National Center for Charitable Statistics -- NCCS

1. New WebTools from NCCSLinda Lampkin & Tom PollakCenter on Nonprofits and Philanthropyat the Urban InstituteARNOVA Annual ConferenceDenverNovember 2003

2. National Center for Charitable Statistics -- NCCS • Founded 1980; moved to Urban Institute in 1996 from Independent Sector • What we do: • Nonprofit data • Classification systems • Research • Work with IRS and other partners to develop and maintain high quality data on the nonprofit sector

3. NCCS Files • 140 different data files available • All tax exempt organizations -- Business Master Files from IRS • Based on IRS Forms 990 -- Core Files, GuideStar-NCCS Database, IRS Statistics of Income Samples • Others • Unified Database of Arts Organizations; Individual Taxpayer Charitable Giving Data; List of “501(h) electors”(those that report advocacy expenses under special IRS rules)

4. NCCS Data Goals • Produce cleaned, checked, organized datasets • Make them easy to access and use • Promote research and encourage use of data • Provide assistance to researchers

5. How to Achieve? • Simple way for researchers to access and acquire data • Use what you want, when you want, in the format you need • Serve range of research questions • “How many nonprofits are there?” • “What are the differences in sources of revenues among various types of nonprofits?”

6. Answer: The Web • Use technology to ease access for the simpler questions that are more frequently asked • Create web-based tool that will enable researchers to answer more complex questions and create their own datasets

7. At http//:nccs.urban.org • Available to all: • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) • Information on all databases (public charities, private foundations, other tax exempt orgs) • Current projects (research on administrative costs at www.coststudy.org; efforts to improve data quality at www.qual990.org and e-file Form 990 at www.form990.org)

8. New at nccs.urban.org • New tools for use of National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) • Key word search • Manual • Clusters of codes • Similar tools for Nonprofit Program & Beneficiary Classification System (NPC) to analyze nonprofit activities

9. Additional Web Resources • Links, IRS Forms and Instructions • Guide to NCCS Data and KnowledgeBase • Fact Sheets and Geographic Profiles of the Nonprofit Sector • The DataWeb

10. Fact Sheets • Answers to standard questions • How many nonprofits and where? • What are total revenues, expenses, assets? • By type of nonprofit (NTEE) • By size grouping (revenues, expenses, assets) • Aggregate tables, not individual records

11. Geographic Profiles • Geographic Distribution • By state, county • For public charities, private foundations, other tax exempt organizations • Aggregate tables, not individual records

15. For Those Who Need More • DataWeb • Find answers to more detailed inquiries • Use multiple data files • Download individual organizational records • DataWeb creator Tom Pollak will show you how!

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