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## [Form 990 — A Guide for Newcomers to Nonprofit Research](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/form-990-a-guide-for-newcomers-to-nonprofit-research)

 Posted by [Chris Thompson, Ph. D., former director of research and evaluation, BoardSource](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/chris-thompson-ph-d-director-of-research-and-evaluation-boardsource) on Mar 2, 2016, 2:00:00 PM

***BoardSource’s director of research and evaluation suggests how nonprofit research newcomers and students can best wrestle this beast to the ground and extract value (without too many scars that you wouldn’t want to show around the office).***

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