Nonprofit Sector: Legal & Tax
Tax & Financial Data
- GuideStarGuideStar's mission is to promote philanthropy by helping donors, institutional funders, and charities become more informed, effective, and efficient. Site contains GuideStar's searchable database of more than 700,000 U.S. nonprofit organizations, donor resources, news and information.
- Foundation Center"The Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training, it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed."
- 990 Finder - Foundation DirectoryQuick look-up tool for finding 990 forms.
- Foundation Directory Online
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Houses information on foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities. - Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
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Provides profiles of U.S. companies, health care providers, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.
- The National Center for Charitable StatisticsThe National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society. The site provides access to information derived primarily from data supplied by tax-exempt nonprofit organizations.
- IRS Charities & Non-ProfitsFind tax information for charities and non-profits in addition to finding filed 990s.
- Oregon Department of RevenueView publications from Oregon's Department of Revenue and other state tax resources.
Legal Databases
- Legal Information Reference CenterContains full text legal forms and consumer legal reference books specific to the State of Oregon Requires you to create a user account with the State Law Library. The link to this resource will now take you to the page to create an account and has the icon on the webpage to access this resource once your account is established.