The following are not affiliated with Community Law Center, but may be helpful resources for Community Associations.
PROPERTY INFORMATION:
COMMUNITY CONCERNS:
SEEKING GRANTS:
- Enoch Pratt’s Grants Collection – search over 240,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities. (Foundation Directory Online Professional is accessible in all Pratt Library locations.)
- grants.gov – federal grants information
- grants.maryland.gov – Governor’s grants office
MEDIATION SERVICES:
IT SERVICES:
- Pass IT On (also has job training opportunities)
IRS SEARCH PAGE:
IRS Exempt Organizations Search
LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT PAGES:
Maryland and IRS websites
DATABASES FOR RESEARCH: (accessible with a public library card)
- Data Axel – information on organizations
- News Bank – a local news database with stories and press releases
DATABASES WITH SUBSCRIPTION (some institutions open to the public may subscribe to databases such as these):
- IBIS WORLD – Industry reports (Civic Social and Youth Organizations gives information on the nonprofit setor)
- STATISTICA – Sector statistics (including the Nonprofit sector)
- POLICY MAP – where certain target people or things are in the U.S. or locally
- SIMMONS – a consumer database from mass surveys to determine demographics, attitudes, and media usae of people who engage in a target behavior (e.g., what media types are popular with poeple who volunteered with a nonprofit in the past 12 months?)