| Section
of 1986 Code |
Description
of Organization |
General
nature of activities |
Application
Form No. |
Annual
return required to be filed |
Contributions
allowable |
| 501(c)(1) |
Corporations
Organized Under Act of Congress (including Federal Credit Unions) |
Instrumentalities
of the United States |
No
Form |
None |
Yes,
if made for exclusively public purposes |
|
501(c)(2) |
Title
Holding Corporation For Exempt Organization |
Holding
title to property of an exempt organization |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(3) |
Religious.
Educational, Charitable, Scientific, Literary. Testing for Public Safety,
to Foster National or International Amateur Sports Competition, or Prevention
of Cruelty to Children or Animals Organizations |
Activities
of nature implied by description of class of organization |
1023 |
9901
or 990EZ8, or 990-PF |
Yes,
generally2,3 |
| 501(c)(4) |
Civic
Leagues, Social Welfare Organizations, and Local Associations of Employees |
Promotion
of community welfare; charitable, educational or recreational |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No,generally2,3 |
| 501(c)(5) |
Labor,
Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations |
Educational
or instructive, the purpose being to improve conditions of work, and to
improve products and efficiency |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(6) |
Business
Leagues, Changers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards, Etc. |
Improvement
of business conditions of one or more lines of business |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(7) |
Social
and Recreation Clubs |
Pleasure,
recreation, social activities |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(8) |
Fraternal
Beneficiary Societies and Associations |
Lodge
providing for payment of life, sickness, accident, or other benefits to
members |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes,
if for certain Sec. 501(c)(3) purposes |
| 501(c)(9) |
Voluntary
Employees' Beneficiary Associations |
Providing
for payment of life, sickness, accident, or other benefits to members |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(10) |
Domestic
Fraternal Societies and Associations |
Lodge
devoting its net earnings to charitable, fraternal, and other specified
purposes. No life, sickness, or accident benefits to members |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes,
if for certain Sec. 501(c)(3) purposes |
| 501(c)(11) |
Teachers'
Retirement Fund Associations |
Teachers'
association for payment of retirement benefits |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(12) |
Benevolent
Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Companies, Mutual
or Cooperative Telephone Companies, Etc. |
Activities
of a mutually beneficial nature similar to those implied by the description
of class of organization |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(13) |
Cemetery
Companies |
Burials
and incidental activities |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes,
generally |
| 501(c)(14) |
State
Chartered Credit Unions, Mutual Reserve Funds |
Loans
to members |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
| 501(c)(15) |
Mutual
Insurance Companies or Associations |
Providing
insurance to members substantially at cost |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
|
501(c)(16) |
Cooperative
Organization to Finance Crop Operations |
Financing
crop operations in conjunction with activities of a marketing or purchasing
association |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
|
501(c)(17) |
Supplemental
Unemployment Benefit Trusts |
Provides
for payment of supplemental unemployment compensation benefits |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
|
501(c)(18) |
Employee
Funded Pension Trust (created before June 25, 1959) |
Payment
of benefits under a pension plan funded by employees |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No2 |
|
501(c)(19) |
Post
or Organization of Past or Present Members of the Armed Forces |
Activities
implied by nature of organization |
1024 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No,
generally7 |
|
501(c)(21) |
Black
Lung Benefit Trusts |
Funded
by coal mine operators to satisfy their liability for disability or death
due to black lung diseases |
No
Form6 |
990-BL |
No4 |
|
501(c)(22) |
Withdrawal
Liability Payment Fund |
To
provide funds to meet the liability of employers withdrawing from a multi-employer
pension fund |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No5 |
|
501(c)(23) |
Veterans
Organization (created before 1880) |
To
provide insurance and other benefits to veterans |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No,
generally7 |
|
501(c)(25) |
Title
Holding Corporation or Trusts with Multiple Parents |
Holding
title and paying over income from property to 35 or fewer parents or beneficiaries |
1024 |
990
or 990EZ |
No |
|
501(c)(26) |
State-Sponsored
Organization Providing Health Coverage for High-Risk Individuals |
Provides
health care coverage to high-risk individuals |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No |
|
501(c)(27) |
State-Sponsored
Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Organization |
Reimburses
members for losses under workers' compensation acts |
No
Form6 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
No |
| 501(d) |
Religious
and Apostolic Associations |
Regular
business activities. Communal religious community |
No
Form |
10659 |
No2 |
| 501(e) |
Cooperative
Hospital Service Organizations |
Performs cooperative services for hospitals |
1023 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes |
| 501(f) |
Cooperative
Service Organizations of Operating Educational Organizations |
Performs
collective investment services for educational organizations |
1023 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes |
| 501(k) |
Child
Care Organization |
Provides
care for children |
1023 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes |
| 501(n) |
Charitable
Risk Pools |
Pools
certain insurance risks of 501(c)(3) |
1023 |
9901
or 990EZ8 |
Yes |
| 521(a) |
Farmers;
Cooperative Associations |
Cooperative
marketing and purchasing for agricultural producers |
1028 |
990-C |
No |