Non Profit Information

Internet Nonprofit Center
Information includes the

The Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures
"A major initiative at the Yale School of Management focusing on social entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector ... With major funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts and The Goldman Sachs Foundation". The initiative "provides educational and financial support for nonprofit enterprise".

On Being Nonprofit: The Bigger Picture
by Peter Frumkin, HBS Working Knowledge, September 9, 2002
"In the fast-paced world of nonprofits there's no time to step back and examine conceptual and policy issues, right? Make the time, urges Peter Frumkin, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Seeing the big picture is well worth the effort."

The following list was composed primarily by Ami Dar, Executive Director, Action Without Borders, http://www.idealist.org and was circulated widely:

Foundation Center
Provides information about every foundation in the country. Much of this information is free, but some of it is for paying subscribers only.

Guidestar
Lists financial information for 800,000 nonprofits. You can use Guidestar for research, and you can also update your organization^Òs entry there.

Idealist.org
It 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 http://www.idealist.org/consultants you can find the most comprehensive directory of nonprofit consultants on the Web.

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 you can subscribe for weekly email updates.

Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership is building a resource center with lots of great information for starting, running and funding an organization.

Nonprofit FAQ
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.

networkforgood.org
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.

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
Techsoup has built 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.

VolunteerMatch.org
People can find volunteer opportunities all over the country by ZIP code or area of interest.

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