 Nonprofit World |
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| Libraries, resource centers, think tanks, and data banks have become increasingly important resources for nonprofit sector policy making and for NPO program development and management decision making. |
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| Alliance for Nonprofit Management |
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The online Resource Center on the Alliance site is a searchable database that includes information on organizations, websites, books, newsletters and other products and services for nonprofit organizations. |
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| FEDSTATS |
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FEDSTATS publishes statistics from more than 70 agencies of the U.S Federal Government. These are useful in framing the problem to be addressed through a grant, or in describing the characteristics of the population and community it is designed to serve. |
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| Center’s SearchZone |
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The Foundation Center’s SearchZone contains numerous nonprofit information search tools, including: Foundation Finder, 990 Finder, Grantmaker Websites, Foundation Center Content Search, FRP Search, Job Search, Foundation Directory (subscription service), and Literature on the Nonprofit Sector. |
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| GuideStar |
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GuideStaris a comprehensive online database of more than 620,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States. Although basic searches are free. GuideStar's advanced, fee-based, services are powerful tools for sorting NPO's, analyzing financial performance, benchmarking compensation, and researching grant activity. GuideStar collaborates with the National Center for Charitable Statistics. |
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| HighBeam Library Research |
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The HighBeam Library Researchtool can be used to access millions of documents from thousands of newspapers, magazines, books, and other sources. Basic membership is free whereas full membership is by subscription. |
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| National Center for Charitable Statistics |
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NCCS is the national clearinghouse for data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Registered users can view, extract, download, and analyze data on nonprofit organizations and charitable behavior from the NCCS DataWeb, which includes 501(c)(3) public charities and private foundations, and other exempt organizations. Other data sources include U.S. and State Profiles, and a national taxonomy of exempt entities. |
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| Payton Philanthropic Studies Library |
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Payton Library publishes an on-line catalog, an index of philanthropic studies and a number of gateways to a wide range of resource sites, ranging from electronic journals to information about local and national agency networks to public and voluntary sector funding. |
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