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About.Com: Nonprofit
Charitable Organizations
http://nonprofit.about.com/ "Information about nonprofit
organizations, management,
fundraising, grant writing,
volunteers, nonprofit employment and
nonprofit start-ups."
ASAE's Gateway to
Associations
http://www.asaenet.org/cda/asae/associations_search/1,3200,MEN3,00.html?AlliedSocietyCode=ALL&submit=Go%21 A searchable directory of the Web
sites of associations. Search by
association name, category, and
location and get a direct link each
association's Web site.
Benton's Best
Practices Toolkit
http://www.benton.org/publibrary/toolkits/stratcommtool.html Benton's Best Practices Toolkit
provides "tools to help nonprofits
make effective use of communications
and information technologies." This
site has a comprehensive list of
links to online resources that
includes items about technology
funding and basic Web information.
The Conference Board
http://www.conference-board.org/ "The Conference Board is the world's
leading business membership and
research organization, connecting
senior executives from more than
2,200 enterprises in over 60
nations. A nonprofit, nonadvocacy
organization, The Conference Board
produces the
Consumer Confidence Index, the
Leading Economic Indicators, and
a wide range of reports on best
business practices and the latest
economic trends, which leads to The
Conference Board receiving more than
21,000 media citations per year. The
Conference Board also provides a
diverse program of conferences and
forums for over 15,000 executives
from different industries and
nations to meet and share insights."
Coyote Communications
Technology Tip Sheets
http://www.coyotecom.com/tips.html The Technology Tip Sheets were
created "to help organizations and
individuals reap money-saving,
program-enhancing benefits from
technology. Most of this material is
geared to not-for-profit and public
sector organizations, but some (at
the bottom of this page) is more
general, and all of it is applicable
(and adaptable) to a variety of
agencies."
ExecSearches.com
http://www.execsearches.com/ "ExecSearches.com is the premier
site for nonprofit and public sector
employment in higher education,
health, advocacy, philanthropy,
government, social and human
services, and community and economic
development."
The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/ The Foundation Center is a
non-profit organization devoted to
serving the information needs of
grantmakers and grantseekers. They
publish an extensive list of books
and provide libraries and training
sessions related to the non-profit
sector. The Website's Reference Desk
has a FAQ page organized by topic, a
long list of annotated links for
finding online sites related to
non-profits, and an online reference
librarian who takes questions by
e-mail. There are also some
informational materials online such
as a "A Proposal Writing Short
Course."
Free Management
Library
http://www.mapnp.org/library/ The Free Management Library provides
extensive how-to management
information to managers --
particularly those with very limited
resources. Items in the library are
relevant to both for-profit and
nonprofit organizations unless
otherwise marked at the top of the
page containing the item. Organized
into 675 different management
related categories, the library
provides resources from topics
ranging from organizational
communitation to e-commerce to risk
management.
Funding Resources for
Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grants/nonprof.htm This web page, presented by The
Grants Information Center at the
University of Wisconsin at Madison,
"includes funding resources for
organizations and sponsored
individuals, as well as information
on varied aspects of philanthropy
and fundraising." Includes links to
other Internet resources.
Getting Grants - Help
for Grant Writers
http://granthelp.clarityconnect.com/ A site providing tips, techniques,
and books related to grant writing.
Resources include a list of Internet
resources, quick tips, a glossary, a
list of acronyms, and news.
Grants Web
http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm "The Grant Resources page is a great
resource for researching available
public, private and Government
grants."
Grants,etc.
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/resources/index2.html?collection=grants GRANTS, ETC. is designed to enable
both experienced and novice
grantseekers and fund-raisers to
access information on the Internet
by providing annotated links to a
variety of funding sources,
including corporate, foundation,
non-profit, government, individual
and international sources. This site
also provides information about
related learning resources, such as
workshops, associations, journals,
and libraries. Grant seekers will
also discover proposal writing
suggestions and supportive data
sources, such as statistical
information, from this site.
GuideStar
http://www.guidestar.org/ "A free information service on the
programs and finances of more than
600,000 charities and nonprofits,
news on philanthropy, and resources
for donors and volunteers." The site
has a database of charities and
nonprofits that is searchable by
keyword, location, or income range;
a news service; classified ads
placed by the nonprofit
organizations in the database; and
suggestions to individuals about
charitable giving, including tips on
tax deductions and non-cash
contributions.
Help Filling Out Your
501(c)(3) Application
http://www.form1023help.com/index.html "This webstite, based on a free
class taught in Seattle, Washington,
in the 1990's, is designed to help
new non-profit organizations
complete IRS Form 1023, the
Application for Exempt Status Under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code." The website offers
page by page instructions,
information on how the IRS processes
applications, and other helpful and
timely information.
Idealist
http://www.idealist.org/ A site run by a non-profit
foundation which has a searchable
directory of 10,000 Web sites of
non-profit organizations,
information on volunteering, jobs,
projects and some tools for
non-profits on subjects like
fundraising, financial management,
personnel, public relations, legal
issues.
Independentsector.Org
http://www.independentsector.org/ "INDEPENDENT SECTOR is committed to
strengthening, empowering, and
partnering with nonprofit and
philanthropic organizations in their
work on behalf of the public good.
Its membership of nonprofit
organizations, foundations, and
corporate philanthropy programs
collectively represents tens of
thousands of charitable groups
serving every cause in every region
of the country, as well as millions
of donors and volunteers."
Information for
Nonprofits
http://www.nonprofit-info.org/ This site is a project of The
Evergreen State Society in
Washington State and it provides
information to nonprofit
organizations. Includes periodical
bulletins and links to "The
Nonprofit Files (FAQ), "Information
for Washington Nonprofits" and the
the Evergreen State Society.
Internet Nonprofit
Center
http://www.nonprofits.org/ A great resource to find information
about nonprofits all over the United
States. You can search for a
nonprofit by entering in key terms
(or a name) and the state you are
interested in. You can also browse
homepages provided by organizations
themselves. In addition to this
information, you can browse their
library of articles about various
non-profits and non-profit issues.
Internet Resources
for Nonprofits
http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/non-profit/directory.html "Internet Resources for Nonprofits
is a current listing of annotated
resource links particularly useful
to nonprofit agencies and their
staff, volunteers and community
leadership... It includes an
extensive selection of online
resources for people who seek free
access to professionally related
topic areas including: fund raising,
grants, boards, management &
leadership, prospect research,
technology, children & youth,
education, volunteerism, evaluation
& outcomes and more."
Kansas City Nonprofit
Sector Online
http://www.infowebservices.com/kc/ This site is a directory of more
than 300 nonprofit and public sector
web sites. It also provides links to
Internet resources of interest to
nonprofit organizations in any part
of the U.S.
The Nonprofit File
(FAQ)
http://www.nonprofit-info.org/ This site has compiled the
Frequently Asked Questions from the
newsgroup soc.org.nonprofit and also
provides links to sites of interest
to non-profits.
NonProfit Gateway
http://www.firstgov.gov/About.shtml The NonProfit Gateway "is designed
as a central starting point to help
nonprofit organizations access
online Federal information and
services. Linked to all Cabinet
Departments and many agencies, it
contains information about grants,
regulations, taxes, and other
services as well as information on a
wide range of other topics and
programs."
Opportunityknocks.org
http://www.opportunitynocs.org/index.jsp "The Internet's leading source of
nonprofit jobs and career
opportunities." You can post or
search for non-profit jobs in the
United States. The Library links to
publications, newsgroups, and
organizations that might also be of
interest.
The Virtual
Volunteering Project
http://www.serviceleader.org/new/virtual/ The Virtual Volunteering Project
provides resources to agencies that
recruit and manage on-line
volunteers, as well as to people who
are on-line volunteers. Resources
include the On-line Volunteering
Handbook, an on-line volunteer
listserv, and links to on-line
volunteer opportunities.
VolunteerMatch
http://www.volunteermatch.org/ A non-profit organization whose
mission is "to facilitate and
increase community involvement via
the internet. [They] seek to
collaborate with and complement
existing organizations and build
community resources to get more
people involved." The site lists
volunteer opportunities available
through Volunteer America, allows
you to search for non-profits in
your local area and has a section
about the "why and how" of
volunteering.
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