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American Council on Education

 

American Institute of Philanthropy: CharityWatch--Helping you give wisely to charity

This site is a prominent charity watchdog service.

 

Americans for the Arts


Association of Fundraising Professionals


BoardSource

"Increases the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening boards of directors through our highly acclaimed consulting practice, publications, tools, and membership program."


CASE

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and other areas.


Chronicle of Philanthropy

Find articles that connect "the non-profit world with news, jobs, and ideas." For archived articles go to EBSCO's Academic Search Premier.


Council on Foundations

The Council's mission is to provide the opportunity, leadership, and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance, and sustain their ability to advance the common good.


Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers

The Giving Forum networks 32 regional associations of grantmakers.


Foundation Center Catalog of Nonprofit Literature

LNPS Online is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 28,000 full bibliographic citations, of which more than 20,000 have descriptive abstracts. Foundation Center For Independent Higher Education.


Giving USA

The most current report from Giving USA is available on Blackboard and in print in the reference section of the Winona library.


Guide Star

The national database of nonprofit organizations. This is a directory of 850,000 IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations.


National Center for Charitable Statistics

This contains State and County statistics on charitable giving.