The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "nonprofit" ...
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Tracking your impact
Hasler gives great tips on how you can track your impact to show your readers and funders what your reach is.
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The Business of training
Bergantino's Powerpoint describes how newsrooms and nonprofits can add to their bottom line by offering training. Included are great tips and questions to ask yourself.
Tags: training; education; newsrooms; nonprofits
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Forming and Operating a Tax-Exempt Journalism Organization
Hermes extensively lays out what it means to be a tax-exempt journalism organization and the history behind it and provides legal resources for anyone interested in starting their own nonprofit center.
Tags: nonprofits; tax-exempt; 990; 501(c)(3)
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Investigative Centers and Public Broadcast: Meant to Be?
Houston describes the mutual benefits of investigative centers and public broadcast stations sharing resources. This is a Powerpoint presentation.
Tags: nonprofits; investigative centers; public broadcast stations
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Money and Politics-Who's Giving
This tipsheet is a detailed guide to finding out who is giving money to politicians and their staffers and why.
Tags: campaign finance; lobbyists; lobbying; nonprofits; regulations; 527 groups
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Starting up: Lessons Learned in Creating Investigative Centers
Get advice from the pro's on starting a nonprofit investigative newsroom, best practices for producing editorial content, transparency in financial operations, and handling administrative and technical issues.
Tags: nonprofit; organization; starting-up
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Investigating Nonprofits
Start with structure when beginning your nonprofit investigation with these helpful tips from an award winning investigative reporter.
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Investigating Nonprofits-Simple Beginners' Checklist
"Whether you have years, months, weeks or days, you can find vital information about local nonprofits, using the following checklist."
Tags: nonprofits; checklist
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How to find nonprofit leaders lining their own pockets
Find out who is really profiting from nonprofits. With the possibility of dozens in a community, learn how to wade through 990's and what to look for.
Tags: nonprofits; 990 tax forms
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Covering Nonprofits and Private Companies
Find out who is working for the underdog, and who's not. Gary Cohn shares his years of experience, including digging into the new Form 990.
Tags: nonprofits; private companies; 990 tax form,