Education
The IRS classifies 187,152 tax-exempt organizations under Education, rank 2 of 25 major groups. 18,806 of them have a Form 990 on record.
American Factbook Research
At a glance
- 187,152
- Organizations classified here
- By the code the IRS assigned at registration.
- 182,722
- Recognised under 501(c)(3)
- The charitable subsection.
- 18,806
- With a Form 990 on record
- The only organizations with financial figures here.
- $564,538,043,028
- Revenue reported
- Summed across filings, each for a different year.
- $12,394,252,993
- Largest single organization
- Revenue on its most recent filing.
- 13.5%
- Share of all classified organizations
- Of the organizations that carry a classification code at all.
Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. 574,213 organizations carry no code and appear in no category.
Largest by revenue
2 more columns on a wider screen
| Rank | Organization | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | $12,394,252,993 |
| 2 | TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $11,670,540,000 |
| 3 | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | $10,623,431,000 |
| 4 | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY | $10,152,608,690 |
| 5 | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | $8,323,235,933 |
| 6 | EMORY UNIVERSITY | $7,861,969,527 |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | $7,039,401,641 |
| 8 | YALE UNIVERSITY | $6,841,256,079 |
| 9 | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $6,737,799,000 |
| 10 | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | $6,654,842,677 |
| 11 | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | $6,551,885,454 |
| 12 | UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | $5,617,072,703 |
| 13 | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER | $5,415,018,869 |
| 14 | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | $5,119,320,238 |
| 15 | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $5,086,312,965 |
Other categories
- Religion-Related 205,231
- Human Services 155,311
- Arts, Culture and Humanities 119,112
- Recreation and Sports 114,077
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations 105,360
- Community Improvement and Capacity Building 72,768
- Youth Development 58,598
- Health Care 46,264
- Animal-Related 41,759
- Public and Societal Benefit 35,502
- Housing and Shelter 31,219
- Environment 28,775
- Mental Health and Crisis Intervention 27,729
- Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief 22,615
- International, Foreign Affairs and National Security 21,403
- Food, Agriculture and Nutrition 20,601
- Mutual and Membership Benefit 17,541
- Employment 15,877
- Crime and Legal-Related 15,224
- Voluntary Health Associations and Medical Disciplines 14,090
- Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy 11,425
- Science and Technology 6,882
- Medical Research 6,317
- Social Science 1,843
What this classification is
- The IRS assigns a code when it recognises an organization and rarely revisits it. This describes what an organization said it would do at registration, which may not be what it does now.
- Around three in ten recognised organizations carry no code at all, concentrated among older registrations and non-charitable subsections. They are in none of these categories and are counted on the hub instead.
- The names here are the IRS’s own. Other publishers use a revised taxonomy with different names for several groups, so a figure here will not always line up with one of theirs carrying a similar label.
Full method at methodology.
Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved September 21, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data · retrieved September 19, 2026
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