InFomentation

Development Research

• Supporting Fundraising Research Links – a pretty exhaustive collection of prospect research and prospect managment links.
• Portico – from the University of Virginia.
• The Aspire Group’s Fast Favorites
• David Lamb’s Research Page – one of the originals!
• Internet Prospector – no longer updated, this was another one of the original prospect research sites.

Philanthropy Reference

• InFomentation at Pinboard – my own personal collection
• Supporting Fundraising – a good springboard for professional fundraising resources
• National Center for Charitable Statistics – a collection of data on nonprofit organizations and their activities
• Giving USA – publisher of the annual Spotlight report and the Annual Report on Philanthropy in the US.

Novel and Useful Sites

• WayBack Machine
• Dead People Server

General Reference

• Digital Public Library – a portal to digital library collections from around the world
• Library of Congress Reference Page
• Infoplease – an oldie but a goody!