813212 Voluntary Health Organizations

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in raising funds for health related research, such as disease (e.g., heart, cancer, diabetes) prevention, health education, and patient services.

Examples Census gives

• Disease awareness fundraising organizations
• Health research fundraising organizations
• Voluntary health organizations
• Disease research (e.g., heart, cancer) fundraising organizations

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in raising funds for a wide range of social welfare activities, such as educational, scientific, cultural, or health, are classified in U.S. Industry 813219, Other Grantmaking and Giving Services.
• Establishments primarily engaged in organizing and conducting charitable fundraising campaigns on a contract or fee basis are classified in U.S. Industry 561499, All Other Business Support Services.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing telemarketing services are classified in U.S. Industry 561422, Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers.
• Establishments known as grantmaking foundations or charitable trusts are classified in U.S. Industry 813211, Grantmaking Foundations.
• Establishments primarily engaged in conducting health research are classified in Industry 54171, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 813212

The Census index assigns these 5 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Disease awareness fundraising organizations
• Disease research (e.g., cancer, heart) fundraising organizations
• Health research fundraising organizations
• Health research fundraising using a crowdfunding platform (except on a contract or fee basis)
• Voluntary health organizations

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 813212

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 813212, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $34 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 9499), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 94990Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.UK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 813211Grantmaking Foundations
• 813219Other Grantmaking and Giving Services