Support GuideStar

Help millions of people make informed decisions about nonprofits and the work they do.

Better Data. Better Decisions. Better World.

GuideStar is the world’s largest source of nonprofit information. We connect people and organizations with data on 2.7 million nonprofit organizations. We are committed to collecting and delivering the highest quality of nonprofit data and generating information and intelligence that will lead to more effective philanthropy and greater impact.

Great Circle

Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Heifer Project International

Best Friends Animal Society

The NY Founding

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc.

Organizations featured on this page have earned a GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency

How We Are Funded

GuideStar is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Our work is funded through a combination of philanthropic support (from foundations, individuals, and other key partners) and earned income. The active support and engagement of our philanthropic supporters help ensure we continue to innovate and strengthen our tools and services, while we enable more than 99.9 percent of our stakeholders to access our data for free.

Join Us! Here’s How You Can Support GuideStar

We invite you to get involved! Here are a few ways you can lend your support to GuideStar.

Philanthropic Partners

Annual membership program connecting foundations and corporate giving programs with the data they need to effectively carry out their grantmaking.

Grants

Unrestricted or restricted funding to drive GuideStar’s innovation, produce new tools to leverage our data, and ensure free access to the majority of our users. Foundations can also work with GuideStar to help build the capacity of their grantees.

Donations

Do you love the work we do? We invite you to donate to GuideStar. The support from donors like you helps keep us going.

Your Support Helps Drive Social Good

The generous support from people like you gives us the resources to support the 1.7 million nonprofits delivering vital services and protecting the most vulnerable among us.

Help

1.7 million nonprofits share stories of mission and impact and amplify their voices across more than 200 websites.

Deliver

state-of-the art tools that drive greater efficiency and effectiveness in grantmaking and philanthropic giving.

Create

a community of shared learning to strengthen philanthropy and encourage collaboration.

Increase

transparency, empower more informed giving, and drive social change.

Where We are Going

GuideStar was a pioneer in using the Internet to promote nonprofit transparency. Today, we’re part of the backbone of the nonprofit sector. We’re excited to build upon our achievements as we seek to expand and enhance our service to the sector and drive social change. Our priorities include:

Expanding the Breadth

of our information

We seek to include new types of charitable organizations, such as sub-entities (e.g., fiscally-sponsored organizations), religious organizations, and international organizations

Increasing the Depth

of our information

We seek to improve and expand program service information, legal compliance data, news and social media feeds, “what works” data on social interventions, and beneficiary feedback

Amplifying the Reach

of our information

We seek to expand the reach of our data as we add more data partners (websites, applications, donor-advised funds, libraries, and more)

Enhancing Our Network

via APIs

We seek to include more financial fields, pre-calculated metrics, expanded people information, and more nonprofit-reported data

Strengthening Our Visuals

with new graphics

We seek to strengthen search capability and data visualization

Advancing DEI

(diversity, equity, and inclusion)

We seek to advance DEI through the collection and aggregation of an expanded set of demographic data, and the analysis and data visualization of this information to inform discussion and nonprofit practices

We Are Grateful for Your Support

We are grateful to the hundreds of foundations, corporate giving programs, and partners whose support makes it possible for us to drive social change. They include:

The Atlantic Philanthropies
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Skoll Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Andrew Mellon Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Carnegie Corporation
Ford Foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Lilly Endowment
Kresge Foundation
Surdna Foundation

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Charles S. Mott Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Thank You!