GuideStar International.

Illuminating the work of the world's civil society organisations

“Apart from the enormous value in having all the useful information about every charity available in one independent ... nonprofit location, the GuideStar idea provides a level playing field for smaller outfits... This is especially useful for the burgeoning charity sector in less developed contries, where anything that improves efficiency and trust will be a boost. If GuideStar UK and its sisters can in time network themselves, the prospects for cross-border philanthropy look far more positive.”
Third Sector, Nick Cater, 7th December 2005

The news archive

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March 2010: 03: GSI Transfers GS UK to Directory of Social Change
February 2010: 05: GSI February newsletter
January 2010: 27: GuideStar featured on Korean TV; 04: GS India presentation in Taiwan
November 2009: 26: GuideStar Model presented to Colombian Civil Society; 06: Buzz Schmidt attends meeting at GS Korea; 04: Buzz Schmidt visits Japan
October 2009: 30: GSI Newsletter - October 2009; 30: GSI CEO interview on the 'This Morning' show; 30: Assessment of Recession's Impact on Third Sector; 26: CSOs: The missing piece of the puzzle?; 23: Indian Govt launches NGO Partnership System; 23: Focus Groups welcome GuideStar Israel; 23: Australian third sector accountability forum; 23: GuideStar and Experian launch database; 23: Surveying “under the radar” organizations; 23: Economy squeezes US Charities; 22: GuideStar India’s NGO outreach creating ripples; 09: Use of a Japanese CSO database for legitimacy
September 2009: 10: NPO Transparency awards held in South Korea
August 2009: 19: GuideStar Korea update
July 2009: 22: GuideStar International Newsletter - July 2009; 20: Benefits of GuideStar systems booklet; 20: Interview with Pushpa Aman Singh; 19: GuideStar UK Status Report; 10: GuideStar Korea Seminar - The Challenge of a Donation Culture in the Information Age
June 2009: 25: Challenges of Modeling Self-Regulatory Mechanisms for Japanese CSOs; 16: GuideStar India to manage NGO registrations for the Joy of Giving Week (JGW)
May 2009: 26: 3rd OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”; 05: 2nd Quarterly GuideStar International Newsletter now available
April 2009: 28: Korean National Tax Service launches Online Accounts Disclosure system for Public Service Corporations; 28: GSI Interview with Benoît Fontaine (King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium); 27: Article - The Value of Public Access to Civil Society Information; 24: New Legal Framework for Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) in Japan established; 03: South African NGOs Offer Feedback on Prodder/GuideStar Development
March 2009: 31: Israeli Ministry of Justice Signs Agreement to take GuideStar forward; 24: Can CSOs learn from the Farmer's Market?
February 2009: 25: GSI and SANGONet Partner for NGO Directory; 02: 1st Quarterly Newsletter available
January 2009: 27: GuideStar Data Services (GDS) launches its new website; 19: Civil Society and the African Union Architecture: Institutional Provisions and Invented Interfaces; 19: Online Database for Japanese CSOs launched; 19: The OECD Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies
December 2008: 11: GSI Assembly 2007 Presentations and Photos now Available; 09: GuideStar Korea seminar held on enhancing NPOs' annual and financial reporting
October 2008: 31: GuideStar International Newsletter - October 2008; 16: The Value of Evidence Based Policy; 16: Interview with Jalal Abdel Latif, Chief of the Civil Society Section, Governance and Public Administration Division; 10: 3rd GuideStar International Assembly 2008 - From Local to Global: The Importance of CSO Information; 07: Accra: The big tent approach to development ends in agreement – and information is one of the big winners
September 2008: 14: Japanese research team visits GuideStar (US) to learn about American nonprofits; 08: United Nations and GSI working together to put all African Charities Online
August 2008: 20: The Paris Declaration: How CSO Transparency and Information can increase Democratic Ownership and Accountability
July 2008: 22: GuideStar International Newsletter - July 2008; 19: GuideStar International Mapping Project; 18: GuideStar Korea Seminar 2008; 16: Recruitment of GuideStar India Project Manager; 16: The GuideStar Global Catalogue Pilot; 14: Opportunities and Limitations of Voluntary CSO Reporting; 03: GuideStar Europe Project Update; 01: Interview with Stuart Etherington (Chief Executive, NCVO); 01: Lewis Temple (Director, GuideStar UK) Interview with Charity Finance
June 2008: 30: Oprah Winfrey uses GuideStar data to inform Oprah's Big Give Campaign; 30: GuideStar Nonprofit reports utilised for Facebook Causes Application
April 2008: 15: GuideStar International Newsletter - April 2008; 09: GSI Interview with Michael Hall, Vice President of Research at Imagine Canada
February 2008: 27: The European Foundation Database Project
January 2008: 22: GuideStar International Newsletter - January 2008
October 2007: 23: GuideStar International Newsletter - October 2007
September 2007: 21: GuideStar UK and Civil Society Systems announce merger
July 2007: 26: GSI Newsletter - July 2007; 18: GuideStar Europe website online
April 2007: 17: Inkanyezi GuideStar (South Africa); 16: GuideStar International Newsletter - April 2007; 16: Guide Star International Assembly - September '07; 11: GuideStar South Korea Appoints Trustees; 11: GuideStar Europe launched
June 2006: 06: Questionnaire on "GuideStar Readiness"
May 2006: 05: Innaugural GSI e-Newsletter
April 2006: 10: Buzz Schmidt featured in Alliance Extra interview
March 2006: 06: Workshop with Welfare Association Consortium held in Palestine
November 2005: 24: GuideStar UK site goes live