Subject Guide
Sources for information
Charities and nonprofits can be challenging to find information on as they are "neither fish nor fowl". While they may operate as companies, they are not traded publicly on the stock market and file few SEC forms to leave a paper trail for researchers to follow. The resources listed below are some of the places to look for information on these groups.
- Charity NavigatorThis resource allows user to search for charities and nonprofits.
- Evaluating charitiesUse this as a guideline to evaluating charities not on Charity Navigator or Guidestar.
- Foundation Center - 990 finderThis resource allows users to search for 990 forms which have been filed by charities and nonprofits.
- GuidestarUse the Search GuideStar box to look for information on your charity/nonprofit.
- How to check out your charityLook at your charity before you get started.... or give.
- How to read the IRS form 990 and find out what it meansThis helps to explain the form 990 and what information a researcher can obtain from it.
- National Center for Charitable StatisticsThe National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities.
