General Resources/Existing Nonprofits
Article Databases: Ranked by Relevance
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Database Resources
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Ebsco search for Business & ManagementSearch across the following databases: Communication & Mass Media Complete; Academic Search Premier; SocINDEX with Full Text; and EconLit™ with Full Text.
- Click on Choose Databases (above the search boxes) to change the databases being searched.
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under Limit your results.
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Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new windowTry searching using terms such as "nongovernmental organizations" or "NGO," or "humanitarian."
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Includes articles on accountability, sociology, intergovernmental relations, public service, compensation information.
- Since results may contain articles that are not peer reviewed, search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journal's peer-reviewed status.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Click on the Full-Text@Emmanuel at the right of articles or the more option below the item record.
- Search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journals peer-reviewed status.
Web Site Resources
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The Boston Indicators ProjectThe Boston Indicators Project is a source for local statistics and analysis of the role of nonprofits in communities in the surrounding area.
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Charity Navigator"[Charity Navigator rates] charities by evaluating two areas of performance: Financial Health and Accountability & Transparency. Our ratings show donors how efficiently we believe a charity will use their support today, how well it has sustained its programs and services over time, and their level of commitment to being accountable and transparent.
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CandidThe Foundation Center and GuideStar have combined to establish this new 501(c)3 nonprofit.
- Grantseeker resources: funder data, nonprofit skills training, and more. Click on the Candid option to search for non-profit information.
- Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Grants to Individuals are only available in person at the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library.
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National Center for Charitable StatisticsExplore Find a nonprofit, View forms 990, Learn about NCCS Data, and more.
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Nonprofit Explorer: Research Tax-Exempt OrganizationsSearch for IRS 990 Filings by institution or keyword, State, Major nonprofit categories, or Org. Type. ProPublica.
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The Urban Institute“The Urban Institute is the trusted source for unbiased, authoritative insights that inform consequential choices about the well-being of people and places in the United States. We are a nonprofit research organization that believes decisions shaped by facts, rather than ideology, have the power to improve public policy and practice, strengthen communities, and transform people’s lives for the better.”
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National Council of Nonprofits“The span of our network – from coast-to-coast and border-to-border – enables the National Council of Nonprofits to learn about developments directly from local charitable nonprofits in the field. With daily access to information through our network of state associations of nonprofits and state policy allies, we identify and track regional and national trends by aggregating information and supplementing it from multiple other sources.”
Information on Starting a Nonprofit
Databases Resources
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Ebsco search for Business & ManagementSearch across the following databases: Communication & Mass Media Complete; Academic Search Premier; SocINDEX with Full Text; and EconLit™ with Full Text.
- Click on Choose Databases (above the search boxes) to change the databases being searched.
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under Limit your results.
Web Site Resources
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CandidThe Foundation Center and GuideStar have combined to establish this new 501(c)3 nonprofit.
- Grantseeker resources: funder data, nonprofit skills training, and more. Click on the Candid option to search for non-profit information.
- Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Grants to Individuals are only available in person at the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library.
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Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Resource GuideThis Library of Congress research guide is designed as a starting point for locating primary and secondary resources relevant to the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors in the United States,
Grants and Fundraising
Book Resources
Web Site Resources
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CandidThe Foundation Center and GuideStar have combined to establish this new 501(c)3 nonprofit.
- Grantseeker resources: funder data, nonprofit skills training, and more. Click on the Candid option to search for non-profit information.
- Foundation Directory Online Professional and Foundation Grants to Individuals are only available in person at the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library.
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Grants.govThe primary resource for finding and applying for federal grants. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For more information, See Guide: Grants/Grant Writing.
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Employment in Nonprofits
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Idealist.orgSearch their database of open paid and volunteer positions at nonprofit and philanthropic organizations worldwide.