Data and analysis for
better grantmaking.
Research for grantmakers and nonprofits, built on IRS filings, grants data and compliance records covering nearly two million organizations.
FinCEN just told banks how charities get abused. Here’s the check every grantmaker should run before the next payment.
Treasury’s new notice is written for banks, but its red flags apply just as well to grantmakers. Our data shows how easy the simplest checks are to miss: thousands of grants a year go to organizations the IRS has already revoked.
Inside America’s 130,000 private foundations
Philanthropy’s headlines are about billion-dollar foundations. Its daily reality is a long tail of small, lean ones. A data look at who they are, what they give and why the middle matters more than it seems.
Your 990 is your first impression: what funders (and their software) read before they call you
Long before a program officer replies to your email, someone, or something, has read your Form 990. Here’s what they look at, what raises questions and how to make sure your filing tells the same story you do.
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the organizations you fund.
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