Core 1991 PC

Number of variables	73
Number of records	155350

Field Name
Field Type

Description and Values

Basic Info

EIN
Character
(9)

Employer Identification Number
Employer identification number.

FisYr
Character
(4)

Fiscal Year
Fiscal year (ending year)

NAME
Character
(60)

Name of organization
Organization name.

STATE
Character
(2)

State
Two-letter state abbreviation.

NTEE1
Character
(2)

NTEE major group
NTEE major group (A-Z)

	Unknown
A	Arts, Culture, and Humanities
B	Education
C	Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification
D	Animal-Related
E	Health
F	Mental Health, Crisis Intervention
G	Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines
H	Medical Research
I	Crime, Legal Related
J	Employment, Job Related
K	Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition
L	Housing, Shelter
M	Public Safety
N	Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics
O	Youth Development
P	Human Services - Multipurpose and Other
Q	International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
R	Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
S	Community Improvement, Capacity Building
T	Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations
U	Science and Technology Research Institutes, Services
V	Social Science Research Institutes, Services
W	Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other
X	Religion Related, Spiritual Development
Y	Mutual/Membership Benefit Organizations, Other
Z	Unknown

NTEECC
Character
(4)

NTEECC primary purpose
NTEECC classification

ADDRESS
Character
(70)

Address
Address

CITY
Character
(22)

City
City

ZIP
Character
(10)

Zip code + 4
ZIP code.

ZIP5
Character
(5)

Zip code, 5 digits
First 5 digits of zip code

FIPS
Character
(5)

State + County FIPS code
2-digit State + 3-digit County FIPS code (Federal Information Processing Standard). See also U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts.

MSA_NECH
Character
(9)

Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area (NCCS file) (list)

PMSA
Character
(4)

Primary MSA
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area - the component areas that comprise a CMSA (76 PMSAs as of 1995). (list)

TAXPER
Character
(20)

Ending date for tax period
Ending date for tax period of financial data. Core files for 1997 on are in "yyyymm" format (199412=Dec. 1994). Earlier years use 2-digit year ("9412").

StYear
Character
(4)

Starting Year
Starting year (yyyy when fiscal year began, which is also the tax form year)

outnccs
Character
(3)

Out of Scope flag
Out-of-scope (IN/OUT) (see OUTREAS doc. for details)

OUTREAS
Character
(3)

Reason why out of scope
Reason why out of scope

	No value
4	4- Not a 501(c)(3)
F	F- Foreign organization
G	G- Government Entity
I	I- Coded out of scope by Independent Sector
N	N- Coded out of scope by NCCS (e.g. foreign address on Form 990)
S	S- Missing geographic information
T	T- U.S. Territory or armed forces overseas

Classification

SUBSECCD
Character
(3)

Subsection code
IRS subsection code (03=501(c)(3), etc.)

01	01- Corporations originated under Act of Congress, including Federal Credit Unions
02	02- Title holding corporation for a tax-exempt organization.
03	03- Religious, educational, charitable, scientific, and literary organizations...
04	04- Civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and local associations of employees
05	05- Labor, agricultural, horticultural organizations. These are eduactional or instruct. grps...
06	06- Business leagues, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, etc. formed to improve conditions...
07	07- Social and recreational clubs which provide pleasure, recreation, and social activities.
08	08- Fraternal beneficiary societies and associations, with lodges providing for payment of life...
09	09- Voluntary employees' beneficiary ass'ns (including fed. employees' voluntary beneficiary...
10	10- Domestic fraternal societies and assoc's-lodges devoting their net earnings to charitable...
11	11- Teachers retirement fund associations.
12	12- Benevolent life insurance associations, mutual ditch or irrigation companies, mutual or coop...
13	13- Cemetery companies, providing burial and incidental activities for members.
14	14- State-chartered credit unions, mutual reserve funds, offering loans to members...
15	15- Mutual insurance cos. ar associations, providing insurance to members substantially at cost...
16	16- Cooperative organizations to finance crop operations, in conjunction with activities ...
17	17- Supplemental unemployment benefit trusts, providing payments of suppl. unemployment comp...
18	18- Employee funded pension trusts, providing benefits under a pension plan funded by employees...
19	19- Post or organization of war veterans.
20	20- Trusts for prepaid group legal services, as part of a qual. group legal service plan or plans.
21	21- Black lung trusts, satisfying claims for compensation under Black Lung Acts.
22	22- Multiemployer Pension Plan
23	23- Veterans association formed prior to 1880
24	24-Trust described in Section 4049 of ERISA
25	25- Title Holding Company for Pensions, etc
26	26- State-Sponsored High Risk Health Insurance Organizations
27	27- State-Sponsored Workers Compensation Reinsurance
40	40- Apostolic and religious orgs. - 501(d)
50	50- Cooperative Hospital Service Organization - 501(e)
60	60- Cooperative Service Org. of Operating Educ. Org.- 501(f)
70	70- Child Care Organization - 501(k)
71	71- Charitable Risk Pool
80	80- Farmers' Cooperatives
81	81- Qualified State-Sponsored Tuition Program
82	82- 527 Political Organizations
90	90- 4947(a)(2) Split Interest Trust
91	91- 4947(a)(1) Public Charity (Files 990/990-EZ)
92	92- 4947(a)(1) Private Foundations
93	93- 1381(a)(2) Taxable Farmers Cooperative
CO	CO- Unspecified 501(c) Organization Other Than 501(c)(3)

ACTIV1
Character
(3)

IRS Activity Code 1
First activity code.

ACTIV2
Character
(3)

IRS Activity Code 2
Second activity code.

ACTIV3
Character
(3)

IRS Activity Code 3
Third activity code.

Part I: Revenue, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances

CONT
Numeric
(3)

Pub Support (contr. & Gvt.gts)
Total public support (Line 1d: sum of direct public support (1a), indirect public support (1b), and government contributions and grants (1c))

PROGREV
Numeric
(3)

Program service revenue
Program service revenue, line 2

DUES
Numeric
(3)

Dues
Membership dues and assessments, line 3. (Includes only portion of dues for which member directly benefits. "Dues" to public charities are often more accurately reported as Contributions.)

INVINC
Numeric
(3)

Total investment income
Total investment income (Sum of lines 4, 5, and 7)

RENTEXP
Numeric
(3)

Rental expenses
Rental expenses, line 6b

SECUR
Numeric
(3)

Sale of securities, gross sales
Gross amount from sale of securities, Column A - line 8a

SALESEXP
Numeric
(3)

Sale of securities, cost basis
Cost or other basis of securities and sales expenses, Column A - line 8b

DIREXP
Numeric
(3)

Special events, direct expense
Direct expenses other than fundraising for special events, line 9b

FUNDINC
Numeric
(3)

Special events, net income/loss
Net income/loss from special events, line 9c

GOODS
Numeric
(3)

Inventory sales, cost of goods sold
Cost of goods sold, line 10b

GRPROF
Numeric
(3)

Inventory sales, gross profit/loss
Gross profit/loss from sales of inventory, line 10c

OTHINC
Numeric
(3)

Other revenue
Other revenue, line 11

TOTREV
Numeric
(3)

Total revenue
Total revenue, line 12

GRREC
Numeric
(3)

Gross receipts
Gross receipts (Sum of lines 6b, 8b (Columns A and B), 9b, 10b, and 12)

SOLICIT
Numeric
(3)

Fundraising expenses
Fundraising expenses, line 15

EXPS
Numeric
(3)

Total expenses
Total expenses, line 17

FUNDBAL
Numeric
(3)

Net assets, EOY
Net assets or fund balance at end-of-year, line 21

Part II: Expenses

COMPENS
Numeric
(3)

Total compensation of officers
Compensation of officers, directors, etc. - Total, Column A - line 25 (excludes compensation for 990-EZ filers)

FUNDFEES
Numeric
(3)

Total prof. fundraising fees
Professional fundraising fees - Total, Column A - line 30

Part IV: Balance Sheet

ASS_BOY
Numeric
(3)

Total assets - BOY
Total assets at beginning-of-year, Column A - line 59

ASS_EOY
Numeric
(3)

Total assets - EOY
Total assets at end-of-year, Column B - line 59

LIAB_BOY
Numeric
(3)

Total liabilities - BOY
Total liabilities at beginning-of-year, Column A - line 66

LIAB_EOY
Numeric
(3)

Total liabilities - EOY
Total liabilities at end-of-year, Column B - line 66

RETEARN
Numeric
(3)

Retained earnings - EOY
Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds at end-of-year, Column B - line 72

Schedule A

LEGEXP
Numeric
(3)

Legislative expenses: SchA,III
Expenses paid for legislative activities (Sch A, Part III), line 1

GRROOT
Numeric
(3)

Lobbying pub opinion: SchA,IV-A
Lobbying to influence public opinion (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 36b

INFLEXP
Numeric
(3)

Lobbying legislative: SchA,IV-A
Lobbying to influence legislative body (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 37b

EXGRROOT
Numeric
(3)

Ln 36 less ln 42: SchA,IV-A
Excess grass roots expenditures: line 36b less line 42b (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 43b

EXLOBEXP
Numeric
(3)

Ln 38 less ln 41: SchA,IV-A
Excess lobbying expenditures: line 38b less line 41b (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 44b

Other Descriptive Info

RULEDATE
Character
(6)

Ruling date (YYYYMM) from IRS
Ruling date: year and month of IRS ruling or determination letter recognizing orgs exempt status (YYYYMM)

FNDNCD
Character
(6)

Reason for 501(c)(3) status
Reason for & type of 501(c)(3) exempt status including codes for operating and grantmaking foundations, and broad type of public charity

00	All organizations except 501(c)(3)
02	Private operating foundation exempt from paying excise taxes on investment income
03	Private operating foundation (other)
04	Private non-operating foundation
09	Suspense
10	Church
11	School
12	Hospital or medical research organization
13	Organization operated for the benefit of a public (government owned or run) college or university
14	Governmental unit
15	Organization with a substantial portion of support from a governmental unit or the general public
16	Organization income is <=1/3 investment or unrelated business and >1/3 donated or related to purpose
17	Supporting Organization 509(a)(3) for benefit and in conjunction with organization(s) coded 10-16
18	Organization organized and operated to test for public safety
21	Supporting Organization 509(a)(3) Type I
22	Supporting Organization 509(a)(3) Type II
23	Supporting Organization 509(a)(3) Type III functionally integrated
24	Supporting Organization 509(a)(3) Type III not functionally integrated

FRCD
Character
(6)

Filing Requirement Code
Filing requirements code. The 1st 2 characters indicate the requirements for 990/990-EZ forms. The 3rd character = 1 if a 990-PF is required or 0 if not.

00	Not required to file (all other)
01	Required to file 990 (all other) or 990EZ
02	Required to file 990N (gross receipts less than $25,000)
03	Required to file 990 - Group Return
04	Required to file 990BL - Black Lung Trust
06	Not required to file - Church
07	Required to file 990 - Government 501 ( c) (1)
13	Not required to file - Religious Organization
14	Not required to file - State Instrumentality or Political Subdivision

AFCD
Character
(6)

Affiliation code
Affiliation code

0	Unknown
1	Central organization (no group exemption)
2	Intermediate organization (no group exemption)
3	Independent org. or independent auxiliary unaffil. w. national, regional or geogr. grouping
6	Central - parent (group ruling) and is not a church or 501(c)(1)
7	Intermediate- group exempt intermediate organization of a national, regional or geog. group
8	Central - parent (group ruling) and is a church or 501 (c)(1)
9	Subordinate in a group ruling.

SEC_NAME
Character
(35)

Sort Name (Secondary name)
Secondary organization name

ARED
Character
(6)

Advance Ruling Expiration Date
Advance Ruling Expiration Date

CONTACT
Character
(70)

Contact person (from IRS files
Contact person (from IRS files)

GEN
Character
(4)

Group Exemption Number
Group Exemption Number

DISTRICT
Character
(2)

IRS District Ofc.
IRS District Office

Other Classification

LEVEL1
Character
(2)

Public charity or priv. fndn?
Public charity or private foundation?

O	Other Nonprofits
PC	Public Charity
PF	Private Foundation
U	Unknown

LEVEL2
Character
(2)

Reporting public charity group
Reporting public charity groups.

M	Mutual Benefit Public Charity
O	Operating Public Charity
S	Supporting Public Charity

LEVEL3
Character
(2)

Major NTEE category
Major NTEE category

AR	Arts, culture and humanities
ED	Education
EN	Environment/animals
HE	Health
HS	Human Services
IN	International, foreign affairs
MO	Other mutual benefit
MR	Pension and retirement funds
PB	Public, societal benefit
RE	Religion related
UN	Unknown, unclassified
ZA	Single organization support
ZB	Fundraising within NTEE major group
ZC	Private grantmaking foundations
ZD	Public foundations
ZE	General fundraising
ZF	Other Supporting Public Benefit

LEVEL4
Character
(2)

NTEE-CC Major Group
NTEE-CC Major Group

	Unknown
A	Arts, Culture, and Humanities
B	Education
C	Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification
D	Animal-Related
E	Health
F	Mental Health, Crisis Intervention
G	Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines
H	Medical Research
I	Crime, Legal Related
J	Employment, Job Related
K	Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition
L	Housing, Shelter
M	Public Safety
N	Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics
O	Youth Development
P	Human Services - Multipurpose and Other
Q	International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
R	Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
S	Community Improvement, Capacity Building
T	Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations
U	Science and Technology Research Institutes, Services
V	Social Science Research Institutes, Services
W	Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other
X	Religion Related, Spiritual Development
Y	Mutual/Membership Benefit Organizations, Other
Z	Unknown

CLASSCD
Character
(4)

Classification code-brkdwn of
IRS Classification code

DEDUCTCD
Character
(4)

IRS deductability code
IRS Deductibility code

0	Description unknown at this time
1	Contributions are deductible
2	Contributions are not deductible
4	Contributions are deductible by treaty (foreign organizations)

NAICS
Character
(9)

NAICS Code
North American Industrial Classification System

NTEE4
Character
(4)

Revised NTEE 4 Classification
Four-digit NTEE code.

NTEECC4D
Character
(1)

NTEE-CC 4th and 5th Digits
NTEE-CC code 4th & 5th characters used for supporting organizations

ORGCD
Character
(1)

Corporation, trust, assoc,etc.
Organization code: corporation, trust, association, etc.

0	Unknown
1	Corporation
2	Trust
3	Co-operative
4	Partnership
5	Association
6	Non-exempt charitable trust

Internal Processing

VERIFY
Character
(1)

Financials have been verified
Financials have been verified

	No code
L	Financial fields were multiplied by 1000 because return reported in the thousands but inspection rev
M	Financial fields have been verified by staff.
S	Financial fields have been verified by SOI edited return.
T	Current financial fields have been multiplied by 1000 because return reported in thousands.

Miscellaneous

RandNum
Numeric
(1)

Random number between 0 and 1
Random number between 0 and 1 used for creating samples

ACCPER
Character
(2)

Accounting period (MM)
Accounting period

NteeDraft
Character
(4)

NTEECC draft
Draft NTEE-CC code