501(c)(3)

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501(c)(3) is a U.S. federal tax-exempt designation for nonprofit organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, scientific, or similar purposes.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internal Revenue Code status ⓘ
U.S. federal tax-exempt designation ⓘ
administeredBy Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
appliesTo charitable organizations ⓘ
educational organizations ⓘ
literary organizations ⓘ
nonprofit organizations ⓘ
organizations fostering national or international amateur sports competition ⓘ
organizations preventing cruelty to children or animals ⓘ
organizations testing for public safety ⓘ
private foundations ⓘ
private operating foundations ⓘ
public charities ⓘ
religious organizations ⓘ
scientific organizations ⓘ
classificationCriterion public support test ⓘ
consequenceOfNonCompliance revocation of tax-exempt status ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distinguishedFrom 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations ⓘ
501(c)(6) business leagues ⓘ
governedBy Treasury Regulations under section 501(c)(3) ⓘ
U.S. federal tax law ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) ⓘ
linked to: 501(c)(3)
partOf section 501(c) categories of exempt organizations ⓘ
prohibits participation or intervention in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office ⓘ
provides eligibility for certain grants and public funding ⓘ
eligibility for nonprofit postal rates ⓘ
relatedConcept charitable contribution deduction under Internal Revenue Code section 170 ⓘ
private benefit doctrine ⓘ
private inurement doctrine ⓘ
unrelated business income tax ⓘ
requires annual information return filing on Form 990 series for most organizations ⓘ
application on IRS Form 1023 or Form 1023-EZ for most organizations ⓘ
charitable purpose ⓘ
dissolution clause dedicating assets to exempt purposes ⓘ
exempt purpose clause in organizing documents ⓘ
no part of net earnings may inure to the benefit of private shareholders or individuals ⓘ
no substantial part of activities may be carrying on propaganda or attempting to influence legislation ⓘ
non-distribution constraint on profits ⓘ
operational test ⓘ
organization must be operated exclusively for exempt purposes ⓘ
organization must be organized exclusively for exempt purposes ⓘ
organizational test ⓘ
scope federal income tax only and does not automatically confer state or local tax exemption ⓘ
startDate 1954 ⓘ
taxBenefit federal income tax exemption for qualifying organizations ⓘ
tax-deductible charitable contributions for donors ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Farm Aid → nonprofitStatus → 501(c)(3) ⓘ
501(c)(3) → legalBasis → Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) ⓘ
linked to: 501(c)(3)
Hunter's Hope Foundation → operatesAs → 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ
linked to: 501(c)(3)
Bob Jones University v. United States → involvesStatute → Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3) ⓘ
linked to: 501(c)(3)
Rockport Music → nonprofitStatus → 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ
linked to: 501(c)(3)
BronxWorks community centers → nonprofitStatus → 501(c)(3) (through BronxWorks) ⓘ
linked to: 501(c)(3)
ALS Association → nonprofitType → 501(c)(3) ⓘ
ACCESS → nonprofitStatus → 501(c)(3) ⓘ