813211

Analysis

NAICS 813211 is the 2022 national industry for grantmaking foundations, part of 81321 (Grantmaking and Giving Services). Census lists 10 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 12,588 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 110,793 people at an average annual payroll of $84,658 per employee (73rd percentile of national industries). 73% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Grantmaking and Giving Services, with 58% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include charitable trusts, awarding grants, community foundations, corporate foundations, awarding grants and educational trusts, awarding grants, among 10 in all.

For example, community chest fundraising organizations are classified in 813219 (Other Grantmaking and Giving Services) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 813219 and 5239. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.