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Search for
Exempt Organizations courtesy of the IRS.
Here's the place to find out if your organization
is exempt from federal taxation and how much of
your contributions to them are tax deductible.
This is an electronic version of the Publication
78 "Cumulative List of Organizations."
The IRS website also includes a list of
"charities" that are currently subject
to Suspension of Exemption and Disallowance of
Tax Deduction.
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96136,00.html
"THE
BEST WAY TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF
TO THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA"
The American
Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) announces its
top-rated list of charities offering aid to the
over one million displaced people. AIP, a leading
charity watchdog that issues letter grade (A+ to
F) ratings of nonprofit groups, identifies relief
charities providing aid to the victims that
receive an “A” or “B” grade
based on the portion of their budget going to
program services and their fundraising
efficiency.
http://www.charitywatch.org/hottopics/tsunami_asia.html
The Better
Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
"The Alliance reports on nationally
soliciting charitable organizations that are the
subject of donor inquiries. These reports include
an evaluation of the voluntary BBB charity
standards. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance offers
guidance to donors on making informed giving
decisions through our charity evaluations,
various "tips" publications, and
publishes the quarterly Better Business
Bureau Wise Giving Guide."
The website
also includes a list of charities recommended
concerning TSUNAMI RELIEF APPEALS.
http://www.give.org/
The American
Institute of Philanthropy "Helping you to
give wisely to charity." AIP offers
ratings on organizations in its Charity Rating
Guide. AIP considers a group's willingness to
provide basic documents to serious donors as an
important factor in one's giving decision. These
documents include an annual report, complete
audited financial statements, and Internal
Revenue Service form 990, with Schedule A where
applicable.
http://www.charitywatch.org/ratingguide.html
The U.S.
Nonprofit Organization's Public Disclosure
Regulations Site says, "A surprising number
of nonprofit organization administrators don't
realize that federal law requires most tax-exempt
nonprofit organizations to allow public
inspection of their recent federal annual
information returns (e.g. IRS Form 990 and Form
990 Schedule A) and their application for
tax-exempt status (e.g. IRS Form 1023 or 1024),
along with nearly all associated material.
Furthermore, the public access requirements have
been significantly expanded, requiring that
copies of these be provided upon request unless
the organization makes these documents widely
available. "Widely available" currently
means publication of these documents on the World
Wide Web in an acceptable format."
Additional information may be found at:
http://www.muridae.com/publicaccess/access.html
The Illinois
Suburban Library System offers help on its 'Tis
the Season: Evaluating Charitable Organizations
web page dated December 1998.
http://www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/por/features/98/charity.html
Evaluation
of Charities and other Philanthropic Sites from
Yahoo
http://www.cwu.edu/~vargas/vargam.htm
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