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Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, 3rd ed.
Research, theory, and practice in the field of nonprofit leadership and management, with increased emphasis on accountability, social entrepreneurship and its implications, and nonprofit financial management.

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Primary Article Databases

This list of databases might seem to you to be a duplicate of the list that is under the Finding Articles tab you would be correct. These databases contain pertinent articles for profit and non-for-profit management sources, issues and trends. Using effective search terms will yield results pertaining to non-profits. If you need any extra assistance for constructing searches please let me know.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier provides the full text of more than 2 thousand business publications, including more than 1,000 peer reviewed journals. It is a comprehensive database that covers all disciplines of business including management, finance, marketing and international trade. It also contains company, industry and country reports, SWOTs and market research reports.
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
Emerald contains peer-reviewed articles from 175 management journals, and it is especially strong in management topics such as human resource management, operations management, and library and information management.Emerald also contains articles that focus on marketing,finance, information technology, and international company and industry information.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A good place to start your research, Academic Search Ultimate provides full text for scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals as well as general interest sources.
Expanded content and coverage replacing Academic Search Premier.

Non-Profit Websites

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The web version of the weekly news journal of the nonprofit sector. It includes a summary of their articles, some full text, current news stories, information on conferences, workshops and seminars, and links to other nonprofit related sites.
The Independent Sector
IS is an organization that works to strengthen the nonprofit sector and encourages volunteerism and philanthropy. Their site has information about their initiatives, along with facts and trends within the industry. They also offer publications to purchase on aspects of managing a nonprofit organization.
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature (Foundation Center)
This database of the literature of philanthropy incorporates the unique contents of Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 33,000 records, the majority of which include descriptive abstracts.
Charity Navigator
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation's largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities.
990 Finder - Candid
Search for a nonprofit's IRS return. Formerly, the Foundation Center's 990 Finder.
Guidestar
Search site for nonprofit organizations. You need to register to look at the financial data.
ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer
Searchable database of IRS TI-990 nonprofit organization tax filings. Also tables of revenue by state.
CitizenAudit.org
A full-text searchable database (now available for a fee) of full digitized nonprofit financials, with PDFs of the 990 forms back to about 2002. It was created by Washington, D.C.-based reporter Luke Rosiak.
Minnesota Council on Foundations
This organization offers local information and resources for news, trends, and learning opportunities relating to charitable giving and grantseeking in Minnesota.
Giving in Minnesota
Annual research report from the Minnesota Council on Foundations.
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Information about starting and managing a nonprofit organization. Additional free resources include job listings and a "Nonprofit Yellow Pages".
National Center for Charitable Statistics
This is a national depository of data on the nonprofit sector. They produce profiles of the sector for each state, IRS and tax information for nonprofit organizations, fact sheets and financial information on the nonprofit sector and many links to other nonprofit related sites.
Foundation Center: Focus on the Economic Crisis
News, features and links related to the current economy's effects on foundations, nonprofits and philanthropy.