NGOs Need to Go 3-24-25

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is defined as a non-profit organization, group or institution that operates independently from a Government and has humanitarian or development objectives. 

In 2025, the United States is estimated to have over 1.8 million 501(c) nonprofit organizations, with 501(c)(3) organizations making up the majority. 

In 2025, the United States is expected to have over 1.5 million 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, which are the most common type of tax-exempt organization in the US. These are the most common type of nonprofit, encompassing charitable and religious organizations. 

A 501(c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)). Such organizations are exempt from some federal income taxes.

501(c)(1)	Corporations Organized Under Act of Congress (including Federal Credit Unions)
501(c)(2)	Title Holding Corporations for Exempt Organization
501(c)(4)	Civic Leagues and Social Welfare Organizations and Local Associations of Employees
501(c)(5)	Labor, Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations
501(c)(6)	Business Leagues, etc.
501(c)(7)	Social and Recreation Clubs
501(c)(8)	Fraternal Beneficiary Societies
501(c)(9)	Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Associations
501(c)(10)	Domestic Fraternal Societies
501(c)(11)	Teachers' Retirement Fund Associations
501(c)(12)	Benevolent Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Companies, Mutual or Cooperative Telephone Companies, or Like Organizations (if 85 percent or more of the organization's income consists of amounts collected from members for the sole purpose of meeting losses and expenses)
501(c)(13)	Cemetery Companies (owned and operated exclusively for the benefit of their members or which are not operated for profit)
501(c)(14)	State Chartered Credit Unions, Mutual Reserve Funds
501(c)(15)	Mutual Insurance Companies or Associations
501(c)(16)	Cooperative Organizations to Finance Crop Operations
501(c)(17)	Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trusts
501(c)(18)	Employee Funded Pension Trusts (created before June 25, 1959)
501(c)(19)	Veterans' Organizations
501(c)(21)	Black Lung Benefit Trusts
501(c)(22)	Withdrawal Liability Payment Funds
501(c)(25)	Title Holding Corporations or Trusts with Multiple Parents
501(c)(26)	State-Sponsored High-Risk Health Coverage Organizations
501(c)(27)	State-Sponsored Worker's Compensation Reinsurance Organizations
501(c)(28)	National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (45 U.S.C. 231n(j)
501(c)(29)	Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers
501(d)	Religious and Apostolic Associations
501(e)	Cooperative Hospital Service Organizations
501(f)	Cooperative Service Organizations of Operating Educational Organizations
501(k)	Child Care Organizations
521(a)	Farmers' Cooperative Associations

Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 26-Feb-2025

 

Congress needs to stop federal funding grants to NGOs and review Non-Profit 501C organizations.

In 2025, the United States is estimated to have over 1.8 million 501(c) nonprofit organizations, with 501(c)(3) organizations making up the majority. 

Comments

All IRS 501C organizations need to be reviewed. Many of these appear to be old, like churches and are Farmers’ Cooperatives and may make it through the review.

Federal Funding of wealthy Universities needs to be ended except competitive bid “contracts” for research with no overhead charges.

501C Non-Profits have been found to launder money and fund illegal activity. While the Black Lives Matter movement itself is a decentralized grassroots social justice movement, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF), which is the primary organizational outgrowth of the movement, is a 501(c)(3) public charity. 

Public Schools are encouraging students to form 501C(3) Charitable Organizations and 501C(4) Social Welfare Organizations. In 2025, there are approximately 77,000 501(c)(4) organizations (social welfare organizations) active in the U.S., according to recent data and estimates. 

Besides 501(c)(4)s, there are other types of 501(c) organizations, such as 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, 501(c)(6) business leagues, and 501(c)(7) social and recreation clubs. 

All Prior US Cultural Norms supported “Charity begins at Home”. The Family is the primary economic unit, and We are responsible for ourselves.

The expansion of NGOs moves “Charity” from “Home” to encourage the continuance of “Social Activism”. This undermines Personal Responsibility and removes valid family responsibilities for their own family members.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader