{"id":28888,"key":"501(C)3","title":"501(C)3","latest":{"id":1270764,"timestamp":"2026-09-14T15:14:02Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"The term 501(c) refers to an American tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation or association. Section 501(c) of the United States Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)), states 28 types of nonprofit organizations that are exempt from some federal income taxes.\n\nSection 501(c)3 includes the following types of organizations: 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.\n\n== Obtaining status ==\n\nMost United States organizations acquire 501(c)3 tax exemption by filing IRS [http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1023.pdf Form 1023].\n\n== More information ==\n\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120826171042/http://www.irs.gov:80/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=96099,00.html/ IRS.gov]\n* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29 Wikipedia 501(c)]\n\n== The Appropedia Foundation ==\n\nThe Appropedia Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. See more at [[Appropedia:About#The Foundation]].\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| location = United States\n| coordinates = 39° 47' 1.43\" N, 100° 26' 45.18\" W\n}}"}