Business: Nonprofit Organizations and Grant Sources

• Subjects in Library Catalog
• Recommended Databases
• General Sources
• Selected Sources
• Selected Journals
• Statistics

 

newly added site: Updated 7/22/08

GrantSearch / Grants Resource Center (CSUSM only)
Search by academic subject, activity, funding sponsor, deadline

Selected Subjects in Library Catalog
Consider these suggestions a beginning, once selected use the additional entry points as clues.

• Charitable uses trusts and foundations
• Community organization
• Endowments
• Museum attendance
• Nonprofit organizations
• Keyword: nonprofit

 

Recommended Databases

ProQuest Direct
Includes complete ABI Inform (business) and Newsstand publications.

Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.

Factiva
Covers news and business information, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 8,000 other sources providing current news.

 

General Sources

Annual Register of Grant Support.  AS911.A2 A67 2009 Research Help Desk
Corporate, private, and public funding opportunities as well as educational associations and unions.  Each entry provides eligibility, procedures, deadlines, and contact information.

Charity Navigator    Student Recommended!
Charity directory and interactive financial evaluator. 

Find Funders:  Foundation Center
Locate basic information by organization name, contact information and 990 IRS returns.  Contains statistics on foundation and grant activity, search for RFP announcements for calls for grant applications.

GrantSearch / Grants Resource Center (CSUSM only)
Search by academic subject, activity, funding sponsor, deadline

GuideStar.org  Free registration required to view some content
A national registry of nonprofit organizations. Provides resources such as articles, regulations, resources for non-profit organizations and donor opportunities.  Organization information including 990 returns.

Internet Nonprofit Center
Evergreen State Society project

Literature of the Nonprofit Sector
Sponsored by the Foundation Center. Search this bibliography of 19,000 entries by subject, title or author.

The Foundation directory Reference AS911.A2 F65 REFERENCE

Exempt Organizations: IRS Master File Data  This IRS site lists tax-exempt organizations, by state, or region.  Downloadable compressed excel files.

Foundation Center 990 Finder
An fast way to find financial filings for foundations, public charities and nonprofits.

Wise Giving Alliance Better Business Bureau

Selected Sources

Accounting for governmental and nonprofit entities. Earl R. Wilson, Leon E. Hay, Susan C. Kattellus. HJ9733 .W48 1999

Activity-based management : for service industries, government entities, and nonprofit organizations. James A. Brimson, John Antos. HD31 .B7415 1994

The complete guide to nonprofit management. Smith, Bucklin & Associates, edited by Robert H. Wilbur. HD62.6 .C66 2000.

Museum strategy and marketing: designing missions, building audiences, generating revenue and resources / Neil Kotler and Philip Kotler  AM5 .K68 1998

Nonprofit mergers : the power of successful partnerships. Dan H. McCormick. HD2769.15 .M334 2001

 

Selected Journals

Association Management ProQuest Direct

Fund Raising Management ProQuest Direct

Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing HF5410 .J685 Pais, PsychInfo

Nonprofit management & Leadership ProQuest Direct

 

Statistics

National Center for Charitable Statistics Charitable organization filings with the IRS of Form 990-- find revenues, expenses, executive salaries, board members, programs and activities.