Tax Exemption Search Tool (TESS)

The Tax Exempt Organization Search Tool

You can check an organization's:

• Eligibility to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions
• Review information about the organization's tax-exempt status and filings.

About the Tax Exempt Organization Search Tool

The online search tool allows you to search for an organization's tax exempt status and filings in the following data bases:

• Form 990 Series Returns
• Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
• Pub. 78 Data
• Automatic Revocation of Exemption List
• Determination Letters

Tips for using the search Tool

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You can search the following data sets

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Note: JAWS users will not be able to hear the determination letters or copies of Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF or 990-T read aloud. The files are images of the actual letters or returns. To obtain one of these documents, you may:

• Request it directly from the organization,
• Complete and submit Form 4506-A, Request for Public Inspection or Copy of Exempt or Political Organization IRS Form, or
• Call TE/GE Customer Account Services at 877-829-5500 to request the document.

Related Links

• Stay Exempt: Small to Mid-Size Tax Exempt Organization Workshop
• Suspensions Pursuant to Code Section 501(p)
• Revocations of 501(c)(3) Determinations