Grants and Nonprofit Resources
Selected by Sherri Vaughn, Grants Collection Coordinator
Grants and Nonprofit Resources
Outside Michigan
Alliance for Nonprofit
Management
An experienced network of nonprofit management support
organizations, which provides assistance with organizational and human
resources development, fund raising, finance, and marketing. Publishes
Pulse (see Magazines & Newsletters)
Alliance of Nonprofit
Mailers
The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers is a national coalition of
nonprofit organizations sharing an invested interest in nonprofit postal
rates, regulations or legislation.
American Institute of
Philanthropy
The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nationally
prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make
informed giving decisions. This web site provides information about AIP, the
charities they rate, and their method of grading charities. The quarterly
Charity Rating Guide included in the Charity Watchdog Report, informs donors
about how approximately 500 national charities spend their donations and
keeps donors up to date on current issues related to charitable giving. However, the AIP does not make its Report freely available on the Internet—membersip in the AIP is required, which begins at $40 per year.
Aspen Nonprofit Sector Research
Fund
The Aspen Institute offers grant-making programs and various
publications including over 125 completed research reports produced by its
grantees. Publications include: Nonprofit Research News, a
newsletter reporting on the fund's activities and grants; Nonprofit
Research Forum, a periodical that features researcher and practitioner
conversations about new fund-sponsored research; Practitioner
Viewpoint Series and a Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Dialogue
Series.
BBB Wise Giving Allowance
A site of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance formed by the merger
of the National Charities Information Bureau and the Council of Better
Business Bureaus' Foundation and its Philanthropic Advisory Service. The
Alliance reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are
the subject of donor inquiries.
BoardSource: Building Effective NonProfit Boards
BoardSource increases the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening boards of directors through our highly acclaimed consulting practice, publications, tools, and membership program.
BoardSource provides resources to nonprofit leaders through workshops, training, and an extensive Web-based database,
governance consultants who work directly with nonprofit leaders to design specialized solutions to meet an organization's needs;
the most comprehensive selection of material on nonprofit governance, including a large selection of booklets, books, videotapes, and audiotapes, and an annual conference that brings together approximately 600 board members and chief executives of nonprofit organizations from around the world.

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