Library Guides: Nonprofit and Social Sector Organizations: Home

Books, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

Academic Search Complete
Index of articles over a broad area of study. Good source for academic research articles on nonprofits and social sector organizations.
Articles from broad array of peer-reviewed journals, popular and trade magazines and news sources for nearly all areas of study; available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Business Source Complete
Indexes and provides fulltext of journals in the business and nonprofit sector. Nonprofit World, Nonprofit Counsel, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Nonprofit Business Advisor, Social Business, Social Indicators Research, and more.
Indexing, abstracts, and (in many cases) the full text of articles for the most important scholarly business journals as well as popular and trade magazines and newsletters.

Catalog of Nonprofit Literature (Literature of the Nonprofit Sector)
Citations to "literature on philanthropy, the foundation world, the nonprofit sector — particularly works on such topics as fundraising and proposal development — and works related to charitable giving, including project reports, studies, and statistical analyses." From the Foundation Center.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Primary bi-weekly philanthropy news source.
Trends and statistics. Online from 2000.
Listings of new grants and listings for philanthropy jobs, not available in the online version — see Chronicle of Philanthropy website or print version for these.
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Combining academic research articles, interviews, case studies, and book reviews for nonprofit administrators and scholars.
Voluntas: international Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
Latest international research into the expanding nonprofit (voluntary) sector.
Use the Springerlink Contemporary link for the most current published literature.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Non peer reviewed articles by researchers and practitioners on social change theory and practice.
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Search for keywords "nonprofit management" or "nonprofit organizations" or for subject/keyword "social entrepreneurship", "successful grant writing" etc.
Sample grant proposals, budgets, etc. for nonprofits

Almanacs/Directories/Statistics

National Center for Charitable Statistics
General nonprofit facts and figures as well as detailed tables derived from Form 990 nonprofit filings.

Foundation Directory Online
Funding sources for non-profits -- timely, comprehensive information on grant providers. Includes U.S. foundations, corporate giving programs, and public charities, plus a growing number of non-U.S. sources. Off-campus users are advised to turn off VPN before accessing this resource.
Also includes a keyword-searchable database of recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF.
GuideStar Pro
Freely available to search. Free indivdual account required to download data; account creation restricted to campus IP addresses. Get profiles, data and general information on Nonprofit organizations. [1960s to present]
Includes information on 1.8 IRS-recognized tax-exempt organization and thousands of faith-based non-profits. Data provided by 990 forms, other IRS sources and data provided by the nonprofits themselves.
Statista
Statistics for nonprofits, especially good for surveys.
Categorized into market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative facts on media, business, politics, and other areas. Sources of information include market research reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government sources. Data may be downloaded into spreadsheets and presentations. Also includes industry reports.
Reference Solutions
Directory of 13 million U.S. companies. Search by state and industry keyword/code. For example, the NAIC code for non-profit organizations is 83999-8.
Includes over 13 million U.S. companies. Provides searching and sorting features by industry, geographic location, company employee size, company name, sales size, etc. Also includes residential addresses for 120 million U.S. households.

Foundation Directory
Comprehensive directory of US foundations and donors. 1990-2016.
Print: Doe Library, Main (Gardner) Stacks ; AS911.A2 F66

Incorporating Nonprofits

Council of Nonprofits
How to start a nonprofit
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How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California by Anthony Mancuso
ISBN: 9781413321388

Publication Date: 2017

Request through interlibrary loan.
Form a California nonprofit corporation Tens of thousands of arts groups, educators, social service agencies, environmental groups and others have used this bestselling book to form their California nonprofit. Your group can, too. Obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status has just become a lot easier with the new IRS Form 1023-EZ streamlined application. Use this book to form your California nonprofit corporation and obtain your federal and state tax exemptions. We provide step-by-step instructions for both the Form 1023 and the new easier Form 1023-EZ. How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California shows you how to: choose a corporate name and structure prepare and file nonprofit articles with the state of California qualify as a 501(c)(3) public charity obtain your federal and California tax exemptions create bylaws set up a corporate records book prepare minutes of your first board meeting handle postincorporation filings and tasks. This new 16th edition is completely updated to cover changes to the law. Check out Nolo's list of California products. Not a California resident? Use How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation .

Nonprofit Accounting

Demystifying Form 990
Foundation Center tells it all about Form 990, the form filed by private organizations for the IRS.
IRS Tax information for nonprofits and charities
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Search for keywords "nonprofit finance" and "nonprofit accounting" in the UC Berkeley library.

Business Library

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