If you are looking for information about a particular organization, or want to analyze trends in organizational finance, GuideStar is a valuable site. Visitors can search by organization's name, location, category, and budget size, which makes it easy to compare organizations with similar characteristics. There are also online forms for visitors to donate online or to find volunteer opportunities, which makes the site useful for Fundraisers and volunteer program managers. The site also collects stories about the nonprofit sector from various newspapers and magazines. Idealist also has a large nonprofit job site, a directory of companies and consultants that service nonprofit organizations and a collection of news items about nonprofit organizations around the world.
Visitors can also find upcoming conferences using a detailed search engine.
The National Center for Nonprofit Boards, an association for board members of nonprofit organizations, contains articles related to nonprofit governance. The site also contains information about upcoming conferences and events for leaders. This site is useful to grantmakers, jobseekers and researchers or Fundraisers who want to learn more about funding organizations in the New York area. New York is an international center for educational and nonprofit organizations and the foundations that sustain them. The Jobseekers page has information on openings at member institutions.