December 2009
Online Help for End-of-Year Charitable Giving

We've become accustomed to turning to the Internet for our holiday shopping and to send season's greetings. This year, think about going online to take care of another holiday tradition - those end-of-year charitable contributions. To help you identify and learn more about nonprofits in need or make a donation, ResearchNOTES highlights a few nonprofit evaluation tools:

Consider Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/) a donor's handbook. In addition to information about specific nonprofits, look for tips on "intelligent giving," CEO compensation data, news articles, and other resources.

Guidestar, at http://www2.guidestar.org/, is an extensive database of nonprofit organizations. It includes 990s, the IRS reporting form required for nonprofits with more than $25,000 per year in receipts, which include detailed financial information.

Finally, when you're thinking about donating time or money to a worthwhile cause, visit 20+ Charity & Fund Raising Tools at http://tinyurl.com/ywfzep. It offers a list of websites with information about specific charities. Fund raisers will find useful resources here as well.

Happy New Year, and thanks for reading ResearchNOTES. I hope 2010 is a happy, healthy, and prosperous year for everyone.

Regards - Marcy
 

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Marcy Phelps
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Author, Research on Main Street: Using the Web to Find Local Business and Market Information (Forthcoming)
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