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Advancing the Nonprofit Blog - This blog is written by members of the Nonprofits Division of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting, of which CoreStrategies' own Terrie Temkin is an active participant. The blog contains ideas and thoughts on a wide range of subjects of interest to those working in the sector.

Alberta Community Development – Sponsored by the government of Alberta, Canada, this site has an extensive number of high quality articles on nonprofit management, including governance. 

Alliance for Nonprofit Management - Resources on all subjects of relevance to nonprofit management. Producers of the online newsletter, Pulse. Listserve for members.  Institute without Walls.

Aspen Publications - Online bookstore dedicated to nonprofit resources.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) - Professional organization for academicians and practitioners with an interest in research relevant to the nonprofit world.

Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) - Provides access to all the services and resources of the largest professional organization geared toward development personnel, including information about ethics and the certification program.

Board Builders - Free online courses on governance sent right to your e-mailbox.

Board Cafe - Free electronic newsletter for members of nonprofit boards of directors.  Offers a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news and resources.  Produced by CompassPoint Nonprofit Service. 

BoardEffect - BoardEffect® is a web-based e-governance solution designed to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofit boards of directors. BoardEffect® promotes accountability and transparency in decision-making, streamlines the administration of board work, and reduces risk by providing directors easy access to important information. It frees your board to focus on your mission.

BoardSource - Strengthens governing boards by providing conferences, training programs and educational materials to board members and staff. Extensive number of publications available.

BoardStar: On Being Board – Short, weekly moderated podcasts on a variety of subjects of interest to boards, each with a different guest sharing his or her expertise. Available for free on i-tunes, this wonderful resource is sponsored by the Nonprofit Management Fund in Milwaukee.

Cause Communications - This nonprofit consulting group assists charities with marketing efforts.  You can download toolkits for free on a number of marketing and communications topics.

Cap Wiz - A useful and free online tool for trying to identify which newspaper might cover a given location.

Charity Advantage - A program of Net Cruiser Technologies, Inc., provides technology assistance to nonprofit organizations through website development, computer donations and computer purchase assistance programs.

Charity Channel - Host to over 40 forums; several e-zines, a job bank, consultants' directory, daily news of the sector, book reviews and more.

Charity Navigator - Charity Navigator is an independent charity evaluator that works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by assessing the financial health of over 5,300 of America's largest charities.

Charity Watch - Helping donors make informed giving decisions is the mission of the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) – a national charity watchdog service.  You will find information about charities, along with ratings.  Special features focus on top salaries , top-rated groups , and hot topics in America's most popular causes.

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest - A one-stop source from Charitable Lobbying in the Public Interest, Inc. for nonprofit lobbying and related resources. This site houses numerous "one-pagers" on the lobby law, strategies, and election-related activities.

Chronicle of Philanthropy - Current and back issues of "the newspaper of the non-profit world." Listings of conferences, jobs and products and services are available.

Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy – leads the business community in raising the level and quality of corporate giving.

Contributions - Great source for “how to” information on a variety of fund raising topics.  Written by many of the foremost experts in the field. 

Council on Foundations - Resources for and about foundations. Includes government and legal affairs information, publications, job openings, and conferences.

Creating a Legacy  - A free, monthly online newsletter filled with strategies and quick tips to inspire readers.

Energize Inc. - Premier source for information about volunteerism. A library, job bank, recognition tips and bookstore available.

E-Volunteerism - The electronic journal of the volunteer community. Subscription.

Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations (FANO) - Florida's clearinghouse for nonprofit information, this site includes resources, a book store, information about nonprofit courses and conferences, and more.

FrameWorks Institute - The mission of the FrameWorks Institute is to advance the nonprofit sector's communications capacity by identifying, translating and modeling relevant scholarly research for framing the public discourse about social problems.  FrameWorks designs, commissions, manages and publishes communications research to prepare nonprofit organizations to expand their constituency base, to build public will, and to further public understanding of specific social issues.

Free Management Library - Valuable articles and references covering a wide variety of subjects of interest to the nonprofit community.

Fundsnet Online Services - provides information on financial resources available to nonprofits on the internet.

FundRaising Basics – A weekly source of continuing education for the nonprofit sector.  This subscription service provides digests of articles by some of the most important thinkers in the field.

Fund Raising Innovations – Offers more than just great development ideas.  Find samples of helpful tools for boards and development professionals.  Sign up for a free nonprofit Q & A item delivered to your email each week.

Gifts in Kind International - Directs donated products and services to nonprofit organizations that can best put them to use.

Give.org - The Better Business Bureau (BBB), with its reputation as an unbiased organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior, examines and reports on charities through this service.  

The Giving Forum - The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers is a national learning community and network of geographically focused associations of grantmakers in cities, states and regions across the U.S.

Google Alert - Monitor your professional interests online. Track the entire web for subjects of interest to you or your organization's mission and receive new results by daily email.

Google Analytics - Google Analytics is a free yet very sophisticated tool that helps you learn even more about where the visitors to your web site come from and how they interact with your site.

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) - A collaboration of funders dedicated to building the capacity of nonprofits.

GrantStation – Provides access to the weekly “Insider” –news about available funding programs, conferences and more.

Grassroots Fundraising Journal - With this journal nonprofits learn how to raise more money from their communities, reducing their dependence on foundations or corporations and developing long-term financial stability.

Guidestar - The largest database of nonprofit 990 forms.

Help 4 NonProfits - Excellent source of articles on nonprofit issues.

Hurwit & Associates - Provides an extensive nonprofit library with articles on such topics as starting nonprofits, compliance statutes, risk management, mergers, tax exemption, executive compensation and more.

Independent Sector - Supports philanthropy, volunteering and citizen action through research, public policy, and the distribution of information. Access to publications available.

Innovation News – Formerly the Drucker Foundation News, this site provides access to publications, nonprofit innovations, a weekly email notice and more from the guru of nonprofit management.

Internet Nonprofit Center - "Information for and about nonprofit organizations," this site offers a library, the Form 990 Project, and an extensive nonprofit FAQ section.

Jossey-Bass - Online bookstore of one of the largest publishers of nonprofit resources.

Leader to Leader - Full text articles from Peter Drucker and Frances Hesselbein's renowned publication Leader to Leader. This journal contains articles from the top thinkers and practitioners in both the nonprofit and for-profit worlds.

Learning Institute - Distance education in nonprofit management via satellite and computer.

Nathan Garber & Associates - This web site contains handouts on governance by an expert who has earned the respect of his colleagues by thinking outside the box.

National Center for Charitable Statistics - Besides current statistics about the nonprofit sector, this site includes links to other nonprofit resources.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations - National coalition of state associations that work to provide technical assistance, professional development opportunities, cost savings, and advocacy.

Network For Good - This is a web site where donors can give to their favorite charities and have all donation records stored and accessible at any time. Since the site's inception more than 450,000 donors have contributed more than $160 million dollars using the Network for Good giving system.

Nonprofit Genie - "Hot topics, cool sites," the online publication Board Cafe are all here.

Nonprofit Governance & Management Centre – This Australian organization has, among other resources, Board Matters, an online newsletter with valuable articles. 

Nonprofit Online News - Current news items of interest to those in the nonprofit world. Updated weekly and available as an email message, the site provides links for further information.

Nonprofit Organizations Regulations by State - "Online compendium of federal and state regulation for U.S. nonprofit organizations."

NonprofitOyster - A low-cost user-friendly online resource for helping employers, jobseekers and consultants in the nonprofit sector find one another. Provides links to other resources that strengthen skills and help streamline the hiring process.

Nonprofit Risk Management Center - Important facts about risk management, publications.

Nonprofit Times Online - The online version of "the leading business publication for nonprofit management."

NRC Interactive - Extensive resources on a wide variety of subjects of interest to the nonprofit community, provided by the Nonprofit Resource Center of the Community Foundation of Broward.

The Nonprofit Quarterly - Provides nonprofit leaders a forum to exchange innovative ideas and informational resources.

PG Coach – The place to sign up for weekly coaching tips on planned giving sent directly to your mailbox.

Philanthrophy Journal - Review of key stories about nonprofit's that are in the news.

Planned Giving Today - A practical resource for education, information, inspiration and professional linkage for those interested in any area of planned giving.

Service Leader/Volunteer Management Online Resources - Information on all aspects of volunteer management. Includes opportunities for virtual volunteering.

Six Degrees - Through this web site, you can support your favorite charities by making donations or creating fundraising badges that can be placed on networking sites to encourage friends to also support those charities.  While there, check out the favorite causes of other people, including celebrities.  Affiliated with www.networkforgood.org

Smart Chart 3.0 - This Smart Chart 3.0 communications planning tool makes it easy to craft winning communications plans.

Society for Nonprofit Organizations - Publisher of Nonprofit World. The Society encourages best practices by conducting research, identifying trends, providing training, and dissecting information.

Tech Soup - The technology place for nonprofits.  How-to’s, community discussions, products, service directory, news and views.

Technorati - Your resource hub for what you want to know about blogging.

The Center for Global Prosperity - a central source for those interested in the role of the private sector, including nonprofits, in creating economic growth and prosperity around the world. The Center is the publisher of the annual Index of Global Philanthropy.

The Orgmarketing Blog Book - written by Todd Baker, offers a step-by-step process that provides an understanding of the nonprofit fundraising online experience from the nonprofit and constituent perspective simultaneously. Good marketers know what works but great ones understand why things work.

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute - an educational resource for news and information about women’s giving, for women and those who wish to encourage women as donors.

updated 02/03/2010