Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
SG_01_FUNDRAISER_ACT
Fundraising activity
- Description
- Fundraiser Activity Information - Activity
- Table
SG-P01-T01-FUNDRAISERS-INFO(many)- Part
- Part I - Fundraising Activities
- Location
SCHED-G-PART-01-LINE-02B-COL-ii- Type
- text
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- SZ
2 / 3
xpaths observed / mapped
74k
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 | IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInfoGrp/ActivityTxt: longest value is exactly 1000 characters |
Flags
| Flag | Severity | Xpath | Detail | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MANY_NOT_REPEATING | ⓘ info | IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInfoGrp/ActivityTxt | many-to-one table, but 72% of values sit in no repeating element | ✓ acceptednoteGenuine repeating group: the group element is the repeat_root in filings with 2+ rows and '' in single-row filings, so the high unrepeated share just means most filers report one row. Evidence: repeats in 27.5% of 61,969 filings, max 10/filing, TY2013-2024; repeat_root: ''=72% ; IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInfoGrp=28%. |
MANY_NOT_REPEATING | ⓘ info | IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInformation/Activity | many-to-one table, but 70% of values sit in no repeating element | ✓ acceptednoteGenuine repeating group: the group element is the repeat_root in filings with 2+ rows and '' in single-row filings, so the high unrepeated share just means most filers report one row. Evidence: repeats in 29.9% of 12,232 filings, max 10/filing, TY2009-2012; repeat_root: ''=70% ; IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInformation=30%. |
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInformation/Activity | SZ | 2009–2012 | 12,232 | 1.52% | 29.9% |
| x2 | IRS990ScheduleG/FundraiserActivityInfoGrp/ActivityTxt | SZ | 2013–2024 | 61,969 | 0.946% | 27.5% |
| x3 | IRS990ScheduleG/Form990ScheduleGPartI/FundraiserActivityInformation/Activity | SZ | not observed | 0 |
% 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 | 1.3k | 3.0k | 3.7k | 4.2k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 4.4k | 4.7k | 4.9k | 4.9k | 5.4k | 5.2k | 5.2k | 5.1k | 5.6k | 6.0k | 6.2k | 4.3k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | 72,597 | 22 | 1,000 |
| 990-EZ | 1,604 | 18 | 60 |
Most common values
| Value | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
FUNDRAISING | 2,873 | 16.7% |
CONSULTING | 2,831 | 16.5% |
GRANT WRITING | 2,572 | 15.0% |
DIRECT MAIL | 1,931 | 11.2% |
FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT | 1,413 | 8.2% |
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING | 1,194 | 7.0% |
TELEMARKETING | 1,113 | 6.5% |
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | 720 | 4.2% |
Consulting | 652 | 3.8% |
Fundraising | 599 | 3.5% |
FUNDRAISING COUNSEL | 471 | 2.7% |
GRANT WRITER | 464 | 2.7% |
Grant Writing | 211 | 1.2% |
CONSULTANT | 95 | 0.6% |
Telemarketing | 20 | 0.1% |
Direct Mail | 19 | 0.1% |