November 1, 2001
More than 800,000 Organizations Hold Charity Status, IRS Says
More than 800,000 charities and private foundations were registered with the Internal Revenue Service as of September 30, 2000, according to figures just released by the tax agency.
The number of groups classified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code rose by 45,074, or 5.8 percent, from 1999 to 2000, according to the revenue service.
In 2000, 819,008 organizations, including 80,420 private foundations, were registered with the federal government, compared with
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