Research Guides - Nonprofits: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

Research Guides: Nonprofits

The nonprofit sector covers many industries, in order to find the best information a search needs to be conducted across industries. Best bets for starting your research:

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Information	Source
Industry Publications	Nonprofit World Weekly newsletter; analysis, interpretation, and commentary on biotech news and developments
The Chronicle of Philanthropy A bimonthly periodical providing news and information for foundations, corporate grant makers, and people who work for non-profit, tax exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, and social services.
*Nonprofit Times* Bimonthly periodical and the leading business publication for nonprofit management. • catalog record
News and Journal Articles	The Non-Profit Sector: a Resesarch Handbook (Main: HD62.6.N67 2006) Comprehensive handbook on the history of Nonprofits and chapters outlining the overall market, governance, legal matters and participants.
Business Source Complete Contains articles full text and abstracts from Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Socio-Economics.
ABI/Inform Contains articles full text and abstracts from Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
Companies	GuideStar The descriptive information is derived from IRS Forms 990 and Forms 990EZ filed by the nonprofit organizations or their voluntary responses to a GuideStar questionnaire.
BBB Wise Giving Alliance Better Business Bureau for charities. Links to the National Charity Report Index which notes whether 20 better business standards have been met.
OneSource North America Business Browser Market Research Reports, Market Share, Analyst Reports. Use the Companies search to limit Ownership to nonprofit. Personal Account (current GSB community) Guest Access
Trade Associations	Encyclopedia of Associations Contains over 120,000 entries for regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations. Search by Subject Descriptor; use the term nonprofit.
Statistics	*Giving USA* Provides current information about facts and trends in philanthropy. • catalog record
National Center for Charitable Statistics National clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States, run by the Urban Institute
WetFeet Guide to Careers in Nonprofits and Government Statistics on the top 100 foundations and nonprofits, top federal agencies by expenditure, salary statistics.

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Industry Publications

Nonprofit World

Weekly newsletter; analysis, interpretation, and commentary on biotech news and developments

A bimonthly periodical providing news and information for foundations, corporate grant makers, and people who work for non-profit, tax exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, and social services.

Nonprofit Times
Bimonthly periodical and the leading business publication for nonprofit management. • catalog record

News and Journal Articles

The Non-Profit Sector: a Resesarch Handbook (Main: HD62.6.N67 2006)

Comprehensive handbook on the history of Nonprofits and chapters outlining the overall market, governance, legal matters and participants.

Business Source Complete

Contains articles full text and abstracts from Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Socio-Economics.

ABI/Inform

Contains articles full text and abstracts from Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Companies

GuideStar

The descriptive information is derived from IRS Forms 990 and Forms 990EZ filed by the nonprofit organizations or their voluntary responses to a GuideStar questionnaire.

BBB Wise Giving Alliance

Better Business Bureau for charities. Links to the National Charity Report Index which notes whether 20 better business standards have been met.

OneSource North America Business Browser

Market Research Reports, Market Share, Analyst Reports. Use the Companies search to limit Ownership to nonprofit. Personal Account (current GSB community) Guest Access

Trade Associations

Encyclopedia of Associations

Contains over 120,000 entries for regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations. Search by Subject Descriptor; use the term nonprofit.

Statistics

Giving USA
Provides current information about facts and trends in philanthropy. • catalog record

National Center for Charitable Statistics

National clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States, run by the Urban Institute

WetFeet Guide to Careers in Nonprofits and Government

Statistics on the top 100 foundations and nonprofits, top federal agencies by expenditure, salary statistics.

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