The online search tool allows you to search for an organization's tax exempt status and filings in the following data bases:
You can choose from a number of data sets in the dropdown list:
The information on the organizations are produced from computer records and is subject to certain limitations, particularly in the format and arrangement of the entries.
Searching by EIN
Searching by organization’s name
Note: If you are not getting the result you want, try sorting by city, state or zip.
To narrow your search, use the date format MM-DD-YYYY or select a data range on the calendar.
Note: Date range searches are not inclusive.
If you find an organization listed on the Auto-Revocation List, it may have been reinstated by the IRS since the automatic revocation date. You can search Pub.78 data (for 501(c)(3) or other organizations eligible to receive deductible charitable contributions) or the Exempt Organizations Business Master File Extract (for other 501(c) organizations) to find out if the organization’s tax- exempt status has been reinstated. You may also review its determination letter posted on TEOS; a reinstated organization will have a determination letting referencing that it is being reinstated and with an effective date on or after the effective date of the revocation.
Searching organizations with foreign addresses
Due to the different structure of foreign addresses, data is sometimes found in an unexpected location.
You can review the list of organizations that have filed forms in the Form 990 Series:
Note: JAWS users will need to request these files.
Latest data posting: August 6, 2024
For more information about the Form 990 Series, see Form 990 Resources and Tools
Form 990-N (e-Postcard) is an annual electronic notice most small tax-exempt organizations (annual gross receipts normally $50,000 or less) are eligible to file instead of Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Latest data posting: August 26, 2024
Lists of organizations that can receive tax-deductible contributions.
Latest data posting: August 12, 2024
By law, tax-exempt status is automatically be revoked if an organization does not file the required Form 990-series returns or notices yearly for 3 consecutive years. The automatic revocation date is historical. It is the organization’s effective date of automatic revocation (the date for the filing of the third annual Return or notice), but doesn’t necessarily reflect its current tax-exempt status.
An organization may have applied for reinstatement of its tax-exempt status after the automatic revocation date had posted. IRS will recognize the reinstatement of the organization's tax-exempt status if the application is approved. You can find out if the exemption status has been reinstated by reviewing the Pub. 78 Data (for 501(c)(3) organizations) or reviewing its determination letter, which would show an effective date on or after the automatic revocation date, with the online tool or the bulk data download files. You may also review the EO BMF Extract to check the organization’s current exempt status.
Revocation date of certain organizations
Organizations that do not file a required annual information return or notice for three consecutive years automatically lose their tax-exempt status by operation of law. An automatic revocation is effective on the original filing due date of the third annual return or notice (the “Revocation Date”). Due to the COVID-19 emergency, this year the IRS extended the filing dates for these returns and notices due from April 1 through July 14 to July 15, 2020. Organizations eligible for this relief that failed to file for the two previous years and did not file by July 15 have automatically lost their tax-exempt status. Due to systemic limitations, these organizations appear on the auto-revocation list showing a Revocation Date between April 1 and July 14, 2020. However, the Revocation Date for these organizations is July 15, 2020. For more information on automatic revocation, including how to request reinstatement, see Automatic Revocation - How to Have Your Tax-Exempt Status Reinstated.
Latest data posting: August 12, 2024
IRS issues a determination letter recognizing an organization as tax-exempt under the sub-section for which it applied. An organization must apply and pay a user fee to receive a determination letter.
Note: JAWS users will need to request these files.
Latest data posting: August 14, 2024
Note: JAWS users will not be able to hear the determination letters or copies of Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF or 990-T read aloud. The files are images of the actual letters or returns. To obtain one of these documents, you may:
You can download and review the full data sets, see Tax Exempt Organization Search Bulk Data Downloads.
The Exempt Organizations Business Master File Extract has information about organizations that have received a determination of tax-exempt status from IRS. This information is available by state and region for downloading.