Welcome to the Nonprofit Resources Page
The following websites are helpful resources for nonprofit organizations. Listed alphabetically, these sites contain valuable resources for management, finances, Web design, marketing, fund raising and much more! Know of a site that should be here? E-mail Christopher Copley.
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About.Com Resources
This site provides an index of useful net resources for nonprofit organizations and news organized by category. Topics include accounting, board of directors, donations online, evaluation, fundraising, government resources, public relations, management, news, software, volunteers and much more.
Alliance for Justice: Nonprofit Advocacy Resources
This site contains information and links to help nonprofits with lobbying and advocacy activities. The Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations.
America's Promise
This organization is working to create a nation of neighborhoods in a common goal - meeting the needs of our children and youth. The mission of America's Promise is to mobilize people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of our nation's youth by providing ongoing relationships with caring adults, safe places with structured activities, a healthy start, marketable skills and opportunities to give back.
Arts Marketing Online
This website was created in collaboration with the American Express Company to be a source for arts marketing resources on-line. Essays include articles on marketing topics such as definitions, branding and audience development. The Links page is extensive, with connections to sites about demographics, direct marketing, advertising, graphic design and more.
Association of Fundraising Professionals
This association provides guidance for effective and ethical fundraising. Their core activities include education, training, mentoring, research, credentialing, and advocacy. The site has several references and articles for the public.
BoardSource
This organization is dedicated to building stronger nonprofit boards. The site contains excellent resources, programs and services to the nonprofit community.
BPlans.Com
This site contains sample business, marketing and Web plans, as well as business planning resources and links.
Center for Nonprofit Advancement
Membership association which connects nonprofit organizations to the tools and resources they need to meet their missions.
Charity Focus
This organization uses skilled volunteers to create and market Web sites for nonprofit organizations, free of charge. The site also offers a list of organizations and resources for nonprofits, as well as resources for volunteers designing websites.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
This site is a news source for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. The site offers the complete contents of the latest issue, an archive of past issues and two issues' worth of the most recent grant listings.
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service serves three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Members and volunteers serve with national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools and local agencies to help meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security and other critical areas. The Corporation is part of USA Freedom Corps, a White House initiative to foster a culture of citizenship, service and responsibility, and help all Americans answer the President's Call to Service.
DisabilityResources.Org
Disability Resources is a nonprofit organization that monitors, reviews and reports on disability issues. Online resources include The DRM WebWatcher, an online subject guide to the best disability resources on the Internet, and The DRM Regional Resources Directory, a guide to state and local agencies and organizations.
Energize, Inc.
This organization is an international training, consulting and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. The Web site allows nonprofit managers to exchange views on critical issues in the field, browse pertinent articles and purchase quality books on volunteer management, gather information on how to broaden their professional skills and networks and link to other sites useful to volunteer managers.
E-Volunteerism
This site provides volunteer leaders and managers with a quarterly online publication. Every item in the publication is interactive, inviting you to contribute comments and additional materials. At the end of each quarter, that issue is made permanent and archived--its major articles and features continuing to be accessible and interactive.
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center provides information on foundation grants and current trends in the nonprofit field. This site provides a collection of information about philanthropy and provides public access to information and services that pertain to nonprofit organizations.
Gifts In-kind
Gifts In-kind assists businesses with donating products to charities and directs nonprofits seeking in-kind gifts to coordinating agency partners in their geographic location.
GuideStar
Find information on the activities and finances (including many IRS 990s) of more than 650,000 nonprofits. Also find the latest news on philanthropy and resources for donors and nonprofits.
Idealist.org
This site links individuals and nonprofits to events, volunteer opportunities, services and organizations around the world. The site provides everything from event management systems to community service projects. The site is also one of the best career centers for the nonprofit field.
Independent Sector
This organization is a consortium of foundations, corporate giving programs and nonprofit organizations. The Web site contains a wealth of information regarding various research issues and public policy.
Learning to Give
This site allows you to search for lessons and curriculum materials that contain both academic content about philanthropy, and skill development activities that involve students in giving and serving their communities.
MAP for Nonprofits
Offers a free Management Library which includes original material and provides links to nonprofit resources on the Internet. This is a free community resource intended for users across the world.
MediaNet
This site provides a Web-based tutorial for media and public relations on the Internet. This online media guide features discussion, examples, articles, resource lists and links covering a wide range of online media and PR.
National Center for Nonprofit Enterprise
The National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (NCNE) helps nonprofit organizations make wise economic decisions to efficiently and effectively pursue their social missions. NCNE's Web site includes working research papers on a variety of topics and "Notes from NCNE," a bimonthly column that features current research, advice and useful information on a variety of business and economic issues facing nonprofit organizations.
Network for Good
This site provides links to newspapers, employment sites, sector research and data, information about starting nonprofits, locating volunteers, national nonprofit management organizations and other collections of nonprofit resources. Funded by the AOL Foundation, Cisco Systems and Yahoo, this site is designed to assist nonprofits in raising funds and securing volunteers, and to help close the digital divide.
Nonprofit Expert.Com
This site contains twenty-four categories of links and materials related to nonprofits, gathered by a consulting group. Topics include: Board Development, Evaluation, Fund Raising, Planned Giving, Regulations, Volunteers and more. Each begins with a brief introduction and then links to sub-categories and online resources.
Nonprofit Genie
The Genie provides information and resources for the nonprofit community including opinion articles, publications, links and FAQs on management.
The Nonprofit Matrix
This site consolidates outsourcing services for nonprofits' Web and Internet needs with reviews and links. Included are two main categories: Application Service Providers that offer outsourced services for a better Web presence; and Internet Portals where Web surfers can choose to support multiple nonprofit organizations through online donations and affinity shopping.
Nonprofit NOVA
Membership organization offering workshops, events, trainings and networking opportunities with other nonprofit leaders.
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
This site assists nonprofits with coping with uncertainty. They offer a wide range of services (from technical assistance to software to training and consulting help) on a vast array of risk management topics (from employment practices, to insurance purchasing to internal controls and preventing child abuse).
Nonprofit Virtual Library
This site provides nonprofit directories and other Web sites that offer advice or information about running nonprofits. This site also contains a related directory of Grants and Related Resources.
Northern Virginia Association of Volunteer Administration
Professional nonprofit membership organization for people committed to the effective involvement of volunteers in community programs and services. The purpose of NVAVA is to promote volunteer administration professionals, provide educational opportunities for volunteer professionals, increase networking, and increase awareness and cooperation among organizations utilizing volunteers.
NPAction.org
This site provides resources on governance, accountability, management, fundraising, philanthropy, communications, volunteers, staff development and leadership, technology and overall organizational capacity building for nonprofit organizations.
onPhilanthropy
onPhilanthropy.com is a global resource for non-profit and philanthropy professionals. It features several industry-leading e-mail newsletters including: Observations in Philanthropy, Today's Fundraiser, Inside Corporate Philanthropy, The Wired Nonprofit and Nonprofit Jobs Report.
Public Entity Risk Institute
The Public Entity Risk Institute's mission is to serve public, private and nonprofit organizations as a dynamic, forward thinking resource for the practical enhancement of risk management.
Service Leader
ServiceLeader.org, a project of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin, provides information on all aspects of volunteerism. The site contains information on best practices and volunteer management in our section for volunteer managers.
Social Action and Leadership School for Activists
Social Action and Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) is an evening learning program providing classes in the Washington, D.C. area on scores of topics in nonprofit management, communications, fundraising, direct action and career development.
Universal Service Administration Company
This organization provides affordable telecommunications services through the Universal Service Fund. All U.S. communities are eligible to seek support through one of four programs: the High Cost Program, the Low Income Program, the Rural Health Care Program and the Schools and Libraries Program.
TechSoup.Org
Offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. In addition, TechScoup offers a product philanthropy service called through which nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners.
The Urban Institute Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy
This organization explores the role and impact of nonprofit organizations, collects data, develops research and proposes policy.
Virginia Commission for National and Community Service
The mission of the Virginia Commission for National and Community Service is to enhance the quality of life for Virginia's people and communities through volunteerism. They provide services and products that equip individuals, organizations and communities to maximize voluntary resources and effectively mobilize and sustain volunteer and community service efforts.
Washington Grant Makers
This organization identifies and supports: effective leadership in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors; promotes effective grant making through educational programs, peer networking and funding collaboration; works with nonprofit partners to promote new models and new approaches to meeting community needs; tells the story of how philanthropy can make a difference and searches out innovative forms of charitable investment; and advocates for all grant makers in the region.
Web Developer's Tool Kit
This site has a collection of links to web authoring, design and graphics resources.
World Volunteer Web
The site supports the volunteer community by providing a global one-stop-shop for information, resources and organizations linked to volunteerism. It aims to represent the diversity of volunteerism in all of its cultural forms, bringing global ideals to local voluntary actions.
