Types of Nonprofits

Charitable and Religious -  501(c)(3)                                               Description
 
Art, Culture, and Humanities: Performing arts organizations, Museums, Historical societies
  
Education: Elementary and secondary education, High education institutions, Student services

Environment: Environment and animal related organizations

Foundations: Public Foundations, Family Foundations, Private Foundations

Health: General and Mental, Hospitals, Outpatient treatment facilities, research organizations

Human Services:Legal services, Employment services, Housing and shelter, Food and nutrition, Recreation, Public safety, Youth development, Children and Family services

International: International and Foreign affairs organizations

Public benefit: Civil rights and Advocacy, Community improvement, Voluntarism, Social Science, Science and Technology

Religious Organizations: Church related, Catholic Charities, Missionary related

Other Tax-Exempt Organizations Registered with IRS 
 For more information please check with the IRS website 

    501(c)(1)    Corporations organized under act of Congress

    501(c)(2)    Titleholding corporations

    501(c)(4)    Social Welfare, Civic Leagues

    501(c)(5)    Labor, agricultural organizations

    501(c)(6)    Business Leagues

    501(c)(7)    Social and Recreations Clubs

    501(c)(8)    Fraternal and Beneficiary Societies

    501(c)(9)    Voluntary employees' beneficiary associations

    501(c)(10)  Domestic Fraternal beneficiary societies

    501(c)(11)  Teachers' retirement funds

    501(c)(12)  Benevolent life insurance associations

    501(c)(13)  Cemetery companies

    501(c)(14)  State chartered credit unions

    501(c)(15)  Mutual insurance companies

    501(c)(16)  Corporations to finance crop operations

    501(c)(17   Supplemental unemployment benefit trusts

    501(c)(18)  Employee funded pension trusts

    501(c)(19)  War veterans' organizations

    501(c)(20)  Legal service organizations

    501(c)(21)  Black lung trusts

    501(c)(22)  Multiemployer pension plans

    501(c)(23)  Veterans' associations founded prior to 1880

    501(c)(24)  Trust described in section 4049 of ERISA

    501(c)(25)  Holding companies for pensions, etc.

    501(d)         Religious and apostolic organizations

    501(e)         Cooperative hospital service organizations

    501(f)          Cooperative service organizations of operating             educational organizations

    521              Farmers' cooperatives