Using GuideStar
A basic GuideStar membership is for users who want to verify a nonprofit's legitimacy, learn whether a contribution will be tax deductible, view a nonprofit's recent Forms 990, or find out more about its mission, programs, and finances. Thanks to the generosity of a number of foundations, access to GuideStar's basic service is available for free users. Just log in and start searching, or view the demo.
GuideStar Premium
Designed for professional users, from financial firms to philanthropic foundations, GuideStar Premium unleashes the full power of GuideStar. Our most robust and user-friendly search tool helps you spend less time searching and more time analyzing. And now you can download organization information to use in Excel (and other programs), and also search our database for individuals by name. GuideStar Premium gives you our most in-depth reports on 1.7 million nonprofits. Save time while finding everything you need, from financial data and historic filings to EINs (Employer Identification Numbers).
GuideStar Basic
This simple search is for users who want to verify a nonprofit's legitimacy, learn whether a contribution will be tax deductible, view a nonprofit's recent Forms 990, or find out more about its mission, programs, and finances. Thanks to the generosity of a number of foundations, GuideStar Basic is available at no charge to users. Just log in and start searching, or view the demo.
See the chart below to find out more about accessing nonprofit information through GuideStar Basic and GuideStar Premium. Click on all three tabs to learn about all of the features available at each level of service.
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Click above to view the search, result, and report options available in GuideStar Basic and GuideStar Premium.
| Search Fields: | GuideStar Basic | GuideStar Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Org Name | X | X |
| Keyword | X | X |
| City | X | X |
| State | X | X |
| multi-select option | X | |
| NTEE Category & Subcategory | X | |
| multi-select option | X | |
| NTEE Code | X | |
| Zip/Zip Range | X | |
| IRS subsection | X | |
| multi-select option | X | |
| EIN | X | |
| Income Range | X | |
| mulit-select option | X | |
| MSA | X | |
| Search Features: | ||
| Save Searches | X | |
| Save Orgs | X | |
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| Results Fields: | GuideStar Basic | GuideStar Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Org Name | X | X |
| Org Abbreviation (aka) | X | X |
| City | X | X |
| State | X | X |
| NTEE Codes and description of 1st code | X | X |
| Search Criteria Shows | X | X |
| Org Description | X | |
| Address | X | |
| Zip | X | X |
| Most Current Form 990 PDF | X | |
| Nonprofit eDocs | X | |
| IRS subsection and description | X | |
| EIN | X | |
| Income | X | |
| Sort Results By: | ||
| Org Name | X | X |
| City | X | |
| State | X | |
| Zip | X | |
| NTEE Code | X | |
| Income | X | |
| Form 990 | X | |
| Nonprofit eDocs | X | |
| IRS subsection | X | |
| Refine Results By: | ||
| City | X | |
| State | X | |
| IRS Subsection Code | X | |
| NTEE Code | X | |
| MSA | X | |
| Income | X | |
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| Details Fields: | GuideStar Basic | GuideStar Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Fields | X | X |
| Form 990 PDF: 3 most recent |
X | X |
| Nonprofit eDocs | X | X |
| X | ||
| Income | X | |
| EIN | X | |
| Type of charity/IRS subsection | X | X |
| Executive Name/Profile | X | |
| Board of Directors | X | |
| Form 990 PDF: all years |
X | |
| Assets | X | |
| Financial Summary | X | |
| Previous Years Financial Summary | X | |
| Printable Report | X | |
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Standard fields include more than 35 fields in the sections: General Information, Contact Information, Mission & Programs, Goals & Results, News Releases
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Click above to view search, result, and report page screenshots of search levels available at GuideStar.
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