The Data Web: New Tools from NCCS Linda Lampkin and Tom Pollak Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute

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The Data Web New Tools from NCCS Linda
Lampkin and Tom PollakCenter on Nonprofits and
Philanthropyat the Urban Institute

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National Center for Charitable Statistics

• Founded 1980, moved to Urban Institute in 1996
  from Independent Sector
• What we do
• Nonprofit Data (quality and quantity)
• Classification systems
• Research
• Partners with IRS, GuideStar, state charity
  officials, and others to develop and maintain
  high quality data

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Datasets Available

• IRS Business Master Files
• NCCS Core Files, based on Form 990
• GuideStar-NCCS Nonprofit Org Database, based on
  Form 990
• IRS Statistics of Income Samples
• Unified Database of Arts Organizations
• Other Files...

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IRS Business Master File

• All organizations registered as tax exempt with
  IRS
• 1.4 million (Jan. 06)
• Files available for 1989, 1995-2006
• Basic descriptive information

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NCCS Core Files

• Annual files of organizations filing IRS Forms
  990
• Public charities, private foundations, and
  non-501(c)(3) organizations
• 289,000 in 2003
• 100 variables
• Major financial variables, most types of rev.

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GuideStar-NCCS Nonprofit Organizations Database

• All 501(c)(3) public charities filing 990s
• FY 1998 2003
• 400 variables

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IRS Statistics of Income Samples

• Annual files of organizations filing IRS Forms
  990 -- 1982-2002
• Public charities, private foundations, and
  non-501(c)(3) organizations
• 16,000 organizations in 2002 public charity
  sample (990 filers plus 500 EZ filers)
• 400 variables

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Other Files

• Itemized household giving by zipcode, 1997
• 501(h) electors Organizations that report
  their advocacy expenses under special IRS rules
• 1992 program descriptions from IRS 990 Parts III
  VIII

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NCCS Resources for Researchershttp//nccs.urban.
org

• Researchers Guide to NCCS Data
• Database file descriptions
• KnowledgeBase, FAQs
• Table Wizards, fact sheets and state profiles
• The DataWeb
• Classification Tools

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Classification Tools

• NTEE organization-level classification
• National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities
• Nonprofit Program Classification (NPC)
• 1 mil. programs
• Online search by keyword http//nccsdataweb.urban
  .org/PubApps/nteeSearch.php

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Getting Started

• Become a registered user at http//nccs.urban.org
  or email nccs_at_ui.urban.org
• One-Minute Tours on the Data Web
• Guide to Using NCCS Data