Other Beneficiaries of Quality Data from Electronic Reporting 

• State associations and nonprofit umbrella groups rely on data in planning and conducting their membership and public policy programs and sector research. More accessible data will allow them to influence legislation more effectively and easily complete research on nonprofit salaries, outcomes, and other information useful to nonprofits. Chapters or franchises will be able to exchange and standardize the information they provide to each other.
  
  
• Policy makers will be able to evaluate the impact of proposed changes with more easily available and more comprehensive data.
  
  
• Scholars and other researchers will find nonprofit sector research easier and more reliable. Standard definitions and formats will lead to more accurate research findings.
  
  
• Media and investigative reporters will no longer need to rely on researchers' and umbrella groups' educated guesses about aggregate 990 information. Having the research in an electronic format will facilitate reporting on the state of the sector.