|
||
| http://www.farmlib.org/nonprofits.html | ||
Best of the Web: Selected Web Resources for Grants & NonprofitsMajor Resources for Non-Profits
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). 
The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers is a national coalition of nonprofit organizations sharing an invested interest in nonprofit postal rates, regulations or legislation. 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 400 national charities spend their donations and keeps donors up to date on current issues related to charitable giving. 
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 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 increases the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening boards of directors through our highly acclaimed consulting practice, publications, tools, and membership program. The U.S. Bureau of the Census offers help in proposal writing, business planning and commercial development Capital Research was established in 1984 to study non-profit organizations, with a special focus on reviving American traditions of charity, philanthropy, and volunteerism. Capital Research publishes Foundation Watch, a monthly newsletter that examines the grantmaking of private foundations. LNPS Online is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 19,000 full bibliographic citations, of which more than 12,000 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated on a regular basis.
A list of celebrity charities from Forbes Magazine.
The Center offers a variety of publications with topics that include: corporate philanthropy, diversity, fund raising, general philanthropy, giving and volunteering, governance, grant making and philanthropy-economic aspects. Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector—3,000 pages of news, jobs, information and resources for executives, staffers, donors, and volunteers.
For over 50 years, the Council on Foundations has offered tailored programs and services for community, corporate and family foundations as well as giving and international programs. The Council has available over 100 books, monographs, videos and audiotapes. The publications are designed for grant makers and those interested in organized philanthropy. Includes a Community Foundation Locator to find the community foundation in your area. The Foundation Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist support and improve philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grant seekers succeed. The Center collects, organizes, analyses and disseminates information on foundations, corporate giving and related subjects. At their web site, there are links to grantmaker web sites, information on the top U.S. funders, 990-PFs funding trend and analysis, an online library, Philanthropy News Digest and Foundation Finder —a search tool that provides basic facts on more than 48,000 US foundation.
This site frequently highlights information on celebrities and their philanthropic activities.
Driven by a mission of providing an effective conduit for the donation of products, goods and services from the private sector to the charitable sector, Gifts In Kind International is the recognized leader in the field of product philanthropy. A comprehensive list of online grants information and fund raising from Jon Harrison at Michigan State University Libraries. GrantSmart provides a searchable database of 60,000 foundations based on information gathered from foundations' income tax returns. (Private foundations submit IRS Form 990 PFs, which are now available to the public.) The site is provided by Canyon Research, a private operating foundation. There is no fee for using the site.
TGCI was founded in 1972 to offer grantsmanship training, proposal writing and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Today, it is a leading provider of grantsmanship training, conducting some 200 workshops annually GuideStar is a searchable database of over 850,000 nonprofit organizations with access to IRS Form 990s (IRS Form 990 is used by public charities). Offers variety of publications that follow the activities, finances and progress of the nonprofit sector. This site is provided by Philanthropic Research, Inc., a nonprofit organization, and is available free of charge
Action without Borders is a global network of individuals and organizations that provide information on 23,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries. Search or browse by name, location or mission. Independent Sector is a national forum of foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations to encourage giving, volunteering and not-for-profit initiative. IRS Publication 557, "Tax Exempt Status for your Organization" is available in PDF format, or call (800) 829-3676 to order this document free.
A small, but high-quality annotated list of non-profit organization resources from the Internet Public Library.
The National Center for Charitable Statistics offers access to financial disclosure forms filed by charities with the Internal Revenue Service. Form 990 provides specific information on a charity's revenues, expenses, executive salaries, board members, programs and activities.
Created in 1989, the NCNA is a network of 38 state and regional associations of nonprofits representing more than 17,000 nonprofits throughout the country. The NCNA provides information, training, leadership, advocacy and helping to increase public awareness of nonprofits by working closely with media, legislators and community leaders. Designed for administrators, board members and volunteers of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, as well as people who are considering forming a nonprofit organization.
Features a database to look up donors of political contributions by zip code or campaign The SRA GrantsWeb brings viewers the merged resources of the National Research Administrators Resources Network developed by Robert Killoren of Penn State University and GrantsWeb developed by Bill Kirby while he was with the National Science Foundation. The SRA offers a broad spectrum of support services for professional research administrators in institutions of higher education, independent research organizations, government, and industry Information for Tax-Exempt Organizations. Includes a search to find out if your organization is tax-exempt. Connects nonprofits with donated and discounted technology products. A network of more than 100 women's and girl's funds worldwide. Last modified on Thursday, 04-Oct-2007 11:37:56 EDT
|