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Company Information Corporate Giving Programs Demographic Information Donor Listings
Fee-based databases Financial/Securities Information Foundations General Non-Profit Information
General Reference Government Funding Sources Newspapers and Periodicals Professionals/Bio
Prospect Research Sites Real Estate Information Salary Surveys Search Engines and Locators

Corporate Giving Programs

Corporate Grantmakers on the Internet http://www.fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_corp/corp1.html
Corporate Sponsorship Source/IEG Network http://www.sponsorship.com/
Matching Gift Information http://www.uta.edu/giving/matching.html

Demographic Information

American Demographics http://www.adage.com/section.cms?sectionId=195
Free Demographics http://www.freedemographics.com/
HomeTown Locator http://gazetteer.hometownlocator.com/index.cfm
MelissaData [Zip Codes by state or county] http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/countyzip.asp
Statistical Resources on the Web [from the University of Michigan] http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
U.S. Census http://www.census.gov/

Donor Listings

Digital Sunshine [campaign contributions disclosure by state] http://campaigndisclosure.org/gradingstate/appendix2.html

Dirty Money [Environmental Working Group's database of PAC contributions] http://www.ewg.org/

FEC Info http://www.tray.com/

Lobbyists Fees http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp

Massachusetts State Political Contributions Database http://www.efs2.cpf.state.ma.us/EFSprod/servlet/WelcomeServlet

Indiana University Center on Philanthropy Million Dollar Donors http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/announce.html#million

MoJo 400 Central [political donors] http://www.mojones.com/coinop_congress/97mojo_400/mojo_400.html

Philanthropic Digest Index http://www.tc.umn.edu/~bergq003/wa/PD_Index.html

Fee-based Databases

Dialog http://www.dialog.com/
Factiva (formerly Dow Jones Interactive Publishing) http://www.factiva.com/
Lexis/Nexis http://www.lexis-nexis.com/
ObituaryRegistry.com [current obituaries and death notices] http://www.obituaryregistry.com/
Prospect Research Online http://www.iwave.com

Financial/Securities Information

10K Wizard [full-text searching of SEC documents] http://www.tenkwizard.com

CBS MarketWatch Insider Trading http://cbs.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/insiders.asp?siteid=mktw

EDGAR Online search http://www.edgar-online.com/

EDGAR Search [the original SEC database] http://www.sec.gov/edaux/searches.htm

FreeERISA [pension plan and employee profit sharing plan data] http://www.freeerisa.com/

Historical Stock Quotes from Big Charts http://www.bigcharts.com/historical/

Historical Stock Quotes from Yahoo http://finance.yahoo.com/

IPO Central http://premium.hoovers.com/global/ipoc/index.xhtml

Multex Investor (Stock Screening, etc.) http://yahoo.multexinvestor.com/Home.aspx?target=%2f&page=home

Pink Sheets [thinly-traded stock quotes] http://www.pinksheets.com/

SEC-Info from Finnegan O'Malley & Company Inc. http://www.secinfo.com

Stock symbol lookup from Yahoo http://finance.yahoo.com/l

Foundations

Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts http://www.agmconnect.org/
Association of Small Foundations http://www.smallfoundations.org/
Canadian Foundations and Charities http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/tax/charities/menu-e.html
City of Boston Intergovernmental Relations Funding Update http://www.cityofBoston.gov/intergovernmental/weekly.asp
Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org/
European Foundation Center (Funders Online) http://www.fundersonline.org/
Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org
Foundation Center Search Zone [specialized search engine for foundations] http://fdncenter.org/searchzone/
GrantSmart [Form 990PF] http://www.grantsmart.com
GuideStar [also includes Forms 990PC and 990PF] http://www.guidestar.org/
The Philanthropy Roundtable http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/

General Non-Profit Information

Alliance for Nonprofit Management http://www.allianceonline.org

Arizona State University (ASU) Nonprofit Management Institute http://www.asu.edu/copp/nonprofit/

CharityVillage [Canada] http://www.charityvillage.com/

Chronicle of Higher Education http://www.chronicle.com/index.htm

Chronicle of Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com

Contributions Magazine http://www.contributionsmagazine.com/

Free Management Library [for non-profits] http://www.mapnp.org/library/

GuideStar [also includes Forms 990PC and 990PF] http://www.guidestar.org/

The Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library http://www-lib.iupui.edu/special/ppsl.html

National Center for Nonprofit Boards (BoardSource) http://www.ncnb.org/

Non-Profit Locator Database, FAQ, and Library http://www.nonprofits.org/

Philanthropic Advisory Service-Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. http://www.give.org/

Prospect Research Sites

Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) http://www.aprahome.org
David Lamb's Prospect Research Page http://www.lambresearch.com/
Executive Library http://www.executivelibrary.com/
Internet Prospector http://www.internet-prospector.org/
NETSource at USC http://www.usc.edu/dept/source/
New England Development Research Association (NEDRA) http://www.nedra.org
Prospect Research Blog http://stevenhupp.typepad.com/prospectresearch/
R. I. Arlington (Advancement Services) http://www.riarlington.com
University of Vermont Prospect Research Page http://www.uvm.edu/~prospect/index.html

Real Estate Information

City-to-County Conversion http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi
City/Town Info http://www.citytown.info/
CourtHouse Direct.com [free public records] http://www.courthousedirect.com/FreeDB.asp
Domania.com [home sale search] http://www.domania.com/index.jsp
Geographic Nameserver [convert towns or cities to counties] http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo
Homegain.com http://www.homegain.com
KnowX [fee-based property assessments and other records] http://www.knowx.com
Landings: Aviation's Databases http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/search/search_nnr-owners.html
Massachusetts community profiles http://www.state.ma.us/cc/
Massachusetts counties http://www.netronline.com/states_db/Massachusetts.htm#P1
New York Neighborhoods [from New York Magazine] http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/realestate/features/realestate2003/n_8427/
Other Tax Assessment Information from Northwestern University http://www.pulawski.com/
Other Tax Assessment Information from Portico (U Va) http://indorgs.virginia.edu/portico
Pacific Information Resources Guide to State Databases (Search Systems.Net) http://www.searchsystems.net/
Property Assessments: City of Boston, MA http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/assessing/search.asp
Property Assessments: City of Cambridge, MA http://www.cambridgema.gov/fiscalaffairs/PropertySearch.cfm
Property Assessments: City of Newton, MA http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/assessors2003/Search.asp
Property Assessments: Town of Brookline, MA http://www.townofbrooklinemass.com/assessors/propertylookup.asp
Public Records Sources http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp
U.S. Geological Survey National Mapping Information [another source to convert towns to counties] http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
Vision Appraisal Technology [selected New England towns] http://data.visionappraisal.com/
Yahoo! Real Estate Records http://realestate.yahoo.com/re/homevalues/

Salary Surveys, Specific Salary Information, and Job Postings

AmLaw 100 http://www.law.com/special/professionals/amlaw/2002/amlaw100/amlaw_100main.shtml
Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations for Construction Projects (U.S. Department of Labor) http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/index.html
Corporate Counsel Salary Survey http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/pubarticleCC.jsp?id=1058416383384
ERI Economic Research Institute [free data is on the left] http://www.erieri.com
JobStar's collection of Salary Surveys http://www.jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal-surv.htm
Law Firms Salaries http://www.infirmation.com/shared/insider/payscale.tcl
Physician Salaries http://www.physicianssearch.com/physician/salary2.html
The Plum Book http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/1996/index.html
Salary.com http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp
Salary Expert.com http://www.salaryexpert.com/
Television and Radio News Salaries http://web.missouri.edu/~jourvs/sals90s.html
U.S. Office of Personnel Management 2005 Salary Tables [government positions] http://www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index.htm
Wall Street Journal Careers Salary Surveys http://www.careerjournal.com/
WetFeet Career Guide http://www.wetfeet.com/asp/careerlist.asp

Search Engines and Locators

AnyWho [telephone directory] http://www.anywho.com/
Argali White & Yellow [telephone directory meta-search engine] http://www.argali.com
Collection of Special Search Engines http://www.leidenuniv.nl/ub/biv/specials.htm
Direct Search [invisible web search tool from Gary Price] http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
Directory Assistance Plus http://www.daplus.us/
DogPile [meta-search engine] http://www.dogpile.com
FAST Search http://www.alltheweb.com
Free People Search http://www.free-peoplesearch.com/
Foundation Center Search Engine http://fdncenter.org/searchzone/
Google [search engine] http://www.google.com/
Groowe [search toolbar] http://www.groowe.com/
HotBot http://www.hotbot.com
InfoSpace http://www.infospace.com
NICAR Net Tour http://www.ire.org/training/nettour/
Pandia Search Central http://www.pandia.com/
ProFusion [specialized search engines] http://www.profusion.com/index.htm
ResearchZilla www.researchzilla.com
Teoma [search engine] http://www.teoma.com
SearchAbility http://www.searchability.com/
The Ultimates [telephone directory meta-search engine] http://www.theultimates.com/
Wayback Machine [internet archive] http://web.archive.org/
Yahoo! People Search [formerly Four-11 Directory] http://people.yahoo.com/
ZoomInfo [formerly Eliyon] http://networking5.zoominfo.com/PeopleSearch/