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Targeted Sources Overview

This page provides specific resources from government and industry. These are not library databases. See the Management Databases menu for resources to find journal articles.

Nonprofit Sources

Guidestar Nonprofit Reports
Use the free basic search to find IRS 990 forms (filed by nonprofits) and an overview of the organization. Note: you may need to create a free account to view more than one nonprofit profile.
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search Tool
The Internal Revenue Service also provides a search tool for looking up tax exempt organizations. Note: you can search by organization name/keyword as well as EIN. Just change the "Search By" dropdown.
What is Form 990?
Guidestar provides an overview of the IRS Form 990 and the information you can learn from them.
Charity Navigator
The world's largest independent nonprofit evaluator.
How do you define a nonprofit’s size?
The Nonprofit Times
A business publication for nonprofit management.
US Social Sector Dashboard
Candid’s U.S. Social Sector Dashboard shares up-to-date data and key facts about the organizations, financial flows, and people that make up the sector.
Nonprofit Research Reports from Candid
Recent research reports about the nonprofit sector presented by Candid, a site combining GuideStar and Foundation Center to become the largest source of information on nonprofits in the US.

Governmental Regulatory Sources

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The Federal Aviation Administration is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
Ohio Department of Commerce
The state's chief regulatory agency. Assists businesses to operate lawfully so they can succeed as jobs-creators and we can safeguard Ohioans.
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio DOT plans, builds, and maintains a safe, efficient, and accessible transportation system that integrates highway, rail, air and water networks.
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is a trusted leader and environmental steward using innovation, quality service and public involvement to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all Ohioans.
US Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce promotes job creation and economic growth by ensuring fair trade, providing the data necessary to support commerce and constitutional democracy, and fostering innovation by setting standards and conducting foundational research and development.
US Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and more.
US Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation is responsible for planning and coordinating federal transportation projects. It also sets safety regulations for all major modes of transportation.

Industry Sources

Bizstats
This website for free, accurate business statistics.
EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR.
Economic Census
Every five years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects extensive statistics about businesses that are essential to understanding the American economy. This official count, better known as the Economic Census, serves as the foundation for the measurement of U.S. businesses and their economic impact.

SIC or NAICS Code Lookup

SIC Codes and NACIS codes will better enable research for specific industries. SIC was basically replaced in 1987 by NACIS. But while the NAICS system is more up-to-date than the SIC system, many databases and print resources still use SIC codes exclusively.

Consumer Sources

U. S. Census Data
Dashboard for all U. S. Census Data.
National Retail Federation
Excellent source for statistics on retail trade association
Annual Retail Trade Report - Census.gov

Demographics

My Congressional District
My Congressional District gives you quick and easy access to selected statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey (ACS) and County Business Patterns (CBP). The ACS provides detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing statistics every year for the nation's communities. CBP provides annual statistics for businesses with paid employees at a detailed geography and industry level.
American Census Data
The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.