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Non-Profit Research

Gale Directory Library (formerly Associations Unlimited) This link opens in a new window
Use this database to locate more than 456,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, and access IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. Also useful for monitoring association trends, identifying related associations, networking and making professional contacts, identifying award and funding opportunities, and marketing to associations, their members and markets. Includes these directories: Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations; Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.; Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations; and National Directory of Nonprofit Associations.

Charity Navigator
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation's largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. Free registration required.
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Also see:
-Charity Navigator 2016 Metro Market Study, a national study to analyze differences in the financial, accountability and transparency practices of charities located in various metropolitan markets across America.
-Charity Navigator's Charity CEO Compensation Study, published annually since 2005.
FDO Quick Start
From Foundation Directory Online, FDO Quick Start provides free,access to information about over 100,000 foundations and over 250,000 IRS Forms 990-PF. Free registration required.
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For Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Maps Professional, two subscription resources from Foundation Center, see the listing below for Free Library of Philadelphia.
Foundation Center: 990 Finder
Look up the Forms 990 of private foundations, public charities, and other nonprofits. 990 Finder gives you free access to nearly 3 million of the most recent Forms 990 and 990-PF filed by nonprofit organizations with Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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For Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Maps Professional, two subscription resources from Foundation Center, see the listing below for Free Library of Philadelphia.
Foundation Stats
The Foundation Center's Foundation Stats provides the most comprehensive resource available for generating tables and charts on the size, scope, and giving priorities of the U.S. foundation community.
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For Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Maps Professional, two subscription resources from Foundation Center, see the listing below for Free Library of Philadelphia.
GuideStar (free version)
GuideStar is "the world's largest source of information on nonprofit organizations." Free registration required in order to access more detailed information available in free version.
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For access to GuideStar Premium, the subscription version of GuideStar, see the listing below for Free Library of Philadelphia.
ProPublica: Nonprofit Explorer
From the independent, nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, use this database to view summaries of tax returns from tax-exempt organizations and financial details such as executive compensation, revenue, and expenses. Browse IRS data released since 2013 and access more than 9.6 million tax filing documents going back as far as 2001.
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) Data Archive
The NCCS Data Archive contains all the IRS Business Master Files, NCCS Core Files, Digitized Data Files, and IRS Statistics of Income Division Exempt Organizations Sample Files previously accessed through registration on http://nccsweb.urban.org. The NCCS Data Archive also contains the new NCCS 2014 and 2015 Core files, and will be the primary source for updated NCCS data going forward.
Free Library of Philadelphia- Databases: Non-Profit
The Free Library of Philadelphia offers several databases for researching non-profit entities. Includes subscription versions of Foundation Directory and GuideStar.