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GuideStarFind up-to-date information on thousands of nonprofits. GuideStar provides information on organizations' mission, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency, governance, and more. Find different organizations' financial statements, executives' salaries, and other key financial information. Create a free account to access additional resources.
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Nonprofit ExplorerUse ProPublica's database to search tax returns from tax-exempt organizations and see financial details such as executive compensation, revenue, and expenses. You can browse IRS data released since 2013 and access over 9.6 million tax filing documents going back as far as 2001.
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National Center for Charitable StatisticsProvides tools for researching charities and nonprofits.
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Charity NavigatorUses a numbers-based rating system to assess over 8,000 of America's best-known and some lesser known, but worthy, charities.
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Nonprofit Insights by Stanford BusinessStanford's Graduate School of Business has research and reports about what's new and trending in the nonprofit world.
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The NonProfit TimesOffers resources for nonprofit management.
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The Bridgespan GroupHas some useful articles on nonprofits and is a good place to get a feel for a nonprofit's governance and leadership.
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Nonprofit QuarterlyResources from the Institute for Nonprofit News.
Library databases
Try using Library Search on the library homepage. A tip for using Library Search and other databases: If the nonprofit has more than one word in its title, put it in quotation marks (e.g., "Red Cross") so that the database searches for that exact phrase.
Also try searching databases recommended for researching private companies on the Company Research tab.
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ReferenceUSAReferenceUSA can help users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. This database has access to more than 20 million businesses, 222 million consumers, U.S. new businesses, and U.S. new homeowners.
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IbisWorldFind industry market research from the United States, including industry reports by NAICS code and specialty reports.
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PivotFind funding opportunities from public agencies and private foundations.