2013 Social Justice Career Fair Participants
Union & Nonprofit Research Strategy
How to effectively research an organization:
- Research the organization's mission, structure and finances
- Scan past and current media coverage
- Don't forget to examine the organization's website
Tools for Researching Unions and Social Justice Organizations
- Guidestar PremiumSearchable directory that provides detailed information on more than 850,000 nonprofit (501) organizations. Profiles cover mission and programs, financials, leaders, and most importantly, full text via PDF of the charity's IRS 990 filing from 1998 forward in most cases. Form 990 provides information on revenues, expenses, programs, activities, executive salaries and board members. The database contains significant free content. Access to some free content requires registration. Additional premium content is available at the ILR Library. Please ask for assistance at the ILR Reference Desk.
- UnionReports.gov (U.S. Office of Labor Management Standards)Source for information on membership and finances of individual unions. From the U. S. Department of Labor.
- Charity NavigatorCharity Navigator provides information on over five thousand charities, including financial evaluations.
News and Media Coverage
- FactivaFull-text online service for international news and business information. Covers over 28,000 sources in 23 languages in more than 150 countries. Some company and market research is included. Factiva includes full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
- Alt-PressWatchFull text database of selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press. Basic or advanced subject searching takes you to in-depth articles on contemporary society, including coverage of the peace movement, ecology and the environment, labor, indigenous peoples, public policy, and grassroots organizing. This coverage of diverse points of view and perspectives complements the reporting in the mainstream press.
- SmallTownPapersChoose from over 250 small town newspapers you can read free every week. Browse and search scanned newspaper archive from 1865 up to the current edition.