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name, unless the initials are solid capitals (e.g., "XYZ").
Insert a space between words in an organization's
name.
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in an organization's name.
Omit punctuation.
Abbreviations for Commonly Recurring
Words
| agency |
AGCY |
| agricultural |
AGRI |
| American |
AMER |
| and |
& |
| associated |
ASSOC |
| association |
ASSOC |
| auxiliary |
AUX |
| benevolent |
BEN |
| building |
BLDG |
| center |
CTR |
| charitable |
CHAR |
| college |
COLL |
| committee |
COM |
| commission |
COMM |
| community |
COMN |
| company |
CO |
| corporation |
CORP |
| council |
COUN |
| county |
CNTY |
| department |
DEPT |
| development |
DEV |
| doctor |
DR |
| education |
ED |
| educational |
ED |
| elementary |
ELEM |
| estate |
EST |
| endowment |
END |
| environment |
ENVI |
| family |
FAM |
| federation |
FED |
| foundation |
FDN |
| fund |
FD |
| historical |
HIST |
| industrial |
INDL |
| industry |
IND |
| incorporated |
INC |
| information |
INFO |
| institute |
INST |
| international |
INTL |
| junior |
JR |
| library |
LIBR |
| medical |
MED |
| memorial |
MEM |
| ministries |
MNSTR |
| national |
NATL |
| organization |
ORG |
| Parent Teacher Organization |
PTO |
| Parent Teacher Association |
PTA |
| research |
RES |
| resource |
RSC |
| reverend |
REV |
| saint |
ST |
| scholarship |
SCHOL |
| senior |
SR |
| service |
SVC |
| special |
SPC |
| society |
SOC |
| student |
STU |
| testamentary |
TEST |
| trust |
TR |
| trustee |
TTEE |
| university |
UNIV |
| volunteer |
VOL |
| Young Men's Christian Association |
YMCA |
| Young Women's Christian Association |
YWCA |
Standard Abbreviations for States and
the District of Columbia
| Alabama |
AL |
| Alaska |
AK |
| Arizona |
AZ |
| Arkansas |
AR |
| California |
CA |
| Colorado |
CO |
| Connecticut |
CT |
| Delaware |
DE |
| District of Columbia |
DC |
| Florida |
FL |
| Georgia |
GA |
| Hawaii |
HI |
| Idaho |
ID |
| Illinois |
IL |
| Indiana |
IN |
| Iowa |
IA |
| Kansas |
KS |
| Kentucky |
KY |
| Louisiana |
LA |
| Maine |
ME |
| Maryland |
MD |
| Massachusetts |
MA |
| Michigan |
MI |
| Minnesota |
MN |
| Mississippi |
MS |
| Missouri |
MO |
| Montana |
MT |
| Nebraska |
NE |
| Nevada |
NV |
| New Hampshire |
NH |
| New Jersey |
NJ |
| New Mexico |
NM |
| New York |
NY |
| North Carolina |
NC |
| North Dakota |
ND |
| Ohio |
OH |
| Oklahoma |
OK |
| Oregon |
OR |
| Pennsylvania |
PA |
| Rhode Island |
RI |
| South Carolina |
SC |
| South Dakota |
SD |
| Tennessee |
TN |
| Texas |
TX |
| Utah |
UT |
| Vermont |
VT |
| Virginia |
VA |
| Washington |
WA |
| West Virginia |
WV |
| Wisconsin |
WI |
| Wyoming |
WY |
Standard Abbreviations for Territories
and Foreign Countries
| Guam |
GU |
| Puerto Rico |
PR |
| Virgin Islands |
VI |
| American Samoa |
AS |
| Trust Territories |
TT |
| All Others |
ZZ |
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