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Data and statistics resources

Foundation Directory Online (FDO)
Company Directory, Company - Nonprofits
Description: This directory show provides the most comprehensive and accurate information on U.S. grant makers and their funding activities. Profiles of US Foundations describe the programs they offer, areas of funding, types of support, and grant recipients and amounts. It also includes Form 990 tax filings with the IRS. Also see: GuideStar.
GuideStar
GuideStar is the most complete source of information about U.S. charities and other nonprofit organizations. The directory includes profiles of nonprofits including mission, programs, financials, operations, and funding sources. It also includes Form 990 tax filings with the IRS. Also see: Foundation Directory Online

A personal account with your @umich.edu email is required to download from Guidestar. Downloads are limited to 1000 records per month. Users can register for an account while on a UM campus IP address or while connected to the UM VPN.

Nonprofit Support Organizations
Listing and links to additional resources for nonprofit planning, board management, fundraising and more, from 501Commons.org
Business Planning for Nonprofits
The Council of Nonprofits offers this guide which includes links to additional tools, templates and tips.
Nonprofit Learning Resources from GlobalGiving.org
Tips and tools from the nonprofit support organization.
Not-for-Profit Governance & Management Resources from the AICPA
Education and reference resources from the American Institute of CPAs
Strategic Planning for Nonprofits
Longer-term planning tools and guidance from the Council of Nonprofits.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Information on food processing and preservation, agriculture and food systems, including country-based data on food availability, access, production and more.

International Fund for Agricultural Development - Malawi
IFAD's Malawi country page includes inforrnation on current projects and other data; explore some of the other research and projects related to crop production, market access and food preservation in Africa and other regions.
Agri-Impact Malawi
From the Coalition of Action for Soil Health, Agri-Impact Malawi hosts flagship projects centered on livelihood and climate resilience for smallholder farmers in Malawi.

Technavio
Technavio has industry reports covering a wide variety of technologies in the communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities industries.

Technical Notes: Downloading reports requires a valid @umich.edu email. Users are limited to 10 downloads per month with unlimited online report viewing.
EMIS Emerging Markets
EMIS includes company profiles, news, market reports, country reports, and data on global emerging markets. EMIS is also a clearing house for several industry research and market firms such as Allied Market Research, Arizton Advisory and Intelligence, BIS Research, BMI Research, BuddeComm Telecom Reports, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports, GlobalData, MarketLine, Mordor Intelligence, and Oxford Economics.
Technical notes: Users must create individual accounts in EMIS and login in order to download or export data from the database.

Global Road Warrior
A "country culture" database comprised of detailed cultural profiles of 174 countries worldwide, each covering 119 topics--customs, history, language, food, religion, human rights, and much more. Provides wide and deep coverage of difficult-to-find country information related to culture, business, travel, and local living.