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If a charity you want to support is not in this database, it does not mean they are ineligible for grants. You can still recommend a grant to any U.S.-based public charity.

  

About GuideStar

 

GuideStar® is an initiative of Philanthropic Research, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1994. GuideStar® mission is to help improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through the collection and presentation of exhaustive information about nonprofit organizations.

Over the next ten years, GuideStar® envisions the evolution of an increasingly efficient nonprofit marketplace where:

  • -information about the operations and finances of nonprofit organizations is readily accessible and actively utilized by decision makers throughout the nonprofit sector
  • -donors actively seek out and compare charities, monitor their performances, and, ultimately, give with greater confidence
  • -nonprofit organizations pursue more effective operating practices, embrace greater accountability, and enjoy lower fund-raising costs
  • -society benefits from a more efficient, generous, and well-targeted allocation of resources to the nonprofit sector.

GuideStar® database includes information on all IRS-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (these are the organizations to which donations are tax-deductible). Currently, there are over 1 million organizations in the database.

The database is designed to handle a range of information from organizations -- from program descriptions, to financial information, to supplementary information such as newsletters, press releases, and classified ads.

GuideStar® financial information comes from:

  • -the IRS Business Master File of 501(c)(3) nonprofits
  • -the IRS Form 990 or 990 EZ, financial returns filed by nonprofits with over $25,000 in annual revenue
  • -the GuideStar Basic Financial Statement, a form we ask nonprofits that do not file with the IRS to fill out

Other information such as programs, accomplishments, and objectives, are obtained directly from an individual organization and included whenever available.

The amount of information that appears for each nonprofit organization depends upon the information available to GuideStar® and the participation level of the organization.

For more information about GuideStar® visit their Web site at www.guidestar.org.