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- Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT - CPNS has objectives in each of Teaching and Learning, Research, Technology and Community Service. The CPNS site has a wealth of information relevant to philanthropy and nonprofit studies and includes hundreds of useful links to resources world-wide.
- Nonprofit Sector Research Fund - Awards research grants and organizes convenings to expand knowledge, improve practice, and inform public policy related to the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. Application guidelines, list of publications, news, and findings.
- Capital Research Center (CRC) - Studies issues in philanthropy, with a focus on non-profit advocacy groups, their funding sources, their agendas, and their impact on public policy.
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) - An international membership organization dedicated to fostering through research an understanding of the nonprofit sector, philanthropy and volunteerism.
- American Institute of Philanthropy - A nonprofit charity watchdog organization that helps donors make informed giving decisions.
- Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Inc. - Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research is a nonprofit research organization that provides expertise in tree-ring data collection and analysis.
- GuideStar - Free service with information on the programs and finances of more than 600,000 American charities and nonprofit organizations, up-to-date news stories on philanthropy, and resources for donors and volunteers.
- Charity Navigator - Guide to help donors make intelligent charitable giving decisions. Offers financial ratings of thousands of American nonprofit organizations and charities.
- GrantSmart - An on-line resource center that offers a searchable tax information database for private foundations and charitable trusts in the USA.
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations (USA) that are the subject of donor inquiries. These reports include an evaluation of the subject charity in relation to the voluntary BBB charity standards.
Wikipedia Articles
- Nonprofits research - The term Nonprofits Research is used to describe the academic enterprise devoted to teaching and research on nonprofit organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), voluntary associations, voluntarism and voluntary action, philanthropy, civil society, and related activities. It is a loosely-bounded, multidisciplinary, practice-oriented community.
- Fund for Public Interest Research - The Fund for Public Interest Research (generally referred to as the FFPIR or "the Fund") is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that runs canvassing operations for liberal and progressive nonprofits. Its name reflects its origins as the fundraising arm of the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs).
- Human Interaction Research Institute - The Human Interaction Research Institute (HIRI) helps nonprofits, funders and communities handle the challenges of innovation and change, using behavioral science strategies. Founded in 1961, the nonprofit Institute is based in Los Angeles.
- Donors Forum of Chicago - The Donors Forum is an association of Illinois grantmakers. The Donors Forum provides leadership, education, research, and action on behalf of philanthropy and nonprofits in the state.
- Pension law (US) - Pension law in the United States generally refers to the statutes giving preference tax treatment for chiefly ERISA qualified plans (although non ERISA plans in government and higher education, nonprofits and research also may get similar tax treatment), giving plan participants protection for the benefits in the labor laws as well as both state and federal bankruptcy laws. Generally pensions for the very highly paid employees are call nonqualified deferred compensation plans and are usually designed to avoid recognition ...