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Search results for "non-profits" ...
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Effective Use of the Internet
Jaimi Dowdell offers some of the best places on the Web to kick off an investigation.
Tags: Internet; research; non-profits; deep web; searching
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Investigating Business: From profit to non-profit
This tipsheet is a good guide to backgrounding businesses. The authors list local sources, government sources, data sources, online sources, regulators and trade groups that will be helpful for any business reporter. Each source has a short explanation of why it is helpful.
Tags: business; backgrounding; SEC; Wall Street; bankruptcy; Secretary of State; Pacer
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About TRAC
How to use "the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a non-profit, non-partisan center at Syracuse Univeristy."
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Covering Private Companies
Roush offers very comprehensive, detailed advice about covering private companies. He discusses some places to find informaton, including the Secretary of State, the courts, and UCC codes. Roush also discusses covering non-profits and financial institutions. Finally, he includes a long list of web resources that are helpful for the business beat.
Tags: beat reporting; business; corporations; public records; banks; credit unions; small business administration; consumers
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Farming for Stories
Clarke offers some ideas about how to use USDA data for agricultural CAR projects. She includes tips about how to spot fraud, along with other story ideas. Clarke also lists several resources that could be useful for this sort of project, such as the Environmental Working Group and the Census of Agriculture.
Tags: agriculture; farming; subsidies; computer-assisted reporting; farmers; non-profits; data anlysis
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Beyond Bake Sales: Investigating Nonprofits
Morris, Campbell and Clolery provide a PowerPoint presentation from their panel at the IRE Annual Conference in Fort Worth. The presentation includes advice on why to cover nonprofits, how to cover them and what documents can be used for investigations.
Tags: businesses; Form 1023; Form 990; fund-raising; IRS
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Dissecting Profits and Non-Profits
This tipsheet offers sources to use when investigating both publicly traded companies and non-profits. Most of the sources are online, and include the Security and Exchange Commission, Dun and Bradstreet credit reports and Guidestar.
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Dissecting Non-Profits
Santana discusses how to investigate non-profits, even when they're being uncooperative. He goes beyond the standard 990 data; instead, he discusses making connections with the staff, collaborating with local regulators and watchdogs, and examining local organizations as part of a national system.
Tags: non-profits; nongovernmental organizations; sourcing; documents
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Dissecting Profits and Non-Profits
This tipsheet is composed of a concise list of resources for investigating publicly- traded companies, as well as non-profits. Some of the resources include the Security and Exchange Commission, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Guidestar.
Tags: business; SEC; Better Business Bureau