NAICS

509

813000

125
919

Professional Societies & Associations
Learned societies, professional councils, and other organizations that bring together individuals or organizations with a common professional or vocational interest within the Religion-Related major group area.

002
205
229

Single Organization Support
Organizations existing as a fund-raising entity for a single institution within the Religion-Related major group area.

004, 206
301, 601
602, 912 927

Fund Raising & Fund Distribution
Organizations that raise and distribute funds for multiple organizations within the Religion-Related major group area.

Christian
Religious organizations that provide opportunities for people to satisfy their inner needs and enhance their spiritual growth through organized worship or through other devotional activities under the auspices of one of the group of religious faiths that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Use this code for Christian denominations such as Christian Science that are not specified below as well as their ministries, missions or missionary activities, bible camps and schools, and bible distribution programs.
Includes:

• 501(d) apostolic or religious organizations.

Excludes:

• Camps which are not primarily operated for the purpose of religious education but are operated by religious organizations. Use Camps (N20).
• Other services operated under the auspices of specific religions or religious groups, such as educational institutions, hospitals, social services agencies, etc. (classified by their primary service activity); or separately constituted graduate schools of theology (B50-Graduate & Professional Schools).

001
003
005
006
007
029

Protestant
Religious organizations whose form of Christian faith and practice originated with the principles of the Reformation. Use this code for Protestant Churches as well as their ministries, missions or missionary activities, bible camps and schools, and bible distribution programs.
Includes:

• Baptists;
• Congregationalists;
• Episcopalians;
• Jehovah’s Witnesses;
• Lutherans;
• Mennonites;
• Methodists;
• Pentecostal churches;
• Presbyterians;
• Quakers (Friends);
• Salvationists; and
• Seventh Day Adventists.

001
003
005
006
029

Roman Catholic
Religious organizations characterized by their acknowledgement of the supreme authority of the bishop of Rome, the pope, in matters of high faith. Use this code for Roman Catholic churches, missionary societies, and related religious bodies.

Jewish
Organizations whose members are a worldwide group which constitutes a continuation through descent or conversion of the ancient Jewish people; who practice Judaism, a religion that is characterized by a belief in one God and in the mission of Jews to teach the oneness of God as revealed in the Hebrew scriptures. Organizations making reference to "Lubavitch," "Chabad," "Yeshiva," and "Torah" should also be classified here, but not necessarily those mentioning "Israel," "Hebrew," and "Shalom."

001
003
005
006
029

Islamic
Organizations whose members are followers of Islam, the religious faith and cultural system that is based on the belief in Allah as the sole deity, in Mohammed as the prophet of Allah and in the Koran as the revelation of Allah to Mohammed and the divinely authorized basis for the religious, social, civil, commercial, military and legal regulations of the Islamic world.

Buddhist
Organizations whose members are followers of the religion of eastern and central Asia that is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha which stress that suffering is inherent in life and that one can achieve nirvana (release from suffering) through mental and moral self-purification. Includes Zen.

001
003
005
006
029

Hindu
Organizations whose members are followers of the religious philosophy that originated on the Indian subcontinent and is marked by an outlook that tends to view all forms and theories as aspects of one eternal being and truth; a belief in ahimsa, karma, dharma, samsara and moksha; and the practice of the way of works, the way of knowledge or the way of devotion as the means of release from the round of rebirths. Organizations making reference to "Jainism," "Ashram," and "Vedic" should also be classified here.

001
003
005
006
029

Religious Media & Communications
Organizations with religious affiliations that are engaged in publishing, production or programming that has religious content. Use this code for organizations utilizing multiple types of media or for media not specified below.

Religious Film & Video
Organizations with religious affiliations that produce films, videos and holographic images which have religious content.

Religious Television
Organizations with religious affiliations that are engaged in television productions and broadcasts which have religious content.

Religious Printing & Publishing
Organizations with religious affiliations that publish books such ss Bibles and other materials which have religious content.