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September 01, 2006
Guidestar (New Electronic Resource from University Libraries)
Name: Guidestar
URL for Kresge Library: http://www.bus.umich.edu/KresgePublic/Mentor/Login.asp?http://0-www.GuideStar.org.lib.bus.umich.edu/ipLogin.do
URL for University as a whole: http://www.GuideStar.org/ipLogin.do (IP authentication from three campuses)
Description: Guidestar features a searchable database of over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, including foundations. Users can search this database by keyword and by information such as geographic location, type of nonprofit (categories), IRS Subsection (501(c)3, etc.), NTEE (National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities) codes, etc. For these organizations, Guidestar offers financial data, including revenue tables, expense tables, and balance sheets; organization overview (mission, audience, etc.); annual reports, lists of officers and other key personnel, and access to IRS 990 Forms (typically all available forms since 1997).
Access: Open to the entire University of Michigan system (Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint); 5 concurrent users; resource paid for by the University Libraries and the Kresge Business Administration Library.
Posted by cseeman at September 1, 2006 06:56 AM