How to Find a Charity’s Expenses
Where to find information on how much a charity spends on fundraising, compensation, and other expenses.
How to Find a Charity’s Fundraising
Where to find how much money a charity made through grants, noncash gifts, events, and more.
How to Find a Charity’s Governance and Disclosure
Where to find information about a charity’s board, policies, lobbying, and more. Where to find information about a charity’s board, policies, lobbying, and more.
How to Find a Charity’s Revenue
Where to find how much a charity has made through contributions, grants, and other income.
Mining the 990: A Guide to Gleaning Key Data From Charities’ Tax Forms
A quick reference to find important information on nonprofit groups from the forms they’re required to file with the Internal Revenue Service.
Tips for Jointly Managing a Fundraising Team
A biweekly advice column in which Allison Fine answers your questions about nonprofit careers and leadership.
By ALLISON FINE
Contributor
International Aid Groups Get Most Media Attention of Nonprofit Causes, Study Says
Organizations that work to address poverty in the United States saw the least coverage. January was the weakest month for news about nonprofits.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Nonprofits Can Help Shape Public Policy in an Election Year — With Care
How to advocate for a cause without risking your tax-exempt status.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
A Timeline for Planning a Year-End Campaign
A tool to map out steps to take for a successful year-end fundraising campaign, online and off.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Combined Endowment and Planned-Giving Campaign Is a Hit With Donors
The Minneapolis Foundation’s Pay It Forward Forever Fund, which will not be used for 50 years, asks supporters to consider what the fund might have accomplished if it had existed during previous half-century spans.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor