Nonprofit Data Project

Thanks to Institute efforts, the federal government will require nonprofits to make their tax forms open and searchable—and that will help everyone do better and more transparent work.

The legislation mandates electronic filing of nonprofit tax returns and the release of this information by the IRS, for free.

This spring the House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the electronic filing of nonprofit tax returns, an effort led by the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation.

On November 1-2, the Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation hosted a Form 990 “Vali-Datathon,” the second in a series of hands-on events designed to improve access to electronically-filed nonprofit tax forms, specifically Form 990s.

On May 23-24 the Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) hosted the first-of-its-kind Form 990 Datathon. The Datathon, a unique collaboration between nonprofit researchers and data scientists, brought together individuals from the Aspen Institute, Charity Navigator, GuideStar, Urban Institute, Syracuse University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and American University.

The members of the Nonprofit Data Project group work with government to improve the quality, timeliness, accessibility and efficiency of our nation’s nonprofit data collection system.

What’s new with the Nonprofit Data Project?