Monday, July 02, 2007

Stumper: finding actual budgets for nonprofits

Can anyone help me with a question I got at the reference desk today from a couple of SPA students? They are required to find a recent budget from a nonprofit. While I suppose I could help them find the Baruch budget, I think they may be looking for other examples. I've looked into the following resources with no luck so far:
Although I promised to email the students with any leads I get, I did also refer them to the library at the Foundation Center over on Fifth Avenue as well. If anyone has any ideas, please add them as comments to this blog (as opposed to just hitting the "reply" button in your email program that you may be using now to read this post).

Thanks.

3 comments:

Rita said...

I have searched a number of nonprofit organizations for current budget information without success.

I did find that the Dormitory Authority of New York, described as a public benefit corporation, posts its current operating budget and the previous year's at
http://www.dasny.org/dasny/annual_rep.php.

(The Dormitory Authority issues bonds for construction of projects such as Baruch's vertical campus.)

Stephen Francoeur said...

Kathy Shelfer couldn't log in to publish her comments and emailed them to me. Here's what she suggested:

(1)
Did you check [this page from the] Foundation Center?

(2)
The Foundation Center provides access to IRS 990 forms (filings for nonprofits) as well as sample budgets. Here is a convenient example:

23rd street Association 2004

(3)
Location: New York
DC
San Francisco
Author: Hellebust, Lynn John (ed.)

Title: THINK TANK DIRECTORY : A GUIDE TO INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS (2nd ed)
Publisher Name: Government Research Service
Place of Publication: Topeka, KS
Year of Publication: 2006
Pagination: vii, 406 p
Call Number: REF 042 HEL
ISBN: 1-879929-42-2
ISSN: 1063-3340
Price: $125
Record Type: Monograph
Subjects: Research institutes--directories
Public policy

Abstract: Provides entries for 1,106 nonprofit public policy research organizations, often called think tanks. Entries give the organization's name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, Internet website, chief administrative officer, board members, year established, statement of purpose, publications, funding sources, current areas of interest, methods of operation, staff, and budget. Includes geographic and subject indexes, as well as bibliographical references.

Stephen Francoeur said...

See also Rita's followup post from today for more suggestions.