Tipsheet #1235 from 2000 IRE national conference. This tipsheet for covering tax-exempt organizations shows where to find information for particular organizations and how to compare them as a sector of the economy. It also outlines disclosure procedures.
Tipsheet #1022 from 1999 IRE national conference. This provides a list of government offices to contact for information regarding charities that solicit within your state as well as a charity and nonprofit organization source list.
Tipsheet #1021, also from 1999, provides an index of charity regulators in every state as well as a sample 990 form filled out from a nonprofit in Hawaii.
The tipsheets can be downloaded from the IRE and NICAR Web site at www.ire.org/resourcecenter. Search the tipsheet database, and then follow the directions below the abstract for downloading a PDF file.