Technology Bits: California Puts Data On Line; Shopping Site Offers Bonus

October 21, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute

* The California Attorney General’s Office has added to its Web site a searchable data base of Forms 990 filed by non-profit organizations in the state. The Form 990 is the informational tax return that charities are required to file with the I.R.S.

To get there: Go to http://www.caag.state.ca.us/charities.

* Through November 15, IGive.com will donate $10 to the favorite charity of each new member who joins the service and makes a purchase. IGive.com is an on-line shopping site, based in Evanston, Ill., that allows consumers to donate a portion of their purchases to charity.

About the Author

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.