News Releases

News Contact:
Suzanne E. Coffman,
Director of Communications
757-229-4631, ext. 27
scoffman@guidestar.org

Following are GuideStar's latest news releases. Use the links on the right to browse through older releases.

• GuideStar Named to 100 Best Websites
  Release Date: 02/28/2008

  The GuideStar Web site, which millions of people visit each year to access nonprofit information, has been named 24th on the list of 100 Best Websites.

• New Report Identifies Characteristics That Drive Foundation Spending Patterns
  Release Date: 02/07/2008

  Foundation type, size, staffing patterns, and operating activities are the key factors that consistently drive foundation expense and compensation patterns, according to a new report issued jointly by the Urban Institute, the Foundation Center, and GuideStar.

• Nonprofit Information and Tools Now Readily Available to Federal Decision Makers
  Release Date: 02/05/2008

  With the addition of GuideStar products and services to the General Services Administration (GSA) Financial and Business Solutions Schedule, federal decision makers can easily obtain the nonprofit information they need.

• GuideStar Adds On-line Donation Capability
  Release Date: 12/05/2007

  Now the millions of people who rely on GuideStar for nonprofit information can give to charity directly from the GuideStar Web site.

• Despite Uncertain Economy, Charities Holding Own, Optimistic about 2007 Giving Season
  Release Date: 11/07/2007

  Charitable contributions rose during the first nine months of 2007, and charities that rely on end-of-year donations expect contributions from the 2007 giving season to exceed those from the end of 2006, a new GuideStar survey shows.

• Glass Ceiling Weakening for Female Nonprofit Executives, 2007 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report Indicates
  Release Date: 09/27/2007

  Female CEOs at nonprofits with budgets of $25 million or more realized greater compensation increases than their male counterparts in fiscal year 2005, the 2007 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report shows.

• GuideStar Urges IRS to Take Time on Form 990 Revision
  Release Date: 09/19/2007

  GuideStar, the leading provider of nonprofit information, submitted its comments on the draft revision of IRS Form 990 to the IRS today.

• GuideStar Launches Organization Download and People Search
  Release Date: 08/23/2007

  GuideStar, the leading provider of nonprofit information, has launched GuideStar Premium 2.0, adding an organization download and a people search to its highest level of service.

• GuideStar Statement on New IRS Form 990 Draft
  Release Date: 06/14/2007

  GuideStar, the leading provider of nonprofit information, applauds the IRS efforts to revise IRS Form 990, a draft of which the IRS released today.

• New IRS Guidelines Alter Grantmaking Practices
  Release Date: 04/12/2007

  GuideStar, the leading provider of nonprofit information, has upgraded its Charity Check service to meet recently released IRS guidelines for verifying an organization’s public charity classification under section 509(a) of the U.S. tax code, as required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

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