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NCCS Data Web: NCCS Core Files

Parameters

• Annual files of organizations filing IRS Forms 990
• Standard methodology: 1989-2004
• Public charities, private foundations, and non-501(c)(3) organizations
• 303,000 in 2004
• 100+ variables
• Major financial variables, most types of rev., key expense detail

Core Trend Files (Subset of Core Files)

• “Long and narrow” compilation of small subset of key financial variables from 1989 through latest Core file.
• Available for public charities or private foundations.
• Update for 2004 should be available soon.
• We can also create custom “wide” datasets with imputed values for missing years.

Limitations

• 100 out of 400 or so possible variables
• No government grants!
• Most revenue vars, but weak detail in almost all other sections
• Missing returns: 1990, 1992…
• No “zero filers” (those reporting <$25k in gross receipts)

 

Click on the NCCS Data Web heading to access the database
through the Libraries' Databases list.

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