August 4, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
- GuideStar, a Williamsburg, Va., organization that posts charities’ informational tax returns on the Internet, has started a new service, eDocs, that allows nonprofit groups to post additional documents to the site, such as their audited financial statements, annual reports, and letters from the Internal Revenue Service granting them tax-exempt status. The new service also allows charities to upload their Form 990 as soon as they submit it to the IRS. The fee to post a document is $10 or $15, depending on the type of document, and package rates are available. For more information: Go to http://www.guidestar.org/services/transparency_package.jsp.
- More than 98 percent of public libraries in the United States provide Internet access, but roughly 85 percent say they do not have enough workstations to meet the demand, according to a new report released by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The report is based on a survey of 5,023 public libraries. To read a copy of the report: Go to http://www.ii.fsu.edu/plinternet.cfm.
- The Points of Light Foundation, in Washington, has created a new version of its VolunteerResource.org Web site, which includes articles, reports, publications, and other tools for people who coordinate volunteer programs. The UPS Foundation gave $200,000 for the improvements. To get there: Go to http://www.volunteerresource.org.
