Nonprofit Resources
Helpful Documents:
Negotiating Healthy Boundaries between
Executive Directors and the Board of Directors
Developed by MNPL 2003 Cohort Members: Lee Harper, Roberta Kendall, Michele Morgan Mba, Abraham Meyer, Ruben Rivera Jr., Miriam Serequeberhan, and Patricia Williams
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Proposal Writing
This handout taken from Mary Stewart Hall and Susan Howlett, Getting Funded: The Complete Guide to Writing Proposals, Fourth Edition, Continuing Education Press: Portland State University, 2003. To order, contact: press@pdx.edu
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Ten Web sites All Nonprofits Could Use
April 2003
- The Foundation Center: www.foundationcenter.org
This site provides information about every foundation in the country. Much of this information is free, but some of it is for paying subscribers only.
- Guidestar: www.guidestar.org
This site lists financial information for 800,000 nonprofits. You can use Guidestar for research, and you can also update your organization's entry there.
- Idealist: www.idealist.org
Idealist.org has built the leading nonprofit job site in the country. In addition to jobs, you can also list events, volunteer opportunities and internships, and at www.idealist.org/consultants you can find the most comprehensive directory of nonprofit consultants on the Web.
- Nonprofit Online News: news.gilbert.org
Michael Gilbert maintains a great site with daily news updates bridging the online and nonprofit worlds. You can read the news there, or you can subscribe for weekly email updates.
- The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership: www.nonprofitbasics.org
They are building a resource center with lots of great information for starting, running and funding an organization.
- Internet Nonprofit Center: www.nonprofits.org/npofaq
Putnam Barber maintains the Nonprofit FAQ - an older resource center that is special because it is based on actual questions and answers posted by nonprofit managers over the years.
- Network for Good: www.networkforgood.org
At this site people can find volunteer opportunities, and they can also make donations to hundreds of thousands of nonprofits. Most importantly, you can use this site to add a free Donate button to your Web site.
- Service Leader: www.serviceleader.org
You will find a huge site covering every aspect of volunteer management, from screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, to legal issues, risk management and virtual volunteering.
- Techsoup: www.techsoup.org
This is the leading resource center for all issues related to nonprofit technology. In addition, they offer steep discounts on software for nonprofits, sometimes up to 90% off the list price.
- Volunteer Match: www.volunteermatch.org
People can find volunteer opportunities all over the country by ZIP code or area of interest.
Lastly, in addition to these
10 online resources, we recommend that people
check out the
National Council of Nonprofit Associations
for the nonprofit state association closest
to them.
Best Practices: On Nonprofit Board and Volunteer issues
May 2003
Compiled by Dr. Mary Stewart Hall and
Lee Harper, MNPL 2003, Seattle University
- Alliance for Nonprofit
Management: www.allianceonline.org
This site focuses on strengthening leadership
and fostering inclusiveness and collaboration.
The Alliance Resource Center is dedicated
to building and transferring knowledge related
to nonprofit management and governance.
- Association for Volunteer
Administration: www.avaintl.org
This site contains a vast array of information
relating to many aspects of mobilizing and
managing volunteers.
- BoardSource: www.boardsource.org
Formerly known as the National Center for
Nonprofit Boards, this web site is one of
the premier sources of information on board
related issues. It also provides publications
useful to board members.
- The Charity Channel:
www.charitychannel.com
This Canadian site has many features useful
to managers of volunteers or those involved
with nonprofit boards. This includes an extensive
library, e-newsletters designed for different
countries (including the USA) and several
free discussion groups.
- Charity Village: www.charityvillage.com
Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector
has many resources for executives, staff and
volunteers.
- CompassPoint Nonprofit
Services: www.compasspoint.org
This is the site of a San Francisco based
management support organization that is noted
for the quality of its research and information
on best practices. It has an extensive on-line
library on topics related to board and volunteer
services and also offers a free on-line newsletter
for board members called “BoardCafe.”
- Court Appointed Special
Advocates:
www.casanet.org/training/index.htm
This site is sponsored by the national CASA
office and has a sections especially designed
for tips on how to recruit and manage volunteers.
The information is useful to all types of
nonprofits.
- Electronic Gazette for
Volunteerism: www.volunteertoday.com
Examples of topics covered include boards
and committees, other Internet resources,
training opportunities and tips on recruiting
and retention.
- Energize Inc.: www.energizeinc.com
An international training, consulting and
publishing firm that specializes in volunteerism.
The site provides access to an extensive range
of nonprofit-related articles.
- Free Management Library:
www.managementhelp.org
Hosted by the Management Assistance Program
for Nonprofits, St. Paul, the Library has
over seventy topic areas in this integrated
site. Each topic includes helpful articles,
as well as links to other relevant websites.
- Help for Nonprofits &
Tribes: www.help4nonprofits.com
Offers a useful monthly e-mail and resource
library and also contains information on nonprofits
in Tribal communities.
- Independent Sector:
www.independentsector.org
Contains the latest national data on giving
and volunteering.
- Minnesota Council of Nonprofits:
www.mncn.org
The Information Central section of this website
contains extensive information on governance,
including a monthly featured article, FAQ’s,
the basics, and templates and samples.
- National School Boards
Association: www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/PandLDev.html
The Professional and Leadership Development
portion of the site will provide you guidance
on identifying developing your leadership
styles and responsibilities. The Team Climate
Survey can be downloaded without cost and
used to assess the strengths and weaknesses
of a governance team.
- The Nonprofit Center:
www.nonprofitcenter.com
This site contains extensive information in
its management tools section about boards
and leadership. Topics include: “12 Weeks
To a Better Board” and “What To
Ask BEFORE Accepting a Seat.”
- The Nonprofit Management
Education Center Learner Resource Center:
www.uwex.edu/li/learner/library.htm
A source of sixteen nonprofit link categories
including board governance and volunteer management.
- Nonprofit Good Practice
Guide: www.npgoodpractice.org
The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit
Leadership provides key information designed
to help manage your nonprofit organization
efficiently and effectively.
- Nonprofit Sector Research
Fund: www.nonprofitresearch.org
This organization funds research on nonprofit
issues, including volunteerism and governance.
The site gives a good overview of the research
findings, as well as providing the opportunity
to order the full publications.
- Points of Light Foundation:
www.pointsoflight.org
Established in 1990, this organization offers
an extensive on-line library as well as inspirational
stories about individual volunteers that have
made a difference.
- Volunteer Consulting Group:
www.vcg.org
Although this site is maintained by a commercial
consulting group, it does offer access to
a number of interesting articles on board
and volunteer issues (particularly helpful
are some of the discussions on issues of diversity).
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