Databases and Charitable Statistics

The Foundation Center
The Center is a leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Center's website provides access to funder websites, data on foundations, publications and research, and job resources. Registered users can also access the Foundation Directory Online through this website.

Guidestar
Produced by Philanthropic Research, Inc., GuideStar offers a searchable database of more than 850,000 United States nonprofit organizations and their information returns filed with the IRS (990 for nonprofits and 990-PF for private foundations); nonprofit sector news and articles; an online marketplace to find requests for donations, in-kind gifts, volunteers, and job postings; a conference calendar; and additional resources for nonprofits.

Idealist
This website is a project of Action Without Borders and has a searchable network of more than 30,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries; a searchable list of volunteer opportunities; hundreds of job, consultant, and internship listings; and listings of events, programs, and publications.

National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)
A program of the Urban Institute, NCCS works with the IRS and other government agencies, private sector service organizations, and the scholarly community to develop data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research. Data on nonprofit organizations, database documentation and data dictionaries, and IRS forms and publications can be viewed and downloaded from this site.