I have learned that if you obtain the login information for the Foundation Center's Directory, available at www.foundationcenter.org, from Melisa Mendez, melisa_mendez@baruch.cuny.edu, you may access the IRS Form 990 for the foundation for which you are searching. The Form 990 is the required yearly filing with the IRS. I tried several foundations, including the Baruch College Fund, and the Form 990s are available back to 2001 as pdf files.
The Form 990 can be useful in numerous information inquiries, such as where the foundation receives income, including investments, and to whom the foundation awards grants, expenses of the foundation, including salaries paid to foundation officers, and others.
Guidestar used to offer the Form 990 as part of its free information but access is now limited to those who have a premium (for a fee) Guidestar service. Accessing the Foundation Center site via the logon information from the Center for Sponsored Programs and Research is an alternative source for the Form 990s.
Rita
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