The IRS has published online data on more than 105,000 organizations that have been recognized as Section 501(c)(3) charities after submitting their information on the streamlined Form 1023-EZ. ( IR-2017-41, 2/22/17 ) The searchable information covers organizations recognized from the time the new form was introduced in mid-2014 through the end of December 2016 and will be updated quarterly. “The new online availability of Form 1023-EZ data is an important step forward and will allow taxpayers to more easily research information on tax-exempt organizations,” the IRS release said. A blogger on the Nonprofit Law Professors’ Blog noted that more than 600 of the organizations had the word “...