T-CA1 Texas trade and professional associations. Rita J. Wright, comp. Austin: Bureau of Business Research, 1972- . Currently published every 3 years. Biennial and irregular in the past.
2006 ed.: $50.00 plus $5 shipping and $4.54 Texas sales tax (spiral bound book); $100.00 plus $5 shipping and $8.66 Texas sales tax (CDROM) ISBN 0-87755-347-5, 978-0-87755-347-2 (book and CDROM).
Order Information: http://bbr.icc.utexas.edu/index.php?pid=100&pub=106
Directory of regional, statewide, and national groups listed alphabetically by name of association. Entries include, as available, membership data; publication(s), with frequency; officers; address; telephone and fax numbers; and email and web page addresses. Indexed by subject and by city (associations listed under each city where an officer is located).
T-CA2 TANO, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations. URL: http://www2.austincc.edu/tano
Basic information for nonprofits on topics such as getting started, volunteer management, grant writing, management support organizations, and federal reporting requirements. Policy and legislation section includes information on lobby laws and other relevant Texas legislation, federal and state updates, policy resources by issue area, and Internet advocacy resources. Includes information on insurance, risk management, jobs, and careers. Directory of links and facts relevant to the nonprofit sector. Also includes reports: Texas nonprofit employment, More than charity, Regional employment, Regional profiles, Texas nonprofit sector, and State-nonprofit partnerships. TANO membership comes with a free subscription to the quarterly newsletter Texas nonprofit (recent issues available online).
T-CA3 Directory of Texas foundations. Frances Guajardo, ed. 22nd ed. San Antonio: Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas, 2003. $131-$175 (price dependent on membership)
Also available: http://www.nprc.org (subscription rates dependent on membership and length of subscription)
Continues: Hooper directory of Texas foundations.
Current information on all active foundations, both private and community, registered in Texas. Entries, arranged alphabetically by foundation name, include officers and addresses, purpose and activities, areas of interest, types of support, grant distribution, income, assets, and application details, including restrictions and deadlines. Tables summarize foundations by total assets, by total grants, and by grant distributions using the latest tax information available. Indexed by areas of interest, types of support, city, trustees and officers, and foundation name. Internet version provides information on all 3,264 foundations registered in Texas and complete profiles on 2,200 foundations. Periodically updated during the year. Subscriber can select multiple search criteria and create a prospect list, which can be printed or emailed. Search criteria include areas of interest, total assets, foundation name, total grants, location, types of support, trustees and officers, and zip code.
T-CA4 Window on Texas. URL: http://www.window.state.tx.us
Primary source for information from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Updated as needed. Access to a variety of state government resources and services, including state and local economic data, population statistics, gross and retail sales information, state spending and revenue numbers, and various comptroller publications (including full-text, online versions of
Texas innovator and Fiscal
notes). Up to five years of back issues available for some publications. List of organizations exempt from limited sales and use tax, which is no longer available in print, in "Texas Taxes" section. For quick access, type "exempt" in search box on home page, and then click on exempt organization search form. "Texas Taxes" also includes WebFile for online filing of Texas sales tax return, as well as additional forms and tax information. "Education" section contains goals, reports, and documents, such as public school performance reviews. "Texas Finances" section provides, among other things, information about historically underutilized businesses (HUB) and instructions and listings regarding unclaimed property (also linked from home page). Site provides selective list of local, state, and federal websites.