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National Survey of Nonprofit Trends and Impacts (ICPSR 39408)

Released/updated on: 2025-05-16

Launched in 2021, the National Survey of Nonprofit Trends and Impacts is a multiyear panel study conducted by the Urban Institute in collaboration with American University and George Mason University. Discussions about this initiative began in 2015, with input from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and numerous scholars across the nation. This nationally representative study investigates various aspects of nonprofit organizations, including programs and services, staffing and volunteerism, fundraising, donations, financial health, and government engagement. The insights aim to help nonprofit leaders establish sustainable and effective organizations and provide guidance to policymakers, funders, and the public to enhance support for the nonprofit sector.

Researchers interested in the arts and cultural sector can identify arts and cultural 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations using the "nteecc_3code" variable, which is based on the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) codes found in the June 2024 IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File.

Public-use data files and codebooks are available for download at https://datacatalog.urban.org/dataset/national-survey-nonprofit-trends-and-impacts-public-use-files.

For comprehensive information about the project, including reports, analyses, and access to restricted data, please visit the project page: https://www.urban.org/partnering-understand-long-term-trends-nonprofit-organization-activities-and-needs.

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INEQUALITY, WELFARE, POLARIZATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN SPAIN, 1750-1900. DATASET RESPUESTAS GENERALES FROM ENSENADA CADASTRE (Andalusia, Extremadura, Murcia and Castile La Mancha) (ICPSR 210123)

Released/updated on: 2024-11-02

Geographic coverage: Castile-La Mancha, Spain, Extremadura, Spain, Andalusia, Spain, Murcia, Spain

Time period: 1750-01-01--1759-01-01

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Spain was a backward and politically weakened economy with respect to her European competitors. However, it still remained its American colonies maintaining its status as world power. The balance of the Bourbon politics during the eighteenth century is ambiguous. From a centripetal point of view, the reformist and centralist role of the enlightened state is reinforced looking for a higher administrative efficiency. In opposition to this point of view, we find a more peripheral view that highlights the lack of efficiency of the Bourbon state whose policies represent the origin of proto-national pressure groups – very homogeneous territorially – that conditioned the failure of the liberal state during the nineteenth century. After the Napoleonic Wars, Spain carried out important reforms that encouraged substantial changes in its institutions. From an economic point of view, the country experienced high growth rates that increased agrarian productivity and wages, improved terms of trade and made possible a significant growth of the industrial sector. It is within this transition to a nation-state and industrial society where this project is focused, studying globally the relationships that took place between inequality, welfare, polarisation and social mobility between 1750 and 1900. The hypothesis of this project maintains that the growth and modernisation process of the Spanish economy, during its transition towards a market economy, was accompanied by an increase in inequality, social polarisation and social mobility. At the same time, we will analyse how the starting conditions at local level could have been important factors to explain this process. Until now, in spite of the advances in the research concerning the evolution of inequality/welfare in Spain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there is no integrated analysis of all these dimensions. This project attempts to combine the historical work of compilation and analysis of primary archival sources from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with the economic, econometric and spatially geo-referenced analysis. We will use the information from the Ensenada Cadastre (c. 1750) using information like names, occupations and incomes from heads of households, the information from parish and civil records for the period 1840-1870 with information of names and occupations and the records of personal taxes for the period 1869-70 with information of names and incomes. Using this information, we can obtain three cross sectional analyses for a group of locations that allow a diachronic comparison in the different dimensions of personal and regional inequality and polarisation. We will also use the extensive local information of the General Answers of the Ensenada Cadastre to analyse the causes of the different evolution in the long term of the measures for regional and local welfare. Finally, we will carry out a prosopographic analysis of a subsample of households identifying in parish records the descendants of the heads of households from the eighteenth century and the evolution of their families until we link them with the records of the nineteenth century. This will allow us to establish more precise hypotheses about the dynamics of households during the three periods.

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Latino Second Generation Study, 2012-2013 [United States] (ICPSR 36625)

Released/updated on: 2017-05-24

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2012-01-01--2013-12-31

The Latino Second Generation Study is a national survey of the political experiences and attitudes of 1,050 U.S. born second generation Latinos of foreign-born parents. The goal of the project is to advance scholarly understanding of political socialization and of the long-term effects of the U.S. immigration system on citizen, civic and political participation in the U.S. Additional variables include behavior and attitudes, family immigration history, and demographic background. The survey was fielded online in English and Spanish by the research firm GfK in the summer of 2013. Demographic variables include age, income, size of household, education level, marital status, race/ethnicity, gender, and parent's country of birth and citizenship.

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Giving and Volunteering [United States] (ICPSR 35584)

Released/updated on: 2016-01-28

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1987-01-01--1987-12-31, 1989-01-01--1989-12-31, 1991-01-01--1992-05-17, 1993-01-01--1994-05-15, 1995-01-01--1996-06-16, 1998-01-01--1999-06-30, 2001-01-01--2001-07-22

Giving and Volunteering in the United States is a series of biennial national surveys that report trends in giving and charitable behavior. The surveys act as barometers of how socioeconomic conditions and tax laws affect the charitable behavior of Americans. They also chart public attitudes about a variety of issues that affect the climate for giving and volunteering, and explore behavioral and motivational factors that influence giving and volunteering. The series began in 1988, and the latest survey of the series was in 2001.

The Gallup Organization conducted in-home personal interviews with American adults aged 18 and older for Independent Sector for 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1999 surveys. For the 1988 survey, 2,775 American adults were interviewed from March 8 through March 22, 1988. The 1990 Giving and Volunteering survey resulted in 2,727 interviews from March 23 to May 20, 1990. Then for the 1992 survey, 2,671 American adults were interviewed from April 3 through May 17, 1992. From April 22 to May 15, 1994, 1,509 adult Americans were interviewed for the 1994 survey. The 1996 Giving and Volunteering survey resulted in 2,719 interviews from May 4 through June 16, 1996. For the 1999 survey, 2,553 adults were interviewed from May 1999 through July 1999. The Giving and Volunteering in the United States 2001 survey was a random digit dial (RDD) telephone survey conducted by Westat for Independent Sector from May 14, 2001, to July 22, 2001, with a representative national sample of 4,216 adults 21 years of age or older. The purpose of the interviews was to provide accurate trend data about the patterns of and the motivations for giving and volunteering in the United States. Data topics include trend data on charitable behavior, total giving of respondents' households, behavioral and motivational factors that influence giving and volunteering, economic conditions and tax laws affecting giving and volunteering, and public attitudes about a variety of issues as they may relate to the climate of giving and volunteering in the United States.

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National Center for Charitable Statistics IRS Form 990 Filings (ICPSR 36033)

Released/updated on: 2015-01-26

Geographic coverage: United States

The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society. Working closely with the IRS and other government agencies, private sector service organizations, and the scholarly community, NCCS builds compatible national, state, and regional databases and develops uniform standards for reporting on the activities of charitable organizations. The NCCS Core Files (Core), produced annually since 1989, combine descriptive information from the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Business Master File (BMF) and financial variables from the IRS Return Transaction Files (RTF) after they have been cleaned by NCCS. Only organizations required to file Form 990 are included in the files. Separate Core files are available for public charities (called the NCCS Core PC file), private foundations (called NCCS Core PF), and organizations under subsections other than 501(c)(3) (called NCCS Core 501(c) others). The NCCS-GuideStar National Nonprofit Research Database (NNRD or "digitized data") is a cumulative listing of public charities filing Form 990 and Form 990-EZ from FY 1998 to FY 2003. As with the NCCS Core files, only organizations required to file with the IRS are included. Unlike the Core files, the data are maintained in a series of cumulative files, one for each major section of the form. The 1992 IRS Form 990 Parts 3 and 8 Supplement, transcribed from Form 990 by NCCS, contains descriptions of the program service accomplishments and income-producing activities of more than 100,000 501(c)(3) public charity organizations and 20,000 501(c)(4) organizations. Trend Analysis Files have been created to assist in longitudinal studies. The Core Trend Files (one for public charities, another for private foundations, with a third planned for "other exempt organizations") combine a small number of variables from every Core file for every year into a single long, narrow file with one record for each unique EIN-Core File Year combination. Data Dictionaries for these files are available on the NCCS Web site. For more information, please review the Guide to Using NCCS Data and selected documentation.

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CBS News/Vanity Fair Monthly Poll #2, January 2010 (ICPSR 31563)

Released/updated on: 2011-07-28

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2010-01-01--2010-01-31

This poll, fielded January 29-31, 2010, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked which major issue they would address if they were president, whether they agreed or disagreed with United States Supreme Court rule that allowed corporations to spend as much money as they wish on political campaigns, how they were doing financially compared to the past six months, whether they could name the other country that makes up the island of Hispaniola other than Haiti, and whether they thought that network television had generally gotten better or worse in recent years. Respondents were queried on what they missed most about being a child, what was their biggest Internet-related worry, whether they or someone in the household had made any contributions or donations to assist the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, whether they have contributed or donated to any other charities in the past year, whether they donate to charities because they feel they should do it or because they want to help those in need, whether they would like to donate more to charities, whether they mostly donate to charities and organizations in the United States or around the world, and whether they think that people have a moral responsibility to give what they can to help those in need. Respondents were also asked whether they had any siblings, how close they were to their siblings, how close they were with their siblings when they were growing up, whether they were equally close with every siblings or had some siblings that they were closer with, whether they had ever completely stopped talking with a sibling and how long it lasted, whether they ever felt competitive with their siblings and how often, whether their parents treated all the children equally or had favorites, and how often they see their siblings in person. Information was collected on which president the respondent admired most, whether they thought that the founding fathers would be pleased with the way America turned out if they came back to the present day, whether they had taken or planned on taking a winter vacation trip, whether they would marry their current spouse if they had to do it all over again, whether they believed in love at first sight, and what they thought was the most important ingredient for a successful romantic relationship. Finally, respondents were asked whether they believed that there is intelligent life on other planets, whether they believed there is non-intelligent life, such as microbes and bacteria, that exist somewhere in the universe, and whether they thought that we will have conclusive scientific proof of life elsewhere in the universe within the next twenty years. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and voter registration status.

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CBS News/Vanity Fair Monthly Poll #2, November 2009 (ICPSR 30406)

Released/updated on: 2011-06-06

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2009-11-01--2009-11-30

This special topic poll, fielded November 29-30, 2009, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on a wide range of political and social issues. This poll surveyed 773 adults in the United States. Respondents were asked how they would feel if detainees from Guantanamo Bay were transferred to a prison in their state, what major city they thought best reflected American culture and values, whether they had friends of a different race, and which type of Hollywood movie they would most like to star in. Respondents were also asked about their future plans for the year, whether they planned on voting in the 2010 election, losing weight, volunteering or doing charity work, quitting smoking and drinking, taking a vacation, changing jobs, paying taxes on time, and spending more time with the family. Information was collected on how respondents watched their favorite television shows, which superhero power they would like to have, whether or not they had children, and whether they were happy with their current childcare arrangements. Opinions were solicited about respondents views on Wal-Mart, whether they had a favorable view of Wal-Mart and why, whether there was a Wal-Mart in their area, and how often they shopped at Wal-Mart. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, marital status, household income, employment status, political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status, religious preference, and the presence of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 in the household.

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American Citizen Participation Study Follow-Up: Singles and Couples Data, Fall 1993-Winter 1994 (ICPSR 23561)

Released/updated on: 2010-03-11

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1993-01-01--1994-12-31

This study is the third wave of the American Citizen Participation Study and was designed to examine gender differences in political and nonpolitical civic participation in the United States, in particular to examine differences between husbands and wives. Respondents were asked to provide information on numerous topics such as their interest in politics, their party identification, voting status, activity in community politics, and campaign activities. Respondents also provided information about family characteristics and household matters. This study includes two data files, the singles and the couples data files. The singles data file consists of 580 respondents. The couples data file consists of the responses of all of the individuals in the third wave who were married as well as the responses of their partners. This data file has responses from 376 couples (752 individuals). Demographic variables measured in this study include respondent's educational background, occupation, church activity and religious affiliation, race and ethnicity, age, gender, union membership, marital status, political party affiliation, voter registration status and participation history, and employment status.

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Omnibus Study, Fall 1973 (ICPSR 3625)

Released/updated on: 2006-08-29

Time period: 1973-01-01--1973-12-31

This study was specifically designed for investigators who wanted to collect data on a national sample, but only required part of an interview. The survey explored the following topics: economic situation, attitudes toward the political system, views and beliefs about selected institutions, philanthropic contributions, and background questions. In the economic section respondents were asked how they viewed their own and the country's economic situations in comparison to the previous year, and what their expectations were for the next 12 months. Questions referred to personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. The economic variables are also included in SURVEY OF CONSUMER ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR, FALL 1973 (ICPSR 7525). The second section contained questions of a political nature, focusing on trust in the federal government and the evaluation of major political institutions, such as the United States Congress, the Supreme Court, the president, the military, and the major political parties. The third section elicited respondents' views of selected institutions, including big business, local, state, and federal governments, churches, schools, colleges and universities, labor unions, and the media. The fourth section assessed general attitudes toward philanthropy and the effects of the growth of public philanthropy on private giving. Respondents were also asked to what extent their contributions to charity were, or would be, affected by recent changes in tax law such as the elimination of tax breaks. Demographic variables include sex, age, ethnicity, marital status, level of education, marital status, duration of present and past marriages, employment status, main occupation, and labor union membership.

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Political Power in Boston, Massachusetts and Charleston, South Carolina, 1828-1843 (ICPSR 8653)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-18

Geographic coverage: Charleston (South Carolina), United States, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Boston

Time period: 1828-01-01--1843-12-31

This study examined public records from two major port cities on the east coast of the United States in order to understand how urban centers functioned in antebellum America. The history, culture, and inhabitants of both cities were examined to compare the mechanisms of urban decision-making as they related to national economic and political circumstances. Demographic information was collected on a broad spectrum of individuals from both cities to gather as complete a picture as possible of those who wielded influence or power in the decisions undertaken in Boston and Charleston in response to the economic conditions of the period from 1828 to 1843. Variables in the dataset include the names of individuals, their gender, marital status, occupation, residence, location of business, birth and death dates, place of birth and nationality, political affiliation, church membership, fire and militia company association, professional, religious and/or philanthropic interests, business and corporate affiliations, property holdings, educational experiences, and political offices served.

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National Study of Philanthropy, 1974 (ICPSR 7496)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1974-01-01--1974-12-31

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of tax and foundation laws on charitable giving and to gain a better understanding of giving in general. Two separate national samples were interviewed, using almost identical questionnaires. Higher-income respondents were overrepresented in both samples, on the assumption that giving to others, particularly gifts of money, tends to be concentrated among people who earn more. Questions were asked about contributions of time and money to religious and charitable organizations. For larger donations, details were solicited about the recipients and the amounts given. Respondents' knowledge of and attitudes toward tax laws concerning contributions were also explored. In addition to an evaluation of respondents' income and assets, demographic and background information includes age, race, sex, religious preference, level of education, and occupation.