Northwest Research

Noza’s 990 database is available, for free at:

http://www.noza990pf.com/

I’m finding it more useful than Guidestar for historical foundation information. Guidestar only provides the last 3 years of 990 for a foundation, but I’ve found information since 1999 on Noza’s 990 database.

There is a very interesting post about Harvard’s endowment by the Boston Globe. Although the article has a focus on the personalities involved, it provides some insight on how some investors (and possible donors) were thinking during the boom years.

Thanks to Planet Money for pointing out the article.

Hi all–

I found this great new blog, supported by DonorSearch. It is called “New Major Gift Research” and it can be found at http://www.donorsearch.net/new-articles/

This blog provides a summary of known new major gifts over the previous week, and it even has an RSS Feed. It looks like a great place to look when someone asks about recent gifts.

This is the Peer Screening presentation from the APRA-Mo/Kan Annual Conference.

I’m Presenting on Prospect Research Basics and Peer Screening at the APRA-MO/KAN Chapter Conference on March 26th and March 27th. If you are in the area, there is still time to sign up and join us.

http://www.apramokan.org/events.html

I Hope to see you there.

Here is a terrific article about the deep web. I have always heard that Google only reaches 35% of the web. It is great that some of the newer search engines, like Kosmix and DeepPeep are addressing some of Google’s deficiencies.

DeepPeep looks especially promising, since so much biographic information is behind search boxes. At this point, DeepPeep is limited to a few topics, but I’m looking forward to its expansion.

The Multnomah County Library has now subscribed to a Newsbank Online Portal that includes a variety of national papers and news sources. You can see the complete source list here

Just a quick note to to let new, old, and future clients know that I have returned to consulting full time and am actively looking for new projects. My contact information can be found in the “about me” section of this blog.