersey	53,799	48.9%	29,695
Indiana	44,567	51.1%	22,163
Missouri	44,247	48.1%	22,936
Massachusetts	44,061	45.2%	24,337
Maryland	43,840	51.1%	24,500
Washington	42,876	50.6%	24,506
Minnesota	40,188	48.7%	17,749
Wisconsin	39,293	53.4%	17,327
Tennessee	39,254	56.6%	19,641
Colorado	36,518	48.8%	19,747
South Carolina	32,595	51.5%	14,592
Arizona	31,755	53.5%	17,810
Iowa	30,195	61.6%	10,440
Oregon	26,950	50.4%	13,725
Alabama	26,427	53.9%	15,272
Louisiana	24,135	53.5%	17,278
Connecticut	23,675	48.2%	11,609
Kentucky	22,861	52.5%	12,955
Oklahoma	22,481	51.2%	13,654
Kansas	18,478	48.6%	9,780
Arkansas	16,381	53.6%	10,380
Mississippi	15,966	58.5%	9,864
Nebraska	14,789	53.8%	5,970
District of Columbia	14,235	42.3%	11,495
Nevada	13,621	55.4%	8,520
Utah	13,176	55.9%	7,595
Montana	12,350	52.7%	4,736
West Virginia	11,710	53.7%	7,338
New Mexico	11,348	48.3%	7,356
Idaho	10,542	54.6%	5,754
Delaware	10,527	41.9%	4,020
Maine	10,302	53.0%	5,137
Hawaii	9,648	49.7%	5,671
New Hampshire	9,545	50.8%	4,165
South Dakota	7,403	51.1%	3,347
North Dakota	6,768	48.3%	2,862
Rhode Island	6,649	47.7%	3,569
Vermont	6,588	52.1%	3,128
Wyoming	6,114	56.2%	2,876
Alaska	5,855	45.3%	3,206
Puerto Rico	2,580	42.0%	2,465
U.S. Virgin Islands	567	51.0%	532
Guam	150	38.0%	179
Northern Mariana Islands	106	38.7%	75
American Samoa	85	63.5%	98