Nonprofit Management
Explore the reciprocal impacts of successful fundraising and effective nonprofit management. Included are links to specialized search sites that address such issues as governance, fiscal management, performance appraisal, strategic planning, staff and volunteer training, lobbying, and coalition building.
| About.com: Nonprofit Charitable Organizations | ||
| The About.com entry for Nonprofit Charitable Organizations includes many links organized into dozens of subject areas; for example, nonprofit basics, fundraising tips, management tools and tips, trends and statistics, and profiles of nonprofits. In addition, each topic site includes links to other relevant sites. | ||
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| Action Without Borders | ||
| Action Without Borders describes its function as the development of practical solutions to social and environmental problems, worldwide. The idealist.org website, which is accessible in English, Spanish, and French, has a searchable database on 50,000 nonprofits in 165 countries. It can be used to locate thousands of volunteer and paid work opportunities. The Tools for Organizations subsite is a virtual library of what to do and how. It addresses agency start-up questions and provides information on integrating diversity, technology, and human resources into the workplace. The Nonprofit FAQ subsite is a directory of questions and answers about nonprofit organizations exchanged on the Internet since 1994. | ||
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| BoardSource | ||
| BoardSource, formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards, provides practical information, tools, best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Featured articles on its website provide information useful to most nonprofits and their boards. Recent articles have explored strategic planning and involving the grantee in assessing donors. A board essentials section addresses board functions, board connections, and a basic course on what all board members should know about nonprofits. | ||
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| Center for the Public Domain (CPD) | ||
| The CPD defines the public domain as "the cultural space in which we share information, creativity, and ideas." The health of any public domain is impacted by such factors as intellectual property law, technology, and social practice. The Center's website addresses many of the legal and cultural issues of importance to nonprofits, including public-domain-relevant grant sources. | ||
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| Council on Foundations | ||
| The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide. The site includes scores of links to such subsites as the Council's Center for Community Foundation Excellence, compilations of best practices, and colleague organizations in the nonprofit sector. Educational resources can be accessed on grant-getting and grantmaking, board development, and executive education. | ||
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| FirstGov | ||
| Use the U.S. government's FirstGov link to the Nonprofit Resources page to access information on management and operations as well as grants, loans, and other assistance. | ||
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| Free Management Library from Authenticity | ||
| Authenticity Consulting maintains an integrated library of management resources for both nonprofits and for-profits. Visit the link to the homepage below or scan the table of contents to view the scope of the library's coverage of management concerns, from fundraising to human resource management to quality control and consumer outreach. | ||
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| Hudson Institute | ||
| One of the Hudson Institute's policy centers is the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal. Center policy analysts and researchers are likely to dig beneath the surface to find answers to perplexing issues; for example, by probing unexamined intellectual assumptions underlying the grantmaking practices of American foundations. Center reports provide practical advice to grant makers who prefer to support smaller, grassroots applicant organizations. Many of its publications and conference summaries are available at no charge. | ||
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| Network for Good | ||
| The Network for Good website managers seek to empower nonprofits to make more effective use of the web for describing their programs, recruiting and tracking online donations, running online auctions, and locating volunteer help. | ||
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| Nonprofit Hub | ||
| Nonprofit Hub is designed to help newcomers to the nonprofit world with questions about jargon or aspects of management and fundraising practices. The site's Nonprofit Resources section features online articles on advocacy, communications, development, fundraising, finances, grantseeking, governance, training, accountability, research, staff and volunteer management, technology, and types of nonprofits. | ||
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| NonProfitExpert | ||
| Minges Associates, a consulting firm, created the NonProfit Expert to guide users in the exploration of dozens of management issues; for example, community relations, program evaluation, mergers, and nonprofit law. | ||
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| Urban Institute | ||
| The Urban Institute is a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization that measures effects, compares options, shows which stakeholders get the most and least, tests conventional wisdom, reveals trends, and makes costs, benefits, and risks explicit. The National Center for Charitable Statistics is one of its projects. This page links to the Urban Institute's extensive research library, organized by topic, ranging from A (Adolescents) to W (Welfare Reform). | ||
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