| EIN | Employer Identification Number | Employer identification number. | |
| NCCSKEY | Unique key: ein + return date | Unique key: ein + return date | Beginning |
| 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 |
| zip5 | Zip code, 5 digits | First 5 digits of zip code | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| ntmaj5 | Major subsector | Major subsector (5) | |
| ntmaj10 | NTEE major group (10) | 10 NTEE major groups | |
| ntmaj12 | NTEE major group (12) | 12 NTEE major groups: ntmaj10 plus higher education (BH) and hospitals (EH) | |
| MAJGRPB | Major NTEE group | Major NTEE group plus hospitals and higher education | |
| p1dirsup | Direct public support | Direct public support | Part 1, line 01a |
| p1indsup | Indirect public support | Indirect public support | Part 1, line 01b |
| p1govgt | Government grants | Government grants | Part 1, line 01c |
| p1noncsh | Noncash contributions | Noncash contributions | Part 1, line 01d(in |
| p1cash | Cash contributions | Cash contributions | Part 1, line 01d(in |
| p1tcont | Total contributions | Total contributions, gifts, grants, etc. | Part 1, line 01d |
| p1psrev | Program service revenue | Program service revenue | Part 1, line 02 |
| p1dues | Dues & assessments | 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 |
| p1int | Interest | Interest | Part 1, line 04 |
| p1oinv | Other investment income | Other investment income | Part 1, line 07 |
| p1div | Dividends | Dividends | Part 1, line 05 |
| p1invst | Total invest. inc. (990 lines | Total invest. inc. (990 lines 4+5+7 OR EZ line 4) | Part 1, line 07 |
| p1rentg | Gross rents | Gross rents | Part 1, line 06a |
| p1assnet | Total gain, sale of securities | Total gain, sale of securities & "other" assets | Part 1, line 08d |
| p1rente | Rental expenses | Rental expenses | Part 1, line 06b |
| p1rentn | Net rental income | Net rental income | Part 1, line 06c |
| p1invntG | Inventory, gross sales | Inventory, gross sales | Part 1, line 10a |
| p1invntC | Inventory, cost of goods sold | Inventory, cost of goods sold | Part 1, line 10b |
| p1invntN | Inventory, gross profit (net) | Inventory, gross profit (net) | Part 1, line 10c |
| p1securg | Gross amount from sale of asse | Gross amount from sale of assets (securities) | Part 1, line 08a_A |
| p1securC | Cost or other basis (securitie | Cost or other basis (securities) | Part 1, line 08b_A |
| p1securN | Gain (loss) from sale of secur | Gain (loss) from sale of securities | Part 1, line 08c_A |
| p1othg | Gross amount from sale of asse | Gross amount from sale of assets (other) | Part 1, line 08a_B |
| p1othC | Cost or other basis (other) | Cost or other basis (other) | Part 1, line 08b_B |
| p1othN | Net gain (loss) from sale of " | Net gain (loss) from sale of "other" assets other than inventory | Part 1, line 08c_B |
| p1spEvC | Special events - portion of gr | Special events - portion of gross reported in line 1a, contributions, & not reported in line 9 | Part 1, line 09a(in |
| p1spevG | Special event, gross revenue | Special event, gross revenue | Part 1, line 09a |
| p1spEvE | Special events, direct expense | Special events, direct expenses | Part 1, line 09b |
| p1spEvN | Special events, net income | Special events, net income | Part 1, line 09c |
| p1othrev | Other revenue | Other revenue | Part 1, line 11 |
| p1totrev | Total Revenue | Total revenue | Part 1, line 12 |
| p1frexp | Fund-raising expenses | Fund-raising expenses | Part 1, line 15 |
| p1affil | Payments to affiliates | Payments to affiliates | Part 1, line 16 |
| GRREC | Gross receipts, t.rev+6b+8bA&B | Gross receipts (Sum of lines 6b, 8b A, 8b B (Cost or other basis and sales expenses from sale of assets other than inventory or securities),9b,10b, and 12) | |
| p1chgas | Other changes in net assets or | Other changes in net assets or fund balances | Part 1, line 20 |
| p1pExp | Program service expenses | Program service expenses | Part 1, line 13 |
| p1mExp | Management & general expenses | Management & general expenses | Part 1, line 14 |
| p1totexp | Total Expenses | Total expenses | Part 1, line 17 |
| p1netInc | Net income ("excess (or defici | Net income ("excess (or deficit) for the year") | Part 1, line 18 |
| p1nasboy | Net assets or fund balance-beg | Net assets or fund balance-beg. of year | Part 1, line 19 |
| p1naseoy | Net assets or fund balance-end | Net assets or fund balance-end of year | Part 1, line 21 |
| p2tmemb | Benefits paid to or for member | Benefits paid to or for members- col. A (total) | Part 2, line 24_A |
| p4e_asst | Total assets- end of year | Total assets- end of year | Part 4, line 59_B |
| p4e_liab | Total liabilities- end of year | Total liabilities- end of year | Part 4, line 66_B |
| 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 |
| Latest | Most recent return | Is record the most recent one received from organization? (y) | |
| FIN_ID | Unique org. ID | Unique organization ID | |
| GRREC_SM | Gross receipts < $25k flag | Gross receipts < $25k flag (Y/N) | |
| SET_ | Source data set | Source data set | |
| NCCSKEY2 | Unique key: ein + fiscal year | Unique key: ein + fiscal year | Beginning |
| formtype | 990 or ez? (9/z) | 990 or ez? (9/z) | beginning |
| v1tcont1 | Tot. cont. verif. code | Verification of line items 1a,1b,1c sum to line ld | Part 1, line 1 |
| v1tcont2 | Tot. cont. cash verif. code | Verification of line 1,cash and non-cash | Part 1, line 1 |
| v1rentn | Rent. inc. verif. code | Rental income verification code | Part 1, line 6 |
| v1securN | Sec. inc. verif. code | Securities income verification code | Part 1, line 8(A) |
| v1othN | Sales verif. code | Verification code for sales of assets other than inventory | part 1, line 8(B) |
| v1spEvN | Spc. event verif. code | Special Event income verification code | Part 1, line 9 |
| v1invntN | Invst. inc. verif. code | Investment income verification code | P. 1, lines 4,5,6,7 |
| v1totexp | Tot. exp. verif. code | Verification code for total expenses | Part 1, line 17 |
| v1netInc | Net. inc. ver. code | Net income verification code | Part 1, line 18 |
| v1naseoy | Net. ass. ver. code | Net assets verification code | Part 1, line 21 |
| v1totrev | Tot. rev. verif. code | Total revenue verification code | Part 1, line 12 |
| RandNum | Random number between 0 and 1 | Random number between 0 and 1 used for creating samples | |
| ADD_ID | Address ID | Address ID used in original files | |