| EIN | Employer Identification Number | Employer identification number. | |
| FisYr | Fiscal Year | Fiscal year (ending year) | |
| NAME | Name of organization | Organization name. | |
| STATE | State | Two-letter state abbreviation. | |
| NTEE1 | NTEE major group | NTEE major group (A-Z) | |
| NTEECC | NTEECC primary purpose | NTEECC classification | Beginning |
| ADDRESS | Address | Address | Beginning, sec.C2 |
| CITY | City | City | Beginning, sec.C3 |
| ZIP5 | Zip code, 5 digits | First 5 digits of zip code | |
| ZIP | Zip code + 4 | ZIP code. | Beginning, sec.C3 |
| FIPS | State + County FIPS code | 2-digit State + 3-digit County FIPS code (Federal Information Processing Standard). See also U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts. | |
| MSA_NECH | Metropolitan Statistical Area | Metropolitan Statistical Area (NCCS file) (list) | |
| PMSA | Primary MSA | Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area - the component areas that comprise a CMSA (76 PMSAs as of 1995). (list) | |
| StYear | Starting Year | Starting year (yyyy when fiscal year began, which is also the tax form year) | Beginning, sec.A |
| TAXPER | Ending date for tax period | Ending date for tax period of financial data. Core files for 1997 on are in "yyyymm" format (199412=Dec. 1994). Earlier years use 2-digit year ("9412"). | |
| outnccs | Out of Scope flag | Out-of-scope (IN/OUT) (see OUTREAS doc. for details) | Beginning |
| OUTREAS | Reason why out of scope | Reason why out of scope | |
| SUBSECCD | Subsection code | IRS subsection code (03=501(c)(3), etc.) | |
| MAJGRPB | Major NTEE group | Major NTEE group plus hospitals and higher education | |
| ACTIV1 | IRS Activity Code 1 | First activity code. | |
| ACTIV2 | IRS Activity Code 2 | Second activity code. | |
| ACTIV3 | IRS Activity Code 3 | Third activity code. | |
| CONT | Pub Support (contr. & Gvt.gts) | Total public support (Line 1d: sum of direct public support (1a), indirect public support (1b), and government contributions and grants (1c)) | Part 1, line 01d |
| DUES | Dues | Membership dues and assessments, line 3. (Includes only portion of dues for which member directly benefits. "Dues" to public charities are often more accurately reported as Contributions.) | Part 1, line 03 |
| INVINC | Total investment income | Total investment income (Sum of lines 4, 5, and 7) | |
| SECUR | Sale of securities, gross sales | Gross amount from sale of securities, Column A - line 8a | |
| SALESEXP | Sale of securities, cost basis | Cost or other basis of securities and sales expenses, Column A - line 8b | |
| GOODS | Inventory sales, cost of goods sold | Cost of goods sold, line 10b | |
| GRPROF | Inventory sales, gross profit/loss | Gross profit/loss from sales of inventory, line 10c | Part 1, line 10c |
| TOTREV | Total revenue | Total revenue, line 12 | Part 1, line 12 |
| GRREC | Gross receipts | Gross receipts (Sum of lines 6b, 8b (Columns A and B), 9b, 10b, and 12) | |
| SOLICIT | Fundraising expenses | Fundraising expenses, line 15 | Part 1, line 15 |
| EXPS | Total expenses | Total expenses, line 17 | Part 1, line 17 |
| FUNDBAL | Net assets, EOY | Net assets or fund balance at end-of-year, line 21 | Part 1, line 21 |
| COMPENS | Total compensation of officers | Compensation of officers, directors, etc. - Total, Column A - line 25 (excludes compensation for 990-EZ filers) | |
| FUNDFEES | Total prof. fundraising fees | Professional fundraising fees - Total, Column A - line 30 | |
| ASS_BOY | Total assets - BOY | Total assets at beginning-of-year, Column A - line 59 | |
| ASS_EOY | Total assets - EOY | Total assets at end-of-year, Column B - line 59 | |
| LIAB_BOY | Total liabilities - BOY | Total liabilities at beginning-of-year, Column A - line 66 | |
| LIAB_EOY | Total liabilities - EOY | Total liabilities at end-of-year, Column B - line 66 | |
| RETEARN | Retained earnings - EOY | Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds at end-of-year, Column B - line 72 | |
| LEGEXP | Legislative expenses: SchA,III | Expenses paid for legislative activities (Sch A, Part III), line 1 | |
| GRROOT | Lobbying pub opinion: SchA,IV-A | Lobbying to influence public opinion (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 36b | |
| INFLEXP | Lobbying legislative: SchA,IV-A | Lobbying to influence legislative body (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 37b | |
| EXGRROOT | Ln 36 less ln 42: SchA,IV-A | Excess grass roots expenditures: line 36b less line 42b (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 43b | |
| EXLOBEXP | Ln 38 less ln 41: SchA,IV-A | Excess lobbying expenditures: line 38b less line 41b (Sch A, Part VI-A), line 44b | |
| RULEDATE | Ruling date (YYYYMM) from IRS | Ruling date: year and month of IRS ruling or determination letter recognizing orgs exempt status (YYYYMM) | |
| FNDNCD | Reason for 501(c)(3) status | Reason for & type of 501(c)(3) exempt status including codes for operating and grantmaking foundations, and broad type of public charity | |
| FRCD | Filing Requirement Code | Filing requirements code. The 1st 2 characters indicate the requirements for 990/990-EZ forms. The 3rd character = 1 if a 990-PF is required or 0 if not. | |
| AFCD | Affiliation code | Affiliation code | |
| CONTACT | Contact person (from IRS files | Contact person (from IRS files) | |
| ARED | Advance Ruling Expiration Date | Advance Ruling Expiration Date | |
| SEC_NAME | Sort Name (Secondary name) | Secondary organization name | |
| GEN | Group Exemption Number | Group Exemption Number | |
| DISTRICT | IRS District Ofc. | IRS District Office | |
| LEVEL1 | Public charity or priv. fndn? | Public charity or private foundation? | Beginning |
| LEVEL2 | Reporting public charity group | Reporting public charity groups. | Beginning |
| LEVEL3 | Major NTEE category | Major NTEE category | Beginning |
| LEVEL4 | NTEE-CC Major Group | NTEE-CC Major Group | Beginning |
| DEDUCTCD | IRS deductability code | IRS Deductibility code | |
| CLASSCD | Classification code-brkdwn of | IRS Classification code | |
| NAICS | NAICS Code | North American Industrial Classification System | |
| NTEE4 | Revised NTEE 4 Classification | Four-digit NTEE code. | |
| NTEECC4D | NTEE-CC 4th and 5th Digits | NTEE-CC code 4th & 5th characters used for supporting organizations | Beginning |
| ORGCD | Corporation, trust, assoc,etc. | Organization code: corporation, trust, association, etc. | |
| VERIFY | Financials have been verified | Financials have been verified | |
| RandNum | Random number between 0 and 1 | Random number between 0 and 1 used for creating samples | |
| ACCPER | Accounting period (MM) | Accounting period | |
| NteeDraft | NTEECC draft | Draft NTEE-CC code | |