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Info on Nonprofits Now Online at Texas Attorney
General's Office
Presentation at the National Grants Partnership on June 9, 2009
Linda Lampkin, ERI Economic Research Institute &
Denise Francis, Office of the Governor of Texas
Provides Greater Transparency for Texas Givers, Foundations, and Government Agencies◦ Users can easily review an organization’s finances
and uses of their revenues ◦ Consumers now have a tool – the Form 990 filed
annually with IRS – to help assess if a group is using donations wisely
◦ Search and access through TX AG web site
TX AG’s Office Gives Online Access to Forms 990 Filed by Nonprofits
TX AG Web Site – Home Page
Click to search for Form 990
One Click to the Search Tool
Choose from Search Results
Summary for Selected Charity
Select to download Form 990
Provides geographic- and industry-specific benchmark compensation data
Subscribers include CIA, IRS, NSA, DCAA, UN, US and Canadian militaries, and federal/state/provincial agencies ◦ US Defense Contract Audit Agency and Department of Interior use
to assure that bid rates are based on rational pay expectations ◦ PennDOT requires ERI citations to support executive compensation
levels in proposals ERI uses Form 990 data to calculate average salaries, so
database includes all comp data from 1998 on, with access to PDFs of the forms
ERI provides the Form 990 library to TX AG – and also CA, NY (with CO and HI soon to follow)
About ERI Economic Research Institute
Search by Job, Revenue, State, Type of Nonprofit
Makes financial info on nonprofits easily and instantly available to donors, funders, media, community members, regulators, etc.
TX government grantmakers can make better informed decisions about their grantees
Government agencies everywhere (50 states and 80,000 local governments) should access this decision-useful Form 990 data for their actual and prospective nonprofit grantees
Why Provide Form 990 Access?
Linda Lampkin, Research Director◦ ERI Economic Research Institute◦ [email protected]◦ 877-799-3428
Denise Stines Francis, State Single Point of Contact◦ Office of the Governor, Division of Budget, Planning &
Policy◦ [email protected] ◦ 512-305-9415
Questions?