U.S. Tax-Exempt Organization Financial Data Extract

Annual IRS extract of Form 990 financial data for tax-exempt organizations, excluding private foundations. The dataset is produced by the Department of the Treasury for public release. Specific row and column counts are not provided in the input.

Use Cases

• Analyze grant and contribution patterns reported on Form 990 across nonprofit categories.
• Study financial item distributions from the IRS Master File for tax-exempt organizations.
• Investigate the relationship between reported financial data and charitable activity classifications.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative IRS Master File, ensuring a direct link to official tax records.
• The dataset is updated annually, with a last recorded update in August 2024.
• Covers a broad segment of U.S. tax-exempt organizations, as indicated by tags like Nonprofit and Charitable.

Limitations

• The dataset is an extract of select items, not the complete Form 990, limiting analytical scope.
• Data is provided only in HTML format, which is not ideal for structured analysis without significant parsing.
• Key metadata like row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable for assessing scale and structure.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Treasury / Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Collection Method

Annual extract of select financial data items from Form 990 captured on the IRS Master File.

Time Range

Annual coverage; specific years not stated.

Freshness

Annual updates; last updated 2024-08-22.

Geography

United States (implied by IRS jurisdiction).