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Science and technology nonprofits

The IRS classifies 6,929 tax-exempt organizations under Science and Technology, rank 23 of 25 major groups. 2,741 of them have a Form 990 on record.

Religion-Related · 206,183Social Science · 1,852

Science and Technology is 23 of 25 by tax-exempt organizations, at 6,929. Highest on the left.

The 25 figures behind this strip
Every jurisdiction by tax-exempt organizations, highest first, with Science and Technology marked
RankNameTax-exempt organizations
1Religion-Related206,183
2Education188,414
3Human Services156,654
4Arts, Culture and Humanities119,872
5Recreation and Sports115,112
6Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations105,658
7Community Improvement and Capacity Building73,203
8Youth Development59,057
9Health Care46,474
10Animal-Related42,006
11Public and Societal Benefit35,776
12Housing and Shelter31,412
13Environment28,924
14Mental Health and Crisis Intervention27,977
15Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief22,751
16International, Foreign Affairs and National Security21,464
17Food, Agriculture and Nutrition20,796
18Mutual and Membership Benefit17,810
19Employment15,992
20Crime and Legal-Related15,315
21Voluntary Health Associations and Medical Disciplines14,205
22Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy11,489
23Science and Technology6,929
24Medical Research6,346
25Social Science1,852

At a glance

6,929
Organizations classified here
By the code the IRS assigned at registration.
6,660
Recognized under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
2,741
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
$44.5 billion
Revenue reported
$44,526,596,502
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
$13.5 billion
Largest single organization
$13,526,408,187
Revenue on its most recent filing.
0.5%
Share of all classified organizations
Of the organizations that carry a classification code at all.

Taken from the IRS on October 14, 2026. 576,240 organizations carry no code and appear in no category.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations classified under Science and Technology, by revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1Battelle Memorial Institute$13.5 billion
2Advanced Technology International$4.9 billion
3The MITRE Corporation$2.5 billion
4Aerospace Corporation$1.6 billion
5Research Triangle Institute$1.3 billion
6Alliance for Energy Innovation LLC$1.1 billion
7Southwest Research Institute$978.6 million
8Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc$949.3 million
9Weizmann Institute of Science$891.1 million
10American Chemical Society$819.1 million
11Blueforge Alliance$731.2 million
12Fermi Research Alliance LLC$715.5 million
13Noblis Inc$614.5 million
14Association of Universities for$468.8 million
15Sri International$437.9 million

Other categories

What this classification is

  • The IRS assigns a code when it recognizes an organization. It describes what an organization said it would do at registration, which may not be what it does now.
  • 576,240 of the 1,975,975 recognized organizations carry no code at all. 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

Compiled automatically from Exempt Organizations Business Master File and Form 990 series e-file data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved