Nonprofit Due Diligence
- Candid (GuideStar) – World’s largest source of information on nonprofits
- Charity Navigator – Rates nonprofits on financial health, accountability, and transparency
- Great Nonprofits – Community-sourced stories about nonprofits, written by donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries
- ImpactMatters (a service of Charity Navigator) – Provides “audits” of nonprofits that have proven evidence of impact
- GiveWell – Rates nonprofits based on empirical data, cost-effectiveness, and capacity for increased funding
- The Life You Can Save – Nonprofits that aid the global poor vetted for record of effectiveness
Research on Cause Areas and Programs
- Innovations for Poverty Action – Research on over 300 potential solutions to poverty
- Grantmakers in Health – Helps grantmakers improve the nation’s health by strengthening grantmakers’ knowledge, skills, effectiveness, and collaboration
- The Jameel Poverty Action Lab – Database of over 850 publicly available randomized evaluations of programs found to be effective
- Giving Compass – Curates content from many expert sources, including the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, with the goal of sharing knowledge in order to create social change
- Root Cause Social Impact Research (SIR) – Reports on cause areas and topics for creating social change
- IssueLab (a service of Candid) – Organizes research from social sector organizations on 30+ cause areas
Disaster Recovery
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy – National resource dedicated to helping donors make more intentional disaster-related giving decisions
- International Federation of the Red Cross – World’s largest humanitarian network that acts before, during, and after disasters and health emergencies
- The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System – Cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange, and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters
- The US Department of Health and Human Services Disaster Information Management Research Center – Quality health information resources and informatics research for disaster and public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery
- MSF/Doctors Without Borders – Well-regarded international nonprofit and often among the first on the scene of multiple international disasters
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – International coordinating body promoting disaster preparedness and mitigation strategies among members
- Disaster Accountability Project – Nonprofit organization that provides long-term independent oversight of disaster management systems
COVID Specific Resources
- CHIP’s Regional COVID Response Dashboard – Grant award data from 13 COVID-19 response funds in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, visualized against indicators of community need, to help all funders plan beyond the initial relief efforts.
- Candid COVID-19 Relief Funds – List of funds specifically established in the wake of coronavirus, with a focus on funds hosted at US-based foundations that serve nonprofits
- GivingCompass – Comprehensive list and interactive map of vetted response and relief funds for COVID-19
- The COVID Racial Data Tracker – Collaboration between the COVID Tracking Project and the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, gathering complete and up-to-date race and ethnicity data on COVID-19 in the United States
- The RVAgreen 2050 Climate Equity Index – Interactive map tool created by the City of Richmond Office of Sustainability that allows users to explore each Census tract through metrics including COVID-19 infection risk, climate impacts, social vulnerability factors, built assets, and natural resources
- Community Foundation Locator – The Council on Foundations has a Community Foundation Locator that can help you find regional COVID-19 response funds.
- World Health Organization – Supports health care practices and information on COVID-19, including the advanced medical systems of Europe as well as those that are already under-resourced
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy CDP COVID-19 Response Fund – Supports response and recovery efforts for those most affected and for the responders; funded by a diverse mix of private foundations, community groups, and corporations