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'World’s largest database of charitable donations’ – some free/some fee; includes Prospect Research Workbook (downloadable). Use NOZA to quickly and easily include the philanthropic history of individuals, corporations and foundations in your prospect research. NOZA was listed by Chronicle of Philanthropy/Campbell Rinker in 2008 as one of the top 5 most used prospect research tools. All NOZA information comes from publicly available sources, including annual reports and donor lists.

sections on General Prospecting, People Prospecting, Company Prospecting – page by Jon Harrison, Funding Center Supervisor, Social Sciences Collections Coordinator

Find information and services for nonprofits, including grants, loans, assistance, taxes, management and more.

U.S.-based, national and international association that connects scholars, teachers, and practice leaders interested in research on nonprofit organizations, voluntary action, philanthropy and civil society

Wise Giving Alliance helps donors make informed giving decisions and advances high standards of conduct among organizations that solicit contributions from the public

public listing of grants and other funding types to support health research, programs and scholarships

“Our Fundraising & Grants Directory is provided at no cost to our visitors. Since 1996 Fundsnet Services has provided resources information about grants, fundraising, philanthropy, foundations and 501(c)(3) non-profits organizations to those in need of funding and research for their their philanthropic efforts and missions.”

"a research-based approach to fund-raising"; sign up for newsletter; see the list of resources they use

This combines full-text business articles from 3,300 periodicals with company directory information, SWOT analyses, analyst reports, business rankings, histories, and some market share information. Peer-reviewed journals account for 500 of the full-text sources.

Includes the S & P Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives; corporation records, and S & P stock reports.

Provides access to full-text editions of business newspapers in 35 cities.

incorporates four databases: Business Insights, Country Statistics, Market Data Analytics, and MarketLine. Datamonitor 360 includes more than 31,000 company analyses, over 7,000 industry profiles, as well as over 800 databooks, 110 country profiles, news, opinion, and information about "financial deals." Search or browse content in this extensive database through six entry points: industries, geographies, companies, subjects, publishers, and databases.

Provides access to full-text editions of business newspapers in 35 cities.

Indiana residency required. Databases include Business Source Premier, Corporate ResourceNet; McClatchy-Tribune Collection (Newspapers); Newspaper Source; Regional Business News; Small Business Resource Center

A-Z list Resources marked with an asterisk (*) represent subscription databases that are available only to users at the Illinois State Library. Resources not marked with an asterisk are either available freely via the Web or through remote access by current Illinois state government employees. – Databases include: Business and Company Resource Center; Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory; Chicago Tribune; Corporation/LLC Search; Regional Business News; ThomasNet (includes Thomas Register)

the world's definitive scholarly business database; indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886; more than 4,300 journals and magazines are indexed and abstracted; full text for more than 3,200 titles; Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

comprehensive marketing information on both public and private companies and their executives throughout the United States. Includes unlimited searching, viewing and printing of detailed, location-specific company profiles with contact information, executive biographies and proprietary eight-digit SIC codes

full text articles from nearly 1,350 quality magazines and journals; includes detailed company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies

Find an organization; data and statistics; Researcher Database; Community Platform; 2012 Nonprofit Fundraising Survey & Reports from previous surveys; create custom reports; Quick Facts About Nonprofits; follow their “Knowledge” link to a wiki, Knowledgebase, FAQs

A gateway to statistical information for the state of Indiana, STATS Indiana provides economic and demographic data under these headings: economy, population and workforce. STATS Indiana is a freely available information service of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and receives major support from the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Commerce.

“find and share your nonprofit experiences” – see list of ‘top issues’ categories; search by zipcode; search lists of campaigns

"the world of celebrity giving"; 100s of categories

Click to select Actors, Athletes, Musicians, Events, Gifts