ProPublica Launches Online Tool to Search Nonprofit Tax Forms by Doug Donovan.
From the post:
The investigative-journalism organization ProPublica started a free online service today for searching the federal tax returns of more than 615,000 nonprofits.
ProPublica began building its Nonprofit Explorer tool on its Web site shortly after the Internal Revenue Service announced in April that it was making nonprofit tax returns available in a digital, searchable format.
ProPublica’s database provides nonprofit Form 990 information free back to 2001, including executive compensation, total revenue, and other critical financial data
Scott Klein, editor of news applications at ProPublica, said Nonprofit Explorer is not meant to replace GuideStar, the most familiar online service for searching nonprofit tax forms. Many search results on Nonprofit Explorer also offer links to GuideStar data.
“They have a much richer tool set,” Mr. Klein said.
For now, Nonprofit Explorer does not include the tax forms filed by private foundations but is expected to do so in a future update.
I guess copy limitations prevented reporting the URL for the ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.
Another place to look for smoke even if you are unlikely to find fire.