Research Guides @ Fordham: Nonprofit and Non-Governmental (NGO) Organizations: Beginning Research

Introduction

Welcome to the research guide on nonprofit & non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

For additional help researching nonprofits, foundations, and international NGOs, please contact one of the library liaisons listed below.

Reference Titles

The Nonprofit Sector [electronic resource] : A Research Handbook by Walter W. Powell
Stanford University Press, 2020.
The Almanac of American Philanthropy [electronic resource] by Karl Zinsmeister
The Philanthropy Roundtable, 2016.
Call number [LC & RH Stacks] HV27 .Z45 2016
Philanthropy in America : A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia by Dwight F. Burlingame
ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Call number [RH Reference Area] HV91 .P58 2004 V.1-V.3
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts by David Horton Smith; Robert A. Stebbins; Michael A. Dover
Indiana University Press, 2006.
Call number [RH Reference Area] HD2769.15 .S63 2006

Terminology

Glossary of Philanthropic Terms
Curated list from the Council on Foundations.

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