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Verify a nonprofit in District of Columbia

Check any District of Columbia nonprofit's IRS standing in seconds — tax-exempt status, whether contributions are deductible, revocation history, and filing recency — assembled into one plain-English verdict from IRS source data.

Free, no login. Checks IRS recognition, deductibility, revocation history and filing recency.

District of Columbia nonprofits in the current IRS data

These counts are computed from the IRS Business Master File, Publication 78 and the Automatic Revocation list as published on the dates below — not estimates.

14,327

organizations registered in District of Columbia

11,089

recognised as 501(c)(3)

228

currently revoked

2,241

carrying a caveat worth checking

9,819 are individually listed in IRS Publication 78 as eligible for deductible contributions, and 2,506 sit under a group exemption — legitimately deductible through a parent organization's ruling even when they do not appear in Publication 78 on their own.

The largest categories of District of Columbia nonprofit

Education	1,537
Arts Culture & Humanities	968
Community Improvement & Capacity Building	963
Human Services	926
International Foreign Affairs & National Security	791

What this checks — and what it does not

Every verdict covers four things: IRS recognition and subsection, deductibility per Publication 78 (including group rulings), revocation history reconciled against reinstatements, and filing recency from the Form 990 e-file index and 990-N e-Postcards.

District of Columbia charitable registration is not checked here. Registering with the IRS and registering to solicit donations in a state are different legal requirements, and most states require the latter. This tool evaluates federal IRS status only. For District of Columbia's charity regulator, use the official directory maintained by the National Association of State Charity Officials. We also do not evaluate finances, governance or programme quality.

Common questions behind a verification

A nonprofit's tax-exempt status was revoked. What does that mean?The nonprofit isn't in IRS Publication 78. Is my donation still deductible?A nonprofit hasn't filed a Form 990 in years. Should that worry you?Why can't I find this church in IRS nonprofit records?This nonprofit was revoked, then reinstated. How should you read that?How to verify a nonprofit before you give or grant

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IRS data releases — Business Master File and Publication 78 as published 2026-07-26.