About Nonprofit Compass

We publish practical, plain-language guides for people who give, volunteer, or build nonprofits — and we are upfront about who we are and who we are not.

What we do

Nonprofit Compass is an independent editorial website. We write evergreen guides that help readers make better decisions about charitable giving, volunteering and nonprofit work. Our focus areas are:

  • Smart giving — how to check a charity, read its public filings and make a donation go further.
  • Humanitarian aid — how relief, clean water, mobility and education programs work in practice, and what separates effective programs from well-meaning mistakes.
  • Volunteering and community action — how to organize donation drives and choose volunteer roles that genuinely help.
  • Running a nonprofit — the basics of starting, governing and reporting on a small organization.

Our guides explain general principles. They are not legal, tax or financial advice, and we always encourage readers to confirm details with official sources or a qualified professional.

About this domain

Important disclosure. The domain asanonprofit.org was previously registered to an unrelated organization. Nonprofit Compass has no affiliation with that organization, its former staff, volunteers or programs, and we do not speak or act on its behalf.

If you followed an old link expecting to reach a different organization, please note that we cannot accept donations, issue receipts, or answer questions on any other organization’s behalf. To check whether a U.S. charity is currently recognized as tax-exempt, you can use the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.

We do not solicit donations

Nonprofit Compass is not a charity and does not raise money. There are no donation forms, payment links or bank details anywhere on this site, and we will never ask you for a donation by email or social media. If you ever receive a message asking you to donate to “Nonprofit Compass” or to asanonprofit.org, treat it as a scam and do not send money.

Our Editorial Team

Articles on this site are published under the byline Editorial Team. We use a shared byline because our guides are researched, written and reviewed collaboratively rather than presented as one person’s opinion. We do not invent author personas or credentials.

Editorial standards

  • Accuracy first. We rely on well-established, verifiable information and avoid statistics we cannot source. Where rules change over time — such as tax thresholds or filing fees — we point readers to the official source instead of quoting numbers that may go out of date.
  • No fabricated voices. We do not publish invented quotes, testimonials, reviews or case studies.
  • No endorsements. Mentioning an organization, tool or rating site is not an endorsement, and we do not rate or certify charities ourselves.
  • Corrections. If you spot an error, email us. We review every correction request and update articles when we get something wrong.
  • Updates. We revisit guides periodically so that practical advice stays current.

How the site is funded

Nonprofit Compass is operated privately and does not accept donations. In the future the site may carry advertising or clearly labeled sponsored or guest content. Any such content will be marked as sponsored or guest-contributed at the top of the page, and paid outbound links will carry rel="sponsored". Sponsorship never buys a positive mention inside our editorial guides.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections or pitches are welcome. Visit our contact page or email [email protected].