Helpful Links
Contents
For Consumers and Donors
For Charities and Professional Fundraisers
Government Resources
- Avoiding Fraud (Federal Trade Commission)
- Avoiding Fraud (Federal Trade Commission) (Español)
- BBB Wise Giving Alliance
- Business search
- Charity Navigator (evaluates financial health of charities)
- Charity Watch
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
- Denver Post Season to Share
- Guidestar (Candid.org) search for Form 990 and charity financial statements
- IRS charities lookup
- National Center for Charitable Statistics/The Urban Institute
For Charities and Professional Fundraisers
- Association of Fundraising Professionals, Colorado Chapter
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- BBB Standards for Charitable Solicitations & Wise Giving Guide
- Board Source - Developing Nonprofit Boards
- Certified Fund Raising Executive International (CFRE)
- Chronicle of Philanthropy, Newspaper of the Nonprofit World
- Colorado Nonprofit Association
- Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (new nonprofits)
- Council on Foundations
- Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities
- Fraud Prevention Resources
- Giving Institute, The (formerly the American Association of Fundraising Counsel)
- Independent Sector’s Principals for Good Governance and Ethical Practice Resource Center
- IRS ABC’s for Exempt Organizations
- IRS 990 E-filing Requirements - new for 2022
- National Council of Nonprofit Associations
- Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Colorado
- Colorado Department of Revenue
- Colorado General Assembly
- Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Information
- IRS catalog of products for charities (PDF)
- National Association of State Charity Officials
- Stop Fraud Colorado (Colorado AG's Office)
- U.S. Code, Office of the Law Revision Counsel
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Virtual IRS Workshops for 501(c)(3) Exempt Organizations (StayExempt.IRS.gov)