Nonprofit Links and News

CONNECTING WITH THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY

We hope that the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management will be your resource, helping practitioners to develop personally and professionally and to connect with others who serve in this dynamic sector that is so essential to the social, religious and cultural fabric of our city.

HELPFUL NONPROFIT LINKS

American Institute of Philanthropy: www.charitywatch.org
Another National Charity Watchdog.

Arts & Business Council/National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP): www.artsmarketing.org
Lively introduction to marketing techniques; emphasizes nonprofit arts organizations.

BBB Wise Giving Alliance: www.give.org
Reports on national charitable organizations, nonprofit standards, and related topics.

Charity Navigator: www.charitynavigator.org
Also a charity watchdog, but limited in scope. Emphasis on finances.

Compass Point: www.compasspoint.org
FAQs, features, and links-from California.

Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State University: www.npgoodpractice.org
See their “Nonprofit Good Practice Guide.”

Federal Nonprofit Gateway: www.nonprofit.gov
Federal government portal for nonprofits.

Foundation Center: www.fdncenter.org
It includes its Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Key to information on Foundations and their Grants.

Guidestar: www.guidestar.org
Information on the finances and other activities of the vast majority of charities of size in this country

Help 4 NonProfits: www.help4nonprofits.com
Aims to help strengthen the voluntary sector and works to build more effective Nonprofit organizations.

Idealist www.idealist.org
This site offers over 37,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries.

National Center for Charitable Statistics: www.nccsdataweb.urban.org
The Unified Chart of Accounts (UCOA) for nonprofit organizations, is a chart of accounts freely available on this site to any nonprofit organization, accountant, or consultant. The system is designed so that nonprofits can quickly and reliably translate their financial statements into the categories required by the IRS Form 990, the federal Office of Management and Budget, and into other standard reporting formats.

National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (NCNE): www.nationalcne.org
NCNE a 501(c)(3) headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, helps nonprofit organizations make wise economic decisions to efficiently and effectively pursue their social missions. NCNE's extensive network of academic researchers, business leaders, and nonprofit practitioners form the backbone of NCNE's comprehensive program of educational activities and services that address the critical economic and decision-making issues facing the nonprofit sector.

Network for Good: www.networkforgood.org
Online donation website, but also helps with online volunteer recruitment, advocacy and information.

New York City Nonprofits Project-Atlas: www.npccny.org
Maps of NYC nonprofit services.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest: www.nylpi.org
A not-for-profit law firm founded in 1976, finds unique ways to tackle the problems facing disadvantaged and underrepresented New Yorkers. NYLPI's 11 in-house attorneys work in three distinct project areas while hundreds of members of the private bar augment and expand NYLPI's efforts to confront unmet legal need.

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York www.npccny.org
NPCC is a voice and information source for New York nonprofits.

Nonprofit Sector Research Fund: www.nonprofitresearch.org
Research finding nicely summarized.

Npower www.npower.org
For those nonprofits interested in exploroing how technology and enhance your orgainzations effectiveness.

NYCharities.org: www.nycharities.org
Launched in cooperation with Guidstar. Focuses on the 60,000 charities in New York City and State. Multi-purpose, including organizational information, online charitable giving, volunteer opportunities, even ticket sales.

Support Center For Nonprofit Management www.supportctr.org
Training, Consulting, and Coaching to Build Effective Organizations

United Way of New York City www.unitedwaynyc.org
Building a stronger New York City by mobilizing communities to create solutions that improve peoples lives.

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network: www.ynpn.org/nyc
Perhaps best for networking events.

Other helpful links: Download pdf file

INTERNATIONAL NONPROFITS

Allavida: www.allavida.org
UK-based international development organization with interesting publications, including Alliance magazine.

Charity Village: www.charityvillage.com
“Canada’s supersite for the nonprofit sector.”

CIVICUS: www.civicus.org
Self-described, “world alliance for citizen participation.”

InterAction: www.interaction.org
The largest, U.S. based alliance of international development and humanitarian nonprofits; headquarters in Washington; 160 organizational members.

ReliefWeb: www.reliefweb.int
A project of the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Thanks to Professor Fred Lane for providing these helpful links.

NONPROFIT NEWS

These links will provide you with news of importance to nonprofit leaders.

New York Nonprofit Press
New York Nonprofit Press

Nonprofit Times:www.nptimes.com
The Leading Business Publication for Nonprofit Management.

Foundation Center Philanthropy News Digest
Foundation Center Philanthropy News Digest

The Bridgespan Group
The Bridgespan Group

City Limits
City Limits