Research Guides: Business Information: Non-Profits

Basic Information on Non-Profits

Guidestar Mission: To gather and disseminate information about every IRS-registered nonprofit organization including each nonprofit's mission, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency, governance, and more.

The Foundation Center (in NYC): The leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Foundation Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants (Foundation Directory Online is available onsite at any Rutgers Library.)

IRS Form 990

The 990-PF is the information return U.S. private foundations file with the Internal Revenue Service, made available by Candid (formerly Guidestar)

Demystify the 990.

More Sources

Catalog of Nonprofit Literature from the Foundation Center
Exempt Organizations Select Check from the US Internal Revenue Service
How to Apply for 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status
Links to Nonprofit Resources from the Foundation Center
New Jersey's NonProfit Information Center
Nonprofit Organization Lookup
4Good social network for Nonprofit Management