Databases - Nonprofit Companies & Organizations - Research Guides at Vanderbilt University

About Nonprofit Company Research

This type of information can be more difficult to locate than information on publicly held entities. There are two approaches that usually will help you with most research needs in this area: how to find them and how to find in-depth background information on specific ones.

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Walker Management Library Databases

Foundation Directory Online Professional
Provides subscribers with access to comprehensive information on grantmakers & their grants. Includes over 96,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, & grantmaking public charities in the U.S.; a database of over 3,500 sponsoring companies; a database of over 1.5 million recently awarded grants; & a keyword-searchable database of over 561,000 recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF. Tutorial
Gale Directory Library

Provides access and cross searching for the Gale online directories including: Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies, and Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media.
Business & Industry

Broad business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets. Use ADVANCED SEARCH for more precise search options.
Business Source Premier

Covers most subject areas related to business: management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, & international business. Includes company reports, SWOT analyses, working papers, country reports, industry reports, case studies, etc.
Factiva

Full-text of business magazines, trade publications, & newspapers including the Wall Street Journal. Use the submenus to refine your search by source, company, subject, industry, region and/or language.
ProQuest Central

A multi-disciplinary database with full text availability for nearly 2,000 journals in all academic fields. It includes same-day, full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
TableBase

Contains tables & text excerpted from numerous publications. Using the ADVANCED SEARCH option, users can limit searches by choosing from lists of concept terms, marketing terms, countries, industries, & document types.

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The Walker Management Library has access to dozens of Owen Graduate School of Management and Vanderbilt University licensed databases. These resources provide access to business news and journals, as well as highly specialized content on an extensive range of business topics and research disciplines. Access and use restrictions apply to some resources, and use of these resources imply acceptance of our Copyright and Licensing Restrictions. Databases can be found in the following ways:

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