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Other
Resources
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009
- Research foundations and other
nonprofit organizations.
- GuideStar
http://www.guidestar.org
Useful for 990 and other program activity information
for nonprofit organizations.
- 990-PF
Search
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/demystify/
Search for a foundation's tax return (Form 990-PF).
- Research nonprofit best practices
- Visit the Public Trust section of the Donor's Forum web site for the Illinois Nonprofit Principles and Best Practices document, developed to help Illinois nonprofit organizations - including grantmakers - strengthen their governance and management practices.
- Also contains links to resources and sample documents.
- Finding statistics
- Useful web sites for nonprofits
- About
Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
http://nonprofit.about.com
A great place to start if you're looking for information
on the Internet about a wide variety of nonprofit topics.
- ARNOVA
http://www.arnova.org
Nonprofit and philanthropy research organization.
- Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
http://acnconsult.org
Search for nonprofit consultants in the areas of management, board development, finance/accounting, legal services, human services, information technology and more.
- Association
of Small Foundations
http://smallfoundations.org
Resources for foundations with few or no staff.
- Building Better Charities
http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/
- BoardSource
http://www.boardsource.org
Building effective nonprofit boards.
- CharityChannel
http://charitychannel.com/
An online resource for nonprofits with forums, discussion
and news.
- Council
on Foundations
http://www.cof.org
A wonderful information resource for foundations and
giving programs.
- Donors Forum
Leading Chicago-area membership organization of grantmakers and nonprofits.
- Foundation
Center
http://www.foundationcenter.org
There's a wealth of information on this web site for
nonprofits.
- Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov
A guide to federally-administered grant programs. Search
by 'Grant Topics' or perform customizable searches under
'Find Grant Opportunities.' Also helpful is the federal
grant notification service that notifies you when new
grant announcements are released by various agencies.
- Independent Sector
http://www.independentsector.org
A coalition of leading nonprofits, foundations and corporations.
- National Council of Nonprofit Associations
http://www.ncna.org
The NCNA is a national network that serves member nonprofits. Has a very useful Resources area on its web site.
- Tax
Information for Charities & Other Nonprofits
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/charities/index.html
IRS publications and reports.
- Tech
Soup - The Technology Place for Nonprofits
http://www.techsoup.org
A comprehensive source of technology information and
products for nonprofits.
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For consumers - nonprofit
watchdog groups
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