Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
SC_04_EXPLANATION_TEXT
Additional explanations
- Description
- Explanation
- Table
SC-P04-T99-SUPPLEMENTAL-INFO(many)- Part
- Part IV - Supplemental Information
- Location
SCHED-C-PART-04- Type
- text
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- SZ
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xpaths observed / mapped
138k
filings with a value
2009–2024
tax years observed
0 + 2 reviewed
open flags
Checks
Value checks
| Result | Value check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ pass | Values are text, not numbers | 0% of values are numeric |
| ⓘ info | No sign of truncation | IRS990ScheduleC/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt: longest value is exactly 9000 characters |
Flags
| Flag | Severity | Xpath | Detail | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MANY_NOT_REPEATING | ⓘ info | IRS990ScheduleC/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | many-to-one table, but 93% of values sit in no repeating element | ✓ acceptednoteTable made MANY or created in fixes 05/07/09: the group repeats (ONE_REPEATS evidence); most filings have one instance, so the value usually sits outside an indexed element. |
MANY_NOT_REPEATING | ⓘ info | IRS990ScheduleC/Form990ScheduleCPartIV/Explanation | many-to-one table, but 95% of values sit in no repeating element | ✓ acceptednoteTable made MANY or created in fixes 05/07/09: the group repeats (ONE_REPEATS evidence); most filings have one instance, so the value usually sits outside an indexed element. |
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | IRS990ScheduleC/Form990ScheduleCPartIV/Explanation | SZ | 2009–2012 | 20,889 | 2.56% | 4.4% |
| x2 | IRS990ScheduleC/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | SZ | 2013–2024 | 117,257 | 1.75% | 5.7% |
% filers: percent of in-scope filers whose return has the xpath, in its latest year. Repeats in: share of filings where the element occurs more than once.
Coverage by tax year
| Filings | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | 2.4k | 5.2k | 6.2k | 7.0k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 7.5k | 8.5k | 8.9k | 9.2k | 9.7k | 9.9k | 10k | 11k | 11k | 12k | 12k | 8.0k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 990-EZ | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Filings with a value, by xpath (rows, numbered as in the xpath table) and tax year. A change of row from one year to the next is usually the IRS renaming the element (most were renamed in 2013). Hover a cell for the exact count.
Values
| Return | Filings | Average length | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 131,959 | 310 | 9,000 |
| 990-EZ | 6,187 | 197 | 6,192 |
Most common values
| Value | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
NONE | 500 | 13.1% |
Lobbying expenses represent the portion of dues paid to national and state hospital assoc… | 378 | 9.9% |
Officers and/or Board Members of the corporation may, to an insubstantial degree, make co… | 249 | 6.5% |
THE ORGANIZATION HAS MADE NO LOBBYING OR POLITICAL EXPENDITURES. | 244 | 6.4% |
Statement Regarding Legislative Activity: Health care policy is critical to all Americans… | 233 | 6.1% |
THE PORTION OF ORGANIZATION DUES THAT ARE RELATED TO LOBBYING ARE AS FOLLOWS: AMERICAN HO… | 205 | 5.4% |
N/A | 162 | 4.3% |