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	GuideStar UK FAQ's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		GuideStar UK is an independent charity established in 2003 to promote the UK's voluntary and community sector by creating a comprehensive and readily available source of information about its activities.
		GuideStar UK will be developing some value added information services in the future, for which a subscription fee will be charged to ensure the sustainability of the free public website.
		GuideStar UK is committed to an ongoing programme of consultation to help to deepen our understanding of our users' expectations and to discuss a range of strategic and technical issues relating to the implementation of the project.
	www.guidestar.org.uk /faq.htm (1830 words)

	DSC News Archives - GuideStar UK second phase consultation underway
		GuideStar UK is building a website through which the public will have free access to a database of high quality information on UK charities.
		GuideStar UK is developing a new classification system to help classify charities according to their beneficiaries and activities, which will be linked to the search engine.
		Sample GuideStar UK web pages for a charity will be available on www.guidestar.org.uk from late June 2004 to illustrate the kind of information that will be displayed.
	www.dsc.org.uk /charityexchange/news_archives/guidestar.html (226 words)

	How are observations affected when only a single guidestar is acquired? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Either the PI consents to this in consultation with the PC when two suitable guidestars cannot be found, or one FGS fails to acquire its guidestar during the guidestar acquisition/reacquisition.
		The rate of the drift of the radiant of this circle is unknown for any particular observation, but typically is expected to be in the range of 1.0 to 1.5 milliarcsec/sec (possibly, but very rarely, as large as 5 milliarcsec/sec).
		For example, for a target 10 arcmin from the guidestar, a drift of the guidestar-to-target radiant of 1 milliarcsec/sec during a 1000 second exposure would cause the target to move 0.0029 arcsec on the detector.
	www.stsci.edu:8083 /hst/stis/faqs/faq_single_gs.html?printable=1 (298 words)

	GuideStar defends report - PittsburghLIVE.com
		GuideStar, a national nonprofit research organization, defended its methods Friday, saying that it did not unfairly inflate the salary of Passavant Memorial Homes chief Rick D. Senft.
		GuideStar calculated that the average salary for someone in Senft’s position is $80,097, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Wednesday.
		GuideStar uses nonprofits’ mandatory IRS filings, called 990 forms, which are public documents, to create its Compensation Report.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/valleyindependent/tabs/s_62752.html (613 words)

	GuideStar Policies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		GuideStar® does not edit or control the financial information it receives, although it may note obvious mathematical errors that have been discovered.
		GuideStar® is not responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or any other damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this Web site or in reliance on the information available on the site.
		GuideStar® and its affiliates make no representations or warranties of any kind either express or implied regarding the information contained in the Resource Exchange.
	www.charitablegift.org /GuideStar/policies.htm (827 words)

	Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving \\ About GuideStar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		GuideStar® is an initiative of Philanthropic Research, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1994.
		GuideStar® mission is to help improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through the collection and presentation of exhaustive information about nonprofit organizations.
		GuideStar® database includes information on all IRS-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (these are the organizations to which donations are tax-deductible).
	www.schwabcharitable.org /search/index_guidestar.html (352 words)

	Sabo recognized for role in Guidestar
		Representative Martin Sabo was honored by board members of Minnesota Guidestar, the state's intelligent transportation systems (ITS) program, on February 23 for his crucial role in garnering federal funds for the program.
		Guidestar monies also provided seed funding for intelligent vehicle research, created intellectual capital through the education of more than 100 graduate students, and funded outreach and technology transfer efforts.
		Other Guidestar board members then expressed a "vote of thanks" to Sabo: Anne Beers of the Department of Public Service, Jim Grube of Hennepin County, Lee Munnich of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Jeff Nicholson of ADDCO, and Bob Provost, the citizens' representative on the board.
	www.cts.umn.edu /news/report/2005/05/saborecognized.html (249 words)

	GuideStar: Law Tips Archive--Wirtz Labor Library
		GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org) is a database for nonprofit organizations.
		The first level is GuideStar EZ, which is free, and contains an organization's basic information such as address, EIN and a financial snapshot.
		At the GuideStar Plus level, Form 990s are accessible (may only be as recent as the previous year).
	www.dol.gov /oasam/library/law/lawtips/guidestar.htm (259 words)

	GuideStar International: Staff
		GuideStar International is led by Buzz Schmidt who held senior positions in business and nonprofit organisations before founding GuideStar in 1994.
		With the London-based Institute for Philanthropy, he founded GuideStar UK in 2003, and is now extending the benefits of the GuideStar system to countries around the globe.
		Prior to joining GSI, she was a senior policy associate addressing the practical and regulatory challenges to the effective use of technology in developing countries.
	www.guidestarinternational.org /staff.shtml (340 words)

	GuideStar : Social Enterprise : HBS Working Knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Guidestar's philosophy is that the availability of information on nonprofits will lead to a more effective and efficient non-profit marketplace, where donors will give with confidence and charities will be motivated to improve operations.
		To that end, Guidestar maintains a database of charitable organizations where one can look up a charity by name, or generate a list of charities by type, focus, location, or size.
		Thanks to Guidestar the desire to help should not be squelched by a lack of information.
	hbswk.hbs.edu /web-review.jhtml?id=2173&t=nonprofit (191 words)

	Checking on charities to become easier / State attorney general's office signs contract to update Web site
		Guidestar, which is formally incorporated as Philanthropic Research Inc. and based in Williamsburg, Va., already provides a similar service for charity regulators in New Mexico.
		Guidestar, however, plans to post the forms for all charities based in California that file with the IRS, plus other groups (mainly nonprofit advocacy groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union) that are also required to register with Lockyer's office.
		Guidestar said it then takes an additional three months for it to receive scanned copies of the forms from the IRS and to post them on the Internet.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/02/BUGG17FENV1.DTL&type=printable (622 words)

	PND News - Foundations Pledge $11.5 Million to GuideStar
		GuideStar — the operating name of Williamsburg, Virginia-based Philanthropic Research, Inc. — has collected basic program and financial data for some 850,000 nonprofits that are recognized as having 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service.
		The GuideStar database also includes more than 730,000 digitized 990 forms, the financial returns that nonprofits are required to file with the IRS.
		The foundations that have joined forces to fund the operations of GuideStar include Atlantic Philanthropies, the Ford Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Surdna Foundation.
	fdncenter.org /pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=7100059 (245 words)

	GuideStar Promotes Nonprofits’ Accountability, Transparency :: PNNOnline ::
		"GuideStar is proud to play such a key role in promoting financial transparency and greater accountability in the nonprofit sector," said Robert G. Ottenhoff, GuideStar’s president and CEO.
		GuideStar’s activities are made possible by a unique three-way public-private partnership: the IRS provides the 990s, charitable foundations provide resources for making the data publicly available, and nonprofits voluntarily provide information about their missions and activities.
		In the coming weeks, GuideStar will launch a new service that will enable exempt organizations to post their audited financial statements, letters of determination or advance rulings, and other due-diligence documents on the GuideStar Web site.
	www.pnnonline.org /article.php?sid=5801&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (464 words)

	Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund :: How to Use Guidestar to Research Charities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		GuideStar also offers free tools and tutorials to help you prepare a giving plan, search for organizations that match your philanthropic objectives, and assess the performance of those organizations.
		Typically reserved for GuideStar subscribers, these reports are available to our donors free of charge as an added service of the Gift Fund.
		If GuideStar has financial data on the organization for at least two recent consecutive years, the report will appear.
	www.charitablegift.org /planning_research_guidestar.shtml (418 words)

	[NPO] Guidestar
		The numerical > fields in the GuideStar database are captured accurately at the 99.9 > percent level.
		It may be that the charities you're looking into are ones without sufficient revenue to require filing a 990, are too new to have a 990 online yet, or may not have a 990 filed or online for other reasons.
		Remember, any nonprofit that is required to file a 990 is also required to disclose that 990 to you on request and to provide a copy to you for only the reasonable costs of duplication (photocopying).
	www.rain.org /pipermail/nonprofit/2004-January/002000.html (632 words)

	ePhilanthropy Update eZine: GuideStar Survey Reveals Drop in American Philanthropy
		Williamsburg, Va.-A new survey by GuideStar, indicates that contributions to most nonprofits decreased or remained flat in January-October 2002 compared to donations during the same period in 2001.
		GuideStar e-mailed 32,960 messages inviting individuals at public charities and private foundations to participate in the survey; the response rate was 8 percent, with 2,725 people taking the survey on-line between November 7 and 21, 2002.
		Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and appropriate credit to the Foundation is included in all copies.
	www.imakenews.com /ephilanthropy/e_article000113871.cfm (911 words)

	Guidestar UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		GuideStar UK is a new charity established in 2003 that aims to provide a comprehensive, web-based database of every charitable organisation in the country.
		The initiative is modelled on the well-established GuideStar charitable information system in the United States and has been awarded a grant of £2.9m over three years from the Treasury towards the cost of developing and implementating the project.
		GuideStar UK is positioning itself to be the most widely used source of information about the UK voluntary sector and claims that it will increase public confidence in charities by improving transparency and accountability within the sector.
	www.bond.org.uk /funding/guidestar.htm (417 words)

	GuideStar: Getting Form 990 Online
		At the time, we received many phone calls from 990 filers who were confused by the new regulations and somewhat concerned that the public could access their tax information so easily.
		The GuideStar Pages for 990 filers also include images of the organizations' 990s — we have at least two years' worth in most cases — the names of their Board Members and a financial page listing revenue, expenses and a multi-year balance sheet that shows assets, liabilities and fund balance figures.
		In addition to providing access to PDF images of the actual 990s, GuideStar digitizes approximately 400 fields from the form and is creating a number of analytical tools from this information that will help improve efficiency within the nonprofit community.
	www.uwnyc.org /technews/pf_v5_n2_a5.html (806 words)

	NP Times / Funding Opportunity In Senate Finance Committee’s White Paper
		GuideStar, a nonprofit that posts charities’ Form 990s on its Web site (www.guidestar.org), would be a good fit for public access funding, and funding for state oversight because of its NASCONet system, which is functioning in some 31 states.
		Dan Moore, vice president of public affairs at GuideStar, acknowledged that his group sees a tremendous business opportunity in the accountability area and in the Finance Committee white paper, but isn’t “betting the ranch” this is going to go through.
		GuideStar made roughly $2 million in earned income last year, and a large portion of that came from data sales, he said.
	www.nptimes.com /Feb05/npt3.html (1282 words)

	Guidestar Charity Search for American Express
		Questions about the GuideStar® database should be directed to customerservice@guidestar.org.
		GuideStar is the registered trademark and operating name of Philanthropic Research, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
		Any other use, including resale of the information or use for commercial gain, is prohibited, except in accordance with a GuideStar licensing agreement.
	partners.guidestar.org /justgive/controller/search.gs?action_searchFin=1&partner=amex&ein=52-1355257 (89 words)

	GuideStar Flies Above 100,000 Ft. on a Simulated Mars Mission \| SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
		The GuideStar is a complete miniature flight control system that includes GPS receiver, strap-down inertial measurement unit (rates gyros and accelerometers), air data system, 3-axis magnetometer, processor, memory, power supply, and servo drivers in one compact two-pound package.
		GuideStar uses a sophisticated 16-state Kalman filter and Athena's patented "Feedback Utilization" algorithms to provide guidance and control over a wide range of operating conditions.
		Its family of products is based on the GuideStar flight control system which shares the same highly modular core hardware and real-time software architecture, with sufficient I/O to interface to a variety of displays, data links, and servo actuators.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=9347 (591 words)

	:: Giving Profits ::
		GuideStar, the national database of nonprofit information, asked individuals associated with charitable organizations how their organizations fared financially during the first nine months of 2003 compared to the first nine months of 2002.
		These results parallel those of a July 2003 GuideStar survey and show a slight improvement over one conducted at the end of last year.
		In November 2002, 48 percent of respondents said contributions had decreased, 28 percent stated they had increased, 22 percent reported they were about the same, and 3 percent did not know.
	givingprofits.com /gstar.html (291 words)

	Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving \\ Terms & Conditions
		The Fund and GuideStar are providing such information and links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any information or link does not imply endorsement by the Fund or GuideStar of such charity or any association with such charity's operations.
		GuideStar has informed the Fund that it has not edited or controlled the financial information it receives, although it may note obvious mathematical errors that have been discovered.
		GuideStar is a registered service/trademark of Philanthropic Research, Inc. and is also protected by United States and foreign laws and international treaty provisions.
	www.schwabcharitable.org /about/terms.html (2113 words)

	GuideStar International Formed :: PNNOnline ::
		Bob Ottenhoff, GuideStar’s president and chief executive officer, said, "As GuideStar’s importance to the America’s nonprofit infrastructure continues to grow, the value of our work has begun to resonate in other countries.
		Now an independent British charity, GuideStar UK has become a formal collaboration of leaders from the United Kingdom’s voluntary sector, the Home Office, Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Charity Commission of England and Wales.
		Buzz Schmidt, GuideStar’s founder and now chairman emeritus, will be GuideStar International’s chief executive, and Bill Dietel, long-time GuideStar director and well-known leader in the American voluntary sector, will serve as board chair.
	www.pnnonline.org /article.php?sid=5501 (454 words)

	NP Times / Cyber Frontier: Web Social Action
		Mirroring GuideStar's approach in the U.S., British charities will be able to submit information on their programs to the GuideStar UK Web site.
		GuideStar UK already has landed a private grant that, with additional matching funds it requires, would meet most of the match the Treasury grant requires, Schmidt said.
		The chairman of GuideStar UK, which is seeking a British CEO, is Brian Smouha, retired head of the financial services practice for Deloitte and Touche in the United Kingdom.
	www.nptimes.com /May03/cyberfrontier.html (1112 words)

	Nominet:DRS 02193 guidestar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Guidestar UK suggest yes, and Wilmington argue that since their site was a critical site, that their registration was ‘Fair Use’.
		The Respondents argue that “guidestar” has not been registered as a trademark by the Complainants and that other enterprises have more valid claim to the name.
		From the evidence provided by the Complainant outlining the development of the UK Guidestar information system it is clear that by the date of registration of the disputed Domain Name, they had gathered a sufficiently concrete existence and were sufficiently known by ‘Guidestar UK’ to be deemed to have rights in the name Guidestar UK.
	www.nic.uk /DisputeResolution/Decisions/Drs02193Guidestar.html (2337 words)

	Grant Summary: GuideStar
		GuideStar's website provides their more than 250,000 registered users and four-million annual visitors access to extensive information about nearly every nonprofit of consequence in the United States.
		Visitors–including nonprofit staff, donors, grantmakers, job seekers, researchers, regulators, journalists, and those who provide services to nonprofits–use the information to inform their philanthropic efforts, provide better services, and to learn how to operate their own organizations more effectively.
		GuideStar's efforts are an important part of this effort and will continue to transform the public sector.
	www.moore.org /grantees/grant_summaries_content.asp?Grantee=guidestar (164 words)

	Guidestar: Charitable Contributions on Upswing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A survey of individuals associated with charitable organizations shows that contributions are beginning to increase this year, compared with the first half of 2002, according to the nonprofit resource firm GuideStar.
		In addition, 35 percent of participants said contributions decreased during the first half of 2003, compared to 48 percent who reported decreased contributions in 2002.
		GuideStar plans to conduct a follow-up survey in October to determine whether the positive trend continued during the third quarter of 2003.
	www.jointogether.org /gv/news/funding/reader/0,2061,567664,00.html (247 words)

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