Business / Corporation certification

• Better Business Bureau (Canada and USA) : https://www.bbb.org/

Canada

Non-Profit are classified with: Letters Patent (CCA-Part II)
For profit are classified with: Articles of Incorporation

• Canadian Corporation
  
  1. Not for Profit
• Canadian charity listings

USA

• Credentials Verification by State

Charities

Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, is a list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. This online version is offered to help you conduct a more efficient search of these organizations.

• http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/

Trademarks

• United States Patent and Trademark Office: http://www.uspto.gov/

  patent search : http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/

  trademark search : http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/search/

• Trademarkia : http://www.trademarkia.com/

CEO E-mail addresses

• CEO E-mail addresses : http://www.connectotel.com/marcus/ceoemail.html

UK

Company Check

Check the legitimacy of a Business by name or registered number.

• Companies House WebCHeck service: http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk

  Companies House (further info and report fraud): http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Charity Check

Check the legitimacy of a UK Charity.

• Charity Commission (England & Wales): http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ - Tel: 0870 3330123
• Office of the Scottish Charities Register (OSCR)(Scotland) - http://www.oscr.org.uk/ - Tel: 01382 220446