NTEE code
The IRS classification that sorts a nonprofit into a cause area such as education or health.
The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities, or NTEE, is the system the IRS uses to classify tax-exempt organizations by purpose. Each organization gets a code whose first letter marks a major group, for example B for education, E for health, or P for human services.
NTEE codes come from the IRS Business Master File and describe the recipient as a whole rather than any one grant. The cause reports use them as the fallback where a grant's stated purpose and the recipient's mission do not settle its cause.
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- What is a ntee code?
- The IRS classification that sorts a nonprofit into a cause area such as education or health. The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities, or NTEE, is the system the IRS uses to classify tax-exempt organizations by purpose. Each organization gets a code whose first letter marks a major group, for example B for education, E for health, or P for human services.
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