Overview
The IRS announced today that publicly available data on electronically filed Forms 990, 990-EZ, and 990-PF, the annual returns for tax-exempt organizations, will now be available for the first time in a machine-readable format through Amazon Web Services (AWS). Previously, this data was only available as image files. The data will now be available as an XML file and includes filings from 2011 to the present. It does not include any donor data, and the IRS also redacts certain personally identifiable tax-identification numbers to prevent the data’s misuse. The IRS reports that over 60% of all Form 990 returns are filed electronically.