Alabama and Louisiana
Alabama has 1,721 tax-exempt organizations recognized by the IRS and Louisiana has 1,701. Side by side, with a per-resident figure for the measures where population is the thing that differs.
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| Measure | Alabama | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Organizations recognized | 1,721 | 1,701 |
| Recognized under 501(c)(3) | 1,377 | 1,397 |
| With a Form 990 on record | 1,661 | 1,659 |
| Private foundations | 211 | 151 |
| Organizations per 100,000 residents | 33.4 | 37.0 |
| Revenue reported | $19,897,568,104 | $36,757,333,539 |
| Revenue per resident | $3,858 | $7,995 |
| Grants paid | $2,440,433,547 | $1,727,930,807 |
Neither column is better. A state with more organizations per resident has more registered nonprofits per head, which may reflect population size, the presence of a large city, or how many small organizations bothered to register — the data cannot separate those.
What makes these two hard to compare
- The state is an organization’s address of record. A national charity headquartered in one state operates in all of them, and its revenue is counted where its mail goes.
- Revenue totals sum filings from different years, because organizations report on their own fiscal years. A state total is not a figure for any one year.
- 2024 Census resident population is the denominator for the per-resident rows. It counts people who live there, not people the organizations serve.
- Churches need not apply for recognition, so states differ partly in how many churches chose to apply.
These states elsewhere
Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 21, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data · retrieved September 19, 2026
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