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- Civil
Society Toolkits
Created by CIVICUS, these toolkits
enable organizations to improve their capacity
in a number of areas, from communications
and planning skills, to budgeting and writing
funding proposals.
- DebtChannel.org
Organized by OneWorld, in partnership
with over 70 leading aid agencies, human
rights and campaign groups worldwide. This
site includes news, analysis, campaign actions,
event listings, discussion forums, and a
beginner's guide to debt.
- Funding
Site (The)
Provides a searchable online database
of prospective donors and a comprehensive
range of information, training, advertising
and marketing services to the South African
non-profit and Development Community.
- Kubatana.net
Launched by the NGO Network Alliance
Project (NNAP), this is Zimbabwe's first
online community for activists. The portal
aims to help Zimbabwean NGOs and civil society
organizations make the most of both email
and the Internet.
- SANGONet
A regional electronic information
and communications network for development
and human rights workers.
- Southern
Africa Institute of Fundraising
A non-profit voluntary organisation
which exists to promote and encourage high
standards of ethics, practice and public
service among people involved in fundraising
in Southern Africa.
Asia
- IndianNGOs.com
A resource centre for NGO, social,
developmental, health, and environmental
organizations, and key issues related to
India.
- Japan
Foundation Center
The Japan Foundation Center is
a private foundation established by executives
of private grant-making foundations in Japan
to provide authoritative information on
foundations in Japan that award grants,
prizes, or scholarships and to publicize
the social role and significance of the
activities of private grant-making foundations
to encourage the practice of philanthropy
in Japan's private sector.
- NGO
Café
A meeting place for NGOs to discuss,
debate and disseminate information on their
work, strategies and results. The information
contained in the NGO Café, is for
and by NGOs.
- ProPoor
InfoTech Centre
Committed to the democratic dissemination
of information and sustainable development
initiatives to respond to the needs of under-represented
and marginalized sectors of society in South
Asia.
Australia
- Australian
Charities
A great collection of links and
information for and about Australian charities.
Also includes volunteer centres, resource
links and information about charitable giving
across the country.
- Get
Active
Part of the Greenpeace Australia
web site, this suite of pages offers ground
rules for organizing and campaigning in
your community. Not specific to Greenpeace
issues or environmental ones, the site is
helpful for almost any new community organizer.
- Nonprofnet
A collection of philanthropy-related
information provided by Program on Nonprofit
Corporations, Faculty of Business, Queensland
University of Technology.
- Our
Community
A one-stop gateway for practical
resources, help sheets, templates, and other
support for community groups in Australia
and beyond.
- OzVPM
A large collection of articles,
reports, and a variety of other resources
related to volunteer program management.
- Philanthropy
Australia
Philanthropy Australia is the
national Association which represents Australia's
leading grantmaking private, family and
corporate trusts and foundations.
- Pro
Bono Australia
An information portal for the
nonprofit community in Australia, the site
contains resources, news, jobs and links
to charities throughout the country.
- Team
Management Systems
A wide range of articles and resources
for building effective teams from a consulting
firm of the same name.
Europe
- AbilityNet
A charity that brings the benefits
of computer technology to adults and children
with disabilities. The web site includes
helpful fact sheets on a wide range of subjects,
including IT for young people with a special
educational needs, keyboard and mouse alternatives,
and use of computers by people with impaired
vision.
- askNCVO
A best practice resource for
the voluntary sector, created by the UK's
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
(NCVO). It provides a wealth of advice on
subjects from finance and governance, to
human resources, sector issues, and more.
- CCInet
CCInet helps you to explore company
giving programmes, social responsibility
sites and other online resources relating
to corporate community investment (CCI).
The site is hosted by the UK-based Charities
Aid Foundation, but offers international
resources too.
- Centre
for Public Services
An independent, nonprofit organisation
based in Sheffield, England, it is committed
to the provision of good quality public
services by democratically accountable public
bodies implementing best practice management,
employment and equal opportunities policies.
- Charitybuyer.com
A guide to purchasing goods and
services for UK charities and voluntary
organisations, with discounts, articles,
buying tips, supplier ratings, and reviews.
- Charity
Choice
A free searchable online database
of 8,000 UK charities, as well as a Goodwill
Gallery for companies and individuals to
volunteer goods and services to charity.
-
Charity Commission of England and Wales
Works to give the public confidence
in the integrity of charities.
- Charitynet
A range of information, services
and resources for nonprofits.
- CITRA
(Charity IT Resource Alliance)
Includes news, forums, white papers,
and other resources that deliver relevant,
peer-to-peer information on technology and
related issues in the nonprofit sector.
- Communities
Online
Address issues of sustainability,
regeneration, social inclusion and healthier
economies by focusing on the use of new
communications technologies in communities
and neighbourhoods. The site includes a
large collection of online resources, discussion
lists, news and more
- Culturelink
Network
Aimed at cultural organizations,
this site offers publications, research,
resources, and a database of cultural policies
and practices from around the world.
- Disaster
Grantmaking Guide
Prepared by the European Foundation
Centre, this guide is intended to inform
foundations and corporate grantmakers interested
in becoming more effective and strategic
in their disaster grantmaking. (Please note:
this guide is in PDF format.)
- Eldis
Information about development
and environmental issues, with a primary
focus on the southern hemisphere.
- Entr'@ide
A private nonprofit initiative
offering resources in the humanitarian field
for French-speaking organizations on the
internet.
- European
Foundation Centre
The European Foundation Centre
(EFC) promotes and underpins the work of
foundations and corporate funders active
in and with Europe. Established in 1989
by seven of Europe's leading foundations,
the EFC today has a membership of over 160
independent funders and serves a further
7,000 organisations linked through networking
centres in thirty-five countries across
Europe.
- Funders
Online
An initiative of the European
Foundation Centre Orpheus Programme. The
mission of the European Foundation Centre
(EFC), the site offers online tools and
information for foundations and corporate
funders in Europe.
- German
Charities Institute
Here you'll find information philanthropy
philanthropy in Germany as well as information
about more than 5,000 German not-for-profit
organizations.
- Global
Development Gateway
Created by the World Bank, the
Global Development Gateway aims to offer
a range of resources on development, including
information, tools, and a place for people
to contribute knowledge and experience.
- Global
Fundraising Network
Contains basic fundraising facts
and figures for countries worldwide, providing
a starting point for organizations looking
to expand their current fundraising activities.
- Goede
Doelen.nl
- Hitdonate.net
A helpful web site created by
Graham Francis with tips on designing and
implementing an effective fundraising web
site.
- Institute
for Global Communications
IGC shares the vision to actively
promote change toward a healthy society,
one which is founded on principals of social
justice, broadly shared economic opportunity,
a robust democratic process, and sustainable
environmental practices.
- ItrainOnline
A technology resource center
for people who want to learn how to use
the Internet effectively for social justice
and sustainable development.
-
IT Resource Guide for UK Charities & Non-Profit
Organisations
A UK-based site that lists IT
products and services specifically for the
voluntary sector and also has a series of
on-line guides to IT topics of interest
to the sector.
- National
Centre for Volunteering
Promotes volunteering as a powerful
force for change, both for those who volunteer
and for the wider community.
- National
Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
The umbrella body for the voluntary
sector in England. NCVO has a growing membership
of over 1,000 voluntary organisations, ranging
from large national bodies to community
groups, volunteer bureaux and development
agencies working at local level.
- New
Philanthropy Capital
Offers a collection of free research
publications that focus on developing and
encouraging more effective philanthropy.
- NGONet
Created to provide information
to, for and about non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) active in Central and Eastern Europe.
- OneWorld
Online
A community of over 200 global
justice organizations under one roof.
- Partnerships
Online
Includes guides to effective participation
and creating partnerships, as well as information
about creating online communities.
- People
in Aid
An international network of development
and humanitarian assistance agencies. It
helps organizations to enhance the impact
they make through better people management
and support, offering clear and thought-provoking
human resources tools and information.
- Putting
People in the Picture
A comprehensive toolkit designed
to help nonprofits of all sizes develop
a framework for analyzing and meeting learning
needs within their organizations.
- Scottish
Council for Voluntary Organisations
The SCVO is the umbrella body
for all voluntary organisations in Scotland.
It works to promote and advocate the independence,
interests and values of the voluntary sector
among the major players in Scottish life
and in the wider community, and to encourage
voluntary organisations to realise their
full potential by improving their effectiveness
and capacity through providing access to
training, information, analysis, funding
opportunities, and services.
- Trusted
Leader
A resource for those in leadership
positions, offering advice and articles
on building trust and developing your leadership
style, as well as an interactive Q&A section.
- UK
Fundraising
A resource for UK charity and
non-profit fundraisers. Published since
1994, this is the home of practical fundraising
information and news and expertise on fundraising
on the Internet.
- Varainhankinta.net
An information service for fundraising
in Finland. The site is written only in
Finnish, but organizers are working on adding
some sections in English too.
- VolResource
Practical resources for people
involved in charities, voluntary or community
organisations. The place for information
on events, contacts, services, specialist
sources, briefings and news. Maintained
by John Howes.
- Voluntary
Sector Skills
A collection of data related to
the voluntary sector and its workforce in
the UK - including skills needs and shortages,
as well as information on standards, qualifications,
training, and management development.
North America
United States
- About.com's
Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
A series of links to articles
and resources about a wide range of nonprofit
issues.
- Alder
Consulting
A collection of comprehensive
articles, tools, and resources related to
Internet solutions and strategies for nonprofits.
- AlertNet
An online news and communications
service from the Reuter Foundation to help
the international disaster relief community
coordinate its efforts and improve the timeliness
and efficiency of emergency relief.
- Alliance
of Nonprofit Mailers
A national coalition of nonprofit
organizations sharing a vested interest
in nonprofit postal policy. The site offers
a collection of news, resources, tools,
and articles related to nonprofit mail.
- Alliance
Resource Center
Links to hundreds of articles
and resources to help nonprofit agencies
and nonprofit management support professionals
manage their businesses more efficiently
and effectively.
- American
Fund Raising Institute
A co-op of some of the best independent
fundraising consultants in America. The
web site presents fundraising ideas, articles
by leading professionals and volunteers,
fundraising stories and jokes, and links
to recommended sites.
- Art
Deadlines List
A monthly newsletter providing
information about juried exhibitions and
competitions, call for entries/proposals/papers,
poetry & other writing contests, jobs, internships,
scholarships, residencies, fellowships,
casting calls, auditions, tryouts, grants,
festivals, funding, financial aid, and other
opportunities for artists, art educators,
and art students of all ages. Free monthly
e-mail version available on request.
-
Arts Marketing Online
A series of articles, resources,
and links from the National Arts Marketing
Project to help arts and cultural groups
with marketing issues.
- Audit
Committee Toolkit
Developed by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
to help nonprofits create and operate effective
audit committees and further financial accountability.
The toolkit includes checklists, questions,
reports, sample letters, evaluations, and
much more.
-
Authenticity Consulting - Nonprofit Business
Development
Provides a large collection of
practical resources about nonprofit organization
and business development, including articles,
toolkits, links to free online courses,
and more.
- Benton
Foundation's Communications Policy Project
Works to define the public interest
in the information age by equipping advocates
with communications policy news and analysis,
and documenting effective uses of new communications
tools.
-
Boardsource
Formerly the National Center for
Nonprofit Boards, Boardsource is a resource
for information, tools, training, and leadership
development for board members of nonprofit
organizations worldwide
- Big
Dog's Leadership Page
A handy set of links to articles
and web sites dealing with leadership, strategic
planning and teamwork.
- BoardSeat
Offers a wide variety of articles
on a number of subjects ranging from building
boards to compensation issues and how to
manage a board.
- Bridges.org
Offers a variety of toolkits,
guides, assessments, and other resources
to help nonprofits bridge the digital divide.
- Bridgespan
Group
Tools and resources related to
strategy, leadership, and management in
the nonprofit sector, including case studies,
articles, original research, and reports.
- Building
Community Collaboration and Consensus
Provides practical information
for building collaboration and partnerships,
locating assets and resources, developing
and completing goals and objectives, and
achieving success.
- Capaciteria
A comprehensive, searchable database
directory of administrative resources that
help nonprofits leverage their own capacity.
It includes 92 categories of information,
from nonprofit finance to facilities management,
and everything in between.
- Capital
Quest, Inc.
This website contains samples
of materials and information from some of
the company's campaigns including case statements,
solicitation guides, and a video script.
It also contains information on how and
why to conduct feasibility studies, how
to solicit major gifts, how to recruit top
leaders, what types of materials are necessary
for a campaign and typical costs associated
with a capital campaign. *Note: although
free, you must sign-in to access the site
contents.
- Cause
Marketing Forum
Offers a wide variety of articles,
tools, case studies, and other resources
designed to help nonprofits make the most
of their cause marketing initiatives.
- Center
for Association Leadership
Offers association case studies,
models and samples, articles and whitepapers,
book reviews, and expert recommendations
covering all aspects of association management.
- Center
for Effective Philanthropy
Advances the practice of philanthropy
by providing management and governance tools,
research reports, and other publications
that help to define, assess, and improve
overall foundation performance.
- Center
for Excellence in Nonprofits
Promotes excellence in nonprofit
organizational performance. The web site
includes best practices resources for capital
campaigns and process management.
- Center
for Nonprofit Management
CNM helps nonprofit organizations
enhance their results by providing educational
services, consultation, and information.
- Center
on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Works to strengthen civil society
through education, research, and leadership
training. The web site offers guides on
volunteering, multicultural philanthropy,
plus publications, reports, and links to
other helpful resources.
- Center
on Philanthropy and Public Policy
Promotes more effective philanthropy
and strengthens the nonprofit sector through
research that informs philanthropic decision
making and public policy to advance public
problem solving.
- Center
for What Works
The Centre's vision is to create
a new space within the nonprofit sector
where nonprofit practitioners, funders,
new economy investors and academics can
share and analyze information to improve
the effectiveness of mission-driven services.
- Changemakers.net
Resources, inspiring ideas, and
opportunities for social entrepreneurs and
those interested in learning more about
innovative social change.
- Charity
Navigator
A nonprofit organization that
aims to help donors find the charity that
best matches their interests and beliefs.
The site offers analysis of the financial
health of more than 1,100 charities, giving
calculators, a donors bill of rights, articles
about philanthropy, and other resources
aimed at donors.
- Charity
Sports
Brings together charitable organizations,
charity-minded athletes and philanthropic
corporations together to increase the participation
in the numerous charitable athletic events
across the U.S.
- Communications
Toolkit
Provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation,
this toolkit helps nonprofit organizations
determine the strengths and weaknesses of
both their internal and external communications
activities.
- Communities
by Choice
The purpose of this virtual community
is to foster learning among sustainable
community development practitioners by providing
them with access to the best sustainable
community development resources available.
- Community
Action Technology Purchasing Guide
A growing series of easy-reference
guides to help you buy information technology
products for your organization.
- Community
Arts Network
Maintains a growing list of free
articles and online toolkits for constructing,
conducting, documenting, and evaluating
effective community arts programs.
- Community
Giving Resource
Offers community-building research,
resources, and tools to help family foundations
and individual donors who are beginning
or increasing their investment in community
giving.
- Community
Toolbox
Created by the University of Kansas,
this resource includes more than 200 sections
of practical and detailed information about
how to do the work of community building.
- CommunityWealth.org
An online resource to explore
and discuss topics such as: nonprofit/for-profit
partnerships; cause-related marketing; social
entrepreneurship; venture philanthropy;
and nonprofit business ventures.
- Corporate
Alternatives Inc.
This site offers lots of useful
information and advice about nonprofit management,
technology, and marketing from well-known
consultant Peter Brinckerhoff. It also includes
three free tools: a business development
template, an organizational self-assessment,
and a two-way evaluation to help organizations
with their mission-based improvement efforts.
- Council
on Foundations
For 50 years, the Council on Foundations
has helped foundation staff, trustees and
board members in their day-to-day grantmaking
activities. Through one-to-one technical
assistance, research, publications, conferences
and workshops, legal services, and a wide
array of other services, the Council addresses
the important issues and challenges that
face foundations and corporate funders.
- Coyote
Communications
Offers a guide for companies interested
in doing pro bono work or donating other
services to nonprofits, as well as several
tip sheets for nonprofits on such topics
as internet outreach, web development and
maintenance, and using database software.
-
Creative Resourcing Network
Offers civil society activists
and social entrepreneurs strategies in local
fundraising, volunteer management, income
generation schemes, and constituency development
to assist in building sustainable organizations.
It is a place to go for information, ideas,
and dialogue with practitioners from around
the globe on creative strategies for mobilizing
resources locally, rather than having to
live from one grant to the next or to be
dependent on international assistance. The
network offers case studies, strategies,
references, and an electronic discussion
group.
- Custom
Development Solutions
Offers a broad range of articles
to help nonprofits with fundraising and
financial planning. Topics include capital
campaigns, fundraising strategies, feasibility
studies, major gift solicitation and more.
- Cybergrants
An online meeting place for grant-seekers
and foundations. Nonprofits can search grant
guidelines and create on-line proposals
which are submitted directly to member foundations.
Member foundations can use a grantmaking
and reporting system which allows for on-line
proposal reviews.
- Democracy
Groups
An online directory of e-mail
discussions and e-newsletters related to
social change and democratic participation.
It also offers a manual on how to create
an e-mail discussion list.
- Development
Gateway
A program initiated by the World
Bank, the site helps communities, organizations,
and individuals build partnerships, share
ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.
- Development
Resource Center
A large collection of marketing,
public relation, and fundraising ideas and
tips for smaller nonprofit organizations.
- DevelopPro.com
A broad series of free resources
for fundraising professionals, including
articles, sample forms and policies and
more.
- Digital
Divide Network
Offers a range of information,
tools and resources that help practitioners
stay on top of digital divide developments,
including a national directory of over 20,000
digital divide-related services around the
US, including places where citizens can
get free Internet access and IT training.
- Directory
of Internet Organizations
A directory from the Internet
Public Policy Network (IPPN) that includes
complete contact listings and brief descriptions
for over 675 non-profit groups, trade associations,
government, and academic institutions that
work with telecommunications, electronic
commerce, and community technology issues.
- Directory
of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
Screens, evaluates and organizes
discussion lists, newsgroups, MUDS, MOOs,
Mucks, Mushes, mailing lists, interactive
Web chat groups etc. (e-conferences) on
topics of interest to scholars and professionals
for use in their scholarly, pedagological
and professional activities.
- Donors
Forum of Chicago
Offers a comprehensive Grantseekers
Toolbox that helps organizations assess
whether or not they are ready to seek funding,
and how to proceed once they are prepared.
- echoing
green
A non-profit foundation that
offers full-time fellowships to emerging
social entrepreneurs, the site also includes
a helpful resource area with links to articles
about a wide range of nonprofit issues.
- eGrants.org
- Online Fundraising Training Center
The center assists in training
nonprofits in the art of using technology
to help build relationships.
- Elements
of a Grant Proposal
A quick overview of grant proposal
pieces, including criteria that you should
include when putting together your next
package.
- Energize,
Inc. --- Especially for Leaders of Volunteers
An international training, consulting
and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism.
The web site is a place where leaders of
volunteers can exchange views on critical
issues in the field, browse pertinent articles,
gather information on how to broaden their
professional skills and networks, advance
their careers and link to other sites useful
to volunteer managers.
- eNonprofit:
A Guide to ASPs, Internet Services, and Online
Software
Created by CompassPoint, this
publication offers an overview of the online
software tools available to nonprofit organizations
through Application Service Providers (ASPs),
including a directory of providers, a guide
to selecting an ASP, and tips on how to
plan for successful implementation.
- EnviroLink
EnviroLink is a non-profit organization...
a grassroots online community that unites
hundreds of organizations and volunteers
around the world with millions of people
in more than 150 countries. EnviroLink is
dedicated to providing you with the most
comprehensive, up-to-date environmental
resources available.
- ePhilanthropyFoundation.Org
Offers a collection of tips,
guides, and other resources related to ethical
online philanthropy.
- Ethics
Resource Center
Includes a toolkit to help nonprofits
develop a code of ethics within their own
organization, as well as articles and other
resources related to this topic.
- Faith
and Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN)
Offers information, resources,
toolkits and networking opportunities to
faith-based practitioners, private philanthropies,
and public administrators who seek to collaborate
effectively to renew urban communities.
- Foundation
Center, The
The mission of the Foundation
Center is to foster public understanding
of the foundation field by collecting, organizing,
analyzing, and disseminating information
on foundations, corporate giving, and related
subjects.
- Foundations
Online
A directory of links to American
grantmaking foundations, including community
foundations, corporate and private foundations.
- Free
Management Library
A massive collection of articles
on a wide range of nonprofit topics, compiled
by Carter McNamara.
- Funders'
Network
The Funders' Network for Smart
Growth and Livable Communities exists to
inspire, strengthen, and expand philanthropic
leadership and funders' abilities to support
organizations working to improve communities
through better development decisions and
growth policies. Resources include publications,
case studies, tools, news, and tips for
grantseekers.
- Fundraising
and Fundraisers
A massive directory of fundraising-related
links, organized into hundreds of specific
subject areas, plus a growing collection
of articles and newsletters.
- Fundraising
Basics
Offers an archive of e-workshops
containing tips and techniques for fundraising,
advice from experienced professionals, and
best practices from those working in the
field.
- Fund-Raising
Forum Library
From Tony Poderis, brief and
insightful articles for professional fundraisers.
- Fundraising
Experts
From Minges & Associates, LLC.
Lots of books, articles and links to assist
your fundraising efforts.
- Fundraising
Online
From Mal Warwick & Associates.
Interviews and news about online fundraising,
workshop listings, links to useful sites.
- Fundsnet
Online Services
Fundsnet Online Services is a
privately owned web site created in 1996
to assist nonprofit organizations, college
and universities and grant writers find
financial resources on the Internet.
- GB3
Group
Offers articles, book reviews,
and advice related to nonprofit marketing,
branding, and corporate sponsorships.
- Gifts
In Kind International
Creates partnerships linking businesses
and their product donations with a network
of more than 50,000 nonprofit organizations.
- Give.org
Created by the Better Business
Bureau, this site offers lots of information
related to ethical standards within the
charitable community. Resources are included
to help both donors and charities, such
as charity reports, tips on giving, and
charity standards.
- Giving
Forum (The)
Created by the Regional Associations
of Grantmakers, the site offers knowledge
centres dedicated to giving circles, rural
philanthropy, engaging professional advisors,
youth in philanthropy, and much more.
- Governance
for Nonprofits
This guide, prepared by the American
Society of Corporate Secretaries, provides
a summary of organizational governance principles
and resources for directors of nonprofit
organizations.
- Grantcraft
A source of practical wisdom
from grantmakers on the tools and techniques
of effective grant making, including guides,
case studies, and other articles all available
for free download.
- granthelp
Provides tips, techniques, and
books related to grant writing, as well
as online lessons in the "Grant Writing
School".
- Grantmakers
for Effective Organizations
Offers an online content database
of more than 1,000 resources, articles,
links, and research papers related to grantmaking
and organizational effectiveness.
- Grantproposal.com
Provides free resources for both
advanced grantwriting consultants and inexperienced
nonprofit staff. Created by Elizabeth Brunner,
the site includes a wide range of information
about research, proposal formatting, and
even advice from funders about how to prepare
a successful proposal.
- Grant
Seeker's Guide To The Internet
An introductory tutorial to using
the Internet for grants research.
- Grants
and Related Resources (Michigan State University)
A collection of reference guides
to the resources available in the Michigan
State University Libraries, including a
section on grants for nonprofits.
- Grantsmanship
Center (The)
Offers links to US and international
funding opportunities as well as an archive
of hundreds of articles from the center's
free magazine.
- Grassroots.org
Offers free web hosting and legal
consulting to registered charities in the
US and Canada. Organizations will be eligible
to receive limited assistance with incorporation,
application for tax-exempt status with the
IRS, general employment, tax and risk management
concerns, and various other legal issues.
- GuideStar
A searchable database of more
than 620,000 nonprofit organizations in
the United States.
- Guide
To Funding Ministry
A collection of articles, reports,
discussions, and other resources to help
staff and volunteers better fund their ministries.
- Guide
To Proposal Planning And Writing
From The Oryx Press, some solid
advice and approaches to grant seekers.
- HandsNet
Empowers organizations to integrate
effective online communications strategies
to strengthen their programs and policies
for children, families and people in need.
- Harvest
Today
Harvest Today presents breaking
news in the world of philanthropy from over
200 news sources. Newsfeeds are updated
daily, and organized into appropriate topic
areas.
- Heartland
Center for Leadership Development
An independent, nonprofit organization
developing local leadership that responds
to the challenges of the future, with a
major focus on practical resources and public
policies for rural community survival.
- Help4NonProfits
A growing collection of articles
and resources on topics such as boards,
fundraising, marketing, human resources,
and personal development.
- How
to use the Internet for Fundraising
Eric Mercer offers a comprehensive
guide with tips for maximizing your fundraising
online.
- Hurwit
& Associates
Offers a comprehensive collection
of tools, articles, resources, and links
related to nonprofit law.
- Idealist
Works through the Internet and
through local chapters to promote and facilitate
collaboration, volunteerism and investment
in support of building a world where all
people can live free, dignified and productive
lives.
- Idealist
Kids and Teens
Designed to introduce young people
to the world of nonprofit organizations
and includes resources and information on
how to start a project to help the local
and/or global community, information about
youth volunteering, nonprofit web sites
for young people dealing with issues like
human rights, the environment and the arts.
There is also a section for teachers.
- IKnow.org
A helpful series of links to strategic
planning resources on the web.
- Impact
Online
A nonprofit organization dedicated
to helping people get involved in their
community. The organization runs Volunteer
Match, a free online volunteer matching
service.
- Independent
Sector
A national leadership forum, working
to encourage philanthropy, volunteering,
not-for-profit initiative and citizen action
that help us better serve people and communities.
- Inhervisions
Consultant Allison Schwein has
complied a helpful list of online fundraising
resources, including links to charity mall
and affiliate program web sites.
- Innovation
Network, Inc. (InnoNet)
Offers tools to help your nonprofit
with planning, evaluation and fundraising.
InnoNet has two services: a search service
to find model programs and an evaluation
service that guides agencies through a planning
and evaluation process.
- Interaction
A coalition of more than 170 nonprofit
organizations working worldwide to advocate
for sustainable development, refugee and
disaster assistance and humanitarian aid.
- InterConnection
A non-profit group that donates
websites, computers and provides internet
training to organizations dedicated to benefiting
the local community or environment in developing
countries.
- International
Center for Not-for-Profit Law
An international organization
whose mission is to facilitate and support
the development of civil society on a global
basis by assisting the creation and improvement
of laws and regulatory systems that permit,
encourage, and regulate the not-for-profit
sector in countries around the world.
- International
Service Agencies
A coalition of the nation's leading
international relief and development organizations.
ISA's mission is to help people overseas
and in the U.S. who suffer from hunger,
poverty and disease or from the ravages
of war, oppression and natural disasters
by raising awareness and funds in the workplace.
- Internet
Nonprofit Center
A project of The Evergreen State
Society of Seattle, Washington, it offers
information for and about nonprofit organizations
in the United States. The site includes
"Nonprofit FAQ" -- information on a wide
range of topics of interest to leaders and
managers of nonprofit organizations.
- Internet
Prospector
The Internet Prospector is produced
by a network of volunteers who mine the
Net for prospect research nuggets. Findings
are published on this Web site and via a
monthly electronic newsletter.
- Join
Together Online
A project of the Boston University
School of Public Health, the site is a national
resource for communities working to reduce
substance abuse and gun violence.
- Just
Grants Arizona
While focused on the Arizona area,
this site also includes resources and links
that are useful to grantseekers everywhere.
- Leadership
Knowledge Base
A resource site with links to
articles and web sites focusing on a wide
variety of topics relating to effective
leadership.
- Lessons
Learned: A Planning Toolsite
There are two components of this
toolsite from the National Endowment for
the Arts: a series of essays about the process
of planning; and actual illustrations of
organizational change within arts organizations.
- LINC
Project
The electronic crossroads where
the members, leaders, and organizers of
low income organizations confronting the
shredding of our social safety net can connect,
gather and exchange information and have
their organizing efforts represented.
- Making
the Net Work
Making the Net Work offers 'how
to' guidance for those aiming to get their
organization or neighbourhood online, or
to create community technology or learning
access centres.
- Management
Center (The)
Offers a resource library filled
with articles on topics ranging from board
governance and leadership, to communications,
marketing, organizational development, and
much more. Also includes a free nonprofit
organization assessment tool.
- Managing
a Nonprofit in a For-Profit World
Visit KDV's online library of
Nonprofit Management Tips. Topics include
new regulations, tax legislation, UBIT,
finance, nonprofit management, fund raising,
technology compliance and employee compensation.
Free membership!
- Marketing
Today
Although not directed specifically
at the nonprofit sector, this site includes
a wealth of information on marketing in
the 'information age'. Resources include
an ROI calculator for direct mail and e-mail
campaigns, research and analysis of recent
marketing trends, and articles on topics
related to marketing and e-marketing.
- MediaNet
An online tutorial that covers
how to use the Internet for media relations.
Learn how to research, pitch stories, write
media releases, and promote your own web
site.
- Meeting
the Collaboration Challenge Workbook
Created by the Peter F. Drucker
Foundation for Nonprofit Management, this
workbook assists nonprofits in developing
strategic alliances with businesses.
- Milano
Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub
The site includes links to free
reports, studies and essays, as well as
tools and news for nonprofit managers. The
hub is a project of the Nonprofit Management
Program of the Robert J. Milano Graduate
School of Management and Urban Policy of
the New School University.
- Ministry
Finance Team Helps
A collection of helpful online
memos about accounting and finance, targetted
at churches, church schools, mission agencies,
christian camps and conferences, and other
such ministries serving the Christian public.
- Minnesota
Council of Nonprofits - Management Resources
A great collection of practical
resources on management, boards, planning,
and staffing.
- Multimedia
Training Kit
Provides trainers in telecentres,
community media organizations, and the development
sector with a structured set of materials
to help make the transition between new
and traditional media. Materials cover a
range of multimedia areas, such as "presenting
on radio" and "writing for the web", as
well as topics such as "cooperative problem
solving".
- MuseumMarketingTips.com
A growing collection of online
resource for museums, historic sites and
heritage attractions. The site's mission
is to build the web's most comprehensive
collection of museum marketing and communications
tips, tools and resources.
- National
Center for Charitable Statistics
The national repository of data
on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
It is a program of the Urban Institute's
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, and
its mission is to develop and disseminate
high quality data on nonprofit organizations
and their activities.
- National
Charities Information Bureau
NCIB's mission is to promote informed
giving and to enable more contributors to
make sound giving decisions.
- National
Endowment for the Arts
An excellent series of articles
on "lessons learned" in planning and program
evaluation.
- National
Service Resource Center
Features online resources, publications,
articles, and other tools related to community
service and volunteering.
- NetAction
A national, non-profit organization
dedicated to educating the public, policy
makers, and the media about technology-based
social and political issues, and to teaching
activists how to use the Internet for organizing,
outreach, and advocacy.
- Net
Impact
A network of emerging business
leaders committed to using the power of
business to create a better world. Originally
founded as Students for Responsible Business
in 1993, Net Impact has developed from a
great idea shared by seventeen business
students into a mission-driven network of
1,500 new leaders for better business.
- NETSource@USC
Selected Sites for Prospect Research
on the Web, brought to you by the University
of Southern California Development Research
Department. Lots of useful links.
- Network
for Good
Offers a collection of tools,
articles, links, and other resources to
help nonprofit organizations increase capacity,
reach new audiences, and build Internet
strategies.
- NewTithing
Group
Offers resources for donors, investors,
financial advisors, private foundations,
and corporate giving programs, including
the PrudentPal Charitable Giving Planner
- an online budgeting tool, annual research
on wealth and affordable donations, and
a guide to assessing nonprofit performance
and accountability.
- Nonprofit
Ethics
A collection of articles, links
and resources for those interested in the
ethical challenges faced in the world of
nonprofit organizations.
- Nonprofitexpert.com
A collection of articles, links
and resources about a range of nonprofit
issues, including board development, evaluation,
foundations, strategic planning, and more.
Maintained by consultant John Minges.
- NonProfit
Gateway
Links to American government web
resources for charities and nonprofits.
-
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