Resources

Research & data

Know your funders and your field.

• ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — free 990s for every U.S. nonprofit and foundation. First stop for funder research.
• Candid — Foundation Directory and GuideStar; many local libraries offer free access.
• AFP Global — the professional association: ethics standards, research, and the Greater LA chapter.
• Fundraising Effectiveness Project — the sector's retention and giving benchmarks, updated quarterly.
• CalNonprofits — California policy, compliance, and advocacy for nonprofits.

From the group

Member wisdom, saved.

Good answers from the member list get captured here so they help more than once. Recent: publishing your annual report before the audit closes? Common practice is to list fiscal-year-end financials clearly marked "unaudited": donors get timely numbers, and the audit updates the record later.

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