Resources and Links For Donors:
This page offers resources and links for Donors. You may also wish to visit our two other links pages designed specifically for Nonprofit Organizations and for Professional Advisors.
Sample Bequest Language for gifts to any Community Foundation fund.
For donors who wish to establish a testamentary charitable fund, or make a testamentary gift to any Community Foundation fund.
Charitable giving options review, prepared by the Community Foundation, that compares the features of a Donor-Advised Fund, Private Foundation and a Support Foundation for you and your professional advisor to review.
Charitable Registration Directory
The State of New Jersey Office of Consumer Protection regulates charities in the state. Information on registered charities is available on-line.
Collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have national or international program services.
Guidestar provides information about who nonprofits serve, including their budgets, staff, needs, and success stories.
IRS Website - Search for Exempt Organizations
This online version of Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations, is intended to assist you in learning if an organization is exempt from federal taxation and, if so, determining how much of your contributions to that organization are tax deductible.
Resource information on how to leave a gift to charity through a bequest.
National Center for Charitable Statistics
National Center for Family Philanthropy. A group dedicated to encouraging families and individuals to create their own philanthropic missions through research, presentations and educational materials. 202-293.3421 www.ncfp.org
Provides a budgeting perspective that helps people decide for themselves how much they can comfortably afford to donate.
Network for Good is a coalition of leading Internet companies and nonprofit organizations that has developed extensive on-line resources and tools to make it easier for individuals to donate, volunteer, speak out on issues and make more informed decisions about supporting causes they care about.
The website for the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Social Edge is a lively and provocative online community for the social sector. It's a place for an empowered community of socially minded individuals committed to changing the world to convene. http://skoll.socialedge.org
Web site for the 2004 Women and Philanthropy conference that focuses on women's relationships with money, their capacity for giving and the motivations that drive them to give. The purpose of the conference is to inspire, educate and encourage New Jersey women to effect change through their philanthropy.