Since 2001, more than 132,000 public charities and private foundations have published nearly a half-million Social Security Numbers in public filings with the IRS, putting more than 171,000 individuals at increased risk of identity fraud. Between 2001 and 2006, 18% of all non-profit organizations included at least one social security number on a Form 990.The practice of including SSNs in public tax documents is decreasing, but advocacy organizations, alumni associations, community and scholarship foundations, and private trusts have all published lists of names and social security numbers, unknowingly placing personal information permanently in the public domain. Scholarship recipients, tax professionals, employees, and donors, now face the prospect of living the rest of their lives at increased risk of identity fraud.

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