Reporting on New York City: Businesses & Nonprofits
Businesses
- NYS Corporation and Business Entity SearchDatabase from the Secretary of State for looking up business and nonprofit corporations registered in New York. (See the NASS Corporate Registration lookup tool to find the registration offices in other states.)
- Data Axle reference solutions This link opens in a new windowDirectory listings for millions of U.S. and Canadian businesses, health care, and residential listings. Choose the "U.S. Businesses" option to search by company name, or use the advanced search to locate businesses by geography or other characteristics. Information is compiled from yellow page and white page directories, postal service data, company SEC filings, direct phone calls, and more.
- Mergent online. This link opens in a new windowDetailed company information, including financials, particularly strong in U.S. companies.
- Orbis / Bureau van Dijk. This link opens in a new windowInformation and data on over 400 million private and public companies across the globe.
Nonprofits
- GuideStarFinancial directory of non-profit organizations, including education, healthcare, special interest groups, and religious institutions. Columbia does not have a premium account; register (for free) for additional access.
- Nonprofit ExplorerA tool from ProPublic to browse millions of annual returns (Form 990s and similar) filed by tax-exempt organizations.