For organizations whose names begin with N through Z, please see http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/186-267/89-36
Academy for Leadership and Governance
The Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts
65 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
Donn F. Vickers, Executive Director
(614) 228-7444; fax (614) 228-7445
http://www.thejeffersoncenter.org
Published "Following the Leaders: A Guide for Planning Founding Director Transition" in 2001
Accountants for the Public Interest
c/o University of Baltimore
1420 North Charles Street, Room 519
Baltimore, MD 21201
phone: 410-837-6533
fax: 410-837-6532
email: [email protected]
http://www.geocities.com/api_woods/api/apihome.html
Publishes informational guides and handbooks dealing with financial
accounting and related tax issues for nonprofits. A set of five:
- Filing Nonprofit Tax Forms
- Making Public Disclosures
- Selecting Computer Software
- Tracking Special Monies
- Classifying 501(c) Organizations
is available for $20 including shipping. There are chapters of
Accountants for the Public Interest in several states; contact the
national organization for information on what they do and whether there's
one near you.
Action Without Borders
http://www.idealist.org
Provides a facility that nonprofit organizations anywhere in the world can use to present their programs, solicit volunteers, announce events, and offer further information. There is also a job-announcement service available for a fee. Individuals may enroll in the 'My Idealist' service to receive information on specified topics whenever additions or modifications are made. (Action Without Borders also provides this Nonprofit FAQ.)
Alliance For Justice
11 Dupont Circle NW 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
202-822-6070 voice :: 202-822-6068 fax :: [email protected] ::
http://www.afj.org
The Alliance works to strengthen the public interest community's capacity to
influence public policy. It publishes plain language legal guides and other
materials on lobbying and election-related activity. An especially useful
lobbying publication is "Being a Player: A Guide to the IRS Lobbying
Regulations for Advocacy Charities" (57 pp $15 including S&H. Order #102).
Alliance for National Renewal
c/o National Civic League
1445 Market Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202-1728
303/571-4343 :: fax 303/571-4404 :: http://www.ncl.org/anr
Organized in 1994 to help communities renew themselves through local
community renewal initiatives and good community initiatives. ANR
includes more than 150 organizations large and small. Their web site (the
URL is above) includes a listing with a brief description of each; many
have websites of their own with a live link from ANR's list.
Alliance for Nonprofit Management
1899 L Street, NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
e-mail: [email protected]
web: http://www.allianceonline.org
phone: (202) 955-8406
fax: (202) 822-0669
Changed its name in July 1998 from the National Alliance for Nonprofit
Management.
"The Alliance represents the recent merger of SCA (a national network of
management support centers providing training, consulting and technical
support to front-line nonprofit agencies in 12 geographic regions, as well
as developing and publishing a variety of training tools and curriculum
materials), and the Nonprofit Management Association (NMA, a professional
association of about 130 organizations and individuals providing these same
services nationwide). Recognizing (a) the recurring need for a wide range
of services to help deal with rapid social, economic and political changes
faced today by nonprofits, and (b) the similarities in their purposes and
constituencies, SCA and NMA decoded to merge in late 1997 in order to
strengthen the management and governance services delivered to the more than
one million 501(c)(3) organizations in the country and, eventually, those
internationally."
Publisher of PULSE! A free online newsletter for nonprofit
management and governance support organizations and professionals as well as
those interested in nonprofit management issues. Distributed via
e-mail, usually once or twice a month, to over 2200 subscribers, PULSE!
provides readers with a brief digest of what's happening in the management
support community and the nonprofit sector as well as interesting
ideas and relevant resources.
SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE?: If you would like PULSE! delivered via
electronic mail, send an e-mail message to
and type, in the body of the message, SUBSCRIBE PULSE!
To unsubscribe to PULSE!, send e-mail to
and type, in the body of the message, UNSUBSCRIBE PULSE!
Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers
1211 Connecticut Ave, NW #620
Washington, DC 20036-2701
phone 202/462-5132
Neal Denton, Executive Director
[email protected]
http://www.nonprofitmailers.org
American Association of Fund Raising Counsel -- Trust for
Philanthropy
25 W 43rd St
New York, NY 10036
212/354-5799 :: Fax 212/768-1795
Publishers of an annual compilation of statistics and trends -- Giving
USA -- and (in the winter issue of their quarterly "Update") an
annual Survey of [state] Charitable Solicitations Laws.
American Association of Grant Professionals
http://www.grantprofessionals.org/
Formed in 1997 to "enhance the role of grant developers who work for public or private organizations. The association maintains a code of ethics, and promotes the public image of professional grant developers. It also enhances grant developers' relationships with funders and employers and advances educational opportunities."
American Institute of Philanthropy
3450 North Lake Shore Drive
Suite 2802E
P.O. Box 578460
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Phone: (773) 529-2300
Fax: (773) 529-0024
[email protected]
http://www.charitywatch.org
Pres. Daniel Borochoff
The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a charity watchdog service
whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions. The website
has reports on a list of charities.
American Institute of Parliamentarians
10535 Metropolitan Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895-2627
301/946-9220, fax 301/949-5255
Veda J. Price, Executive Director
http://www.connix.com/~aip/
Publishes the "Parliamentary Journal" and other materials and offers a
correspondence course in parliamenary procedure. Membership is open to
anyone with an interest in parliamentary procedure and costs (in 1996) $30
per year.
American Prospect Research Association
414 Plaza Drive, #209
Westmont, IL 60559
708/655-0177 :: [email protected] ::
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dlamb/apra/APRA.html
The mission of the Association of Professional Researchers for
Advancement is to foster professional development and promote
standards that enhance the expertise and status of development
research and information service professionals worldwide.
American Society of Association Executives
Washington, DC
[email protected]
Publishes and distributes a wide variety of useful information for
nonprofit (especially association) executives. http://www.asaenet.org/
offers links to many association-related resources, including a searchable
database of member associations' websites and a wide variety of printed
materials, with abstracts, that can be ordered by members and non-members
alike.
Aspen Institute -- Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 736-5838 NSRF Information Line
(202) 293-0525 Fax
[email protected] :: NSRF General Mailbox
"The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund awards research grants and organizes convenings to expand knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy, improve nonprofit practices, and inform public policy related to nonprofits."
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary
Action
c/o Center on Philanthropy
550 West North Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
http://www.arnova.org/
Sponsors scholarly journals and conferences and welcomes practitioners as
well as academics. Has a mailed newsletter and an on-line discussion
group. ARNOVA's membership brochure is available online at
http://www.yale.edu/isps/ponpo/nvsq/arnova.html . Information about its
journal, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, at
http://www.gspa.washington.edu/nvsq/nvsq.html . ARNOVA also sponsors
ARNOVA-L, an
automated discussion list for notes and commentary; to find out about
ARNOVA-L and how to subscribe, etc., use
http://www.wvu.edu/~socialwk/A/arnova-l.html .
Association for Volunteer Administration
[email protected]
804-346-2266
Richmond, VA 23294
http://www.avaintl.org/
International professional association working to enhance the competence of
volunteer managers and strengthen the profession of volunteer resources
management. Hosts an annual International Conference on Volunteer
Administration each Fall. The AVA web site offers a bibliography of
volunteer management publications, statistics about volunteerism in a number
of nations, quotable quotes relating to volunteerism for your use in
speeches, newsletters and recognition materials, an on-line directory of
volunteer management consultants & trainers, a listing of volunteer
management software, a cumulative Index of articles from The Journal of
Volunteer Administration, volunteerism-related clip art, and much more.
Association of Fundraising Professionals
1101 King Street, Suite 700
Alexandria, VA 22314
http://www.afpnet.org/
Previously known as the National Sociation of Fund Raising Executives.
The Association of PC User Groups
Be sure to check with your local Computer Users Groups. Many have
volunteer programs which help other non-profits. The Association of PC
User Groups (APCUG) has a phone number which non-profits can call to
solicit User Group help. It is called the REACH Hotline and is (414)
735-4735
The Benton Foundation
1634 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
202/638-5770 :: [email protected] :: http://www.cdinet.com/Benton/
The Communications Policy Project provides detailed information on the
intersection between the National Information Infrastructure Project and
the nonprofit arena.
BoardSource
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036-5104
Phone: (202) 452-6262 or (877) 892-6273
Bus Fax: (202) 452-6299
http://www.boardsource.org
BoardSource is a national organization dedicated solely to improving nonprofit organizations by strengthening their boards of directors. Services include publications on governance-related topics, a Board Information Center, and an annual workshop series and conference.
Annual membership is available for individuals and groups (and there are other choices).
There is a question form online at http://www.boardsource.org/AboutUs.asp?mode=contact
Center for Campus Organizing
Box 748
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-354-9363 :: [email protected] :: http://envirolink.org/orgs/cco
Operates automated mailing lists on a wide variety of themes related to activism, organizing, and community concerns.
Center for Creative Leadership
P.O. Box 26300
Greensboro, NC 27438
910/288-7210
Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
2040 S Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-5048 Fax:(202) 387-5149
"Clippy" -- as the Center is universally known -- offers a wide range of materials that support understanding the laws about and effectively engaging in public policy advocacy by nonprofits. The website includes a facsimile copy of a letter from the IRS answering questions about foundation support for organizations that engage in lobbying and making clear that such support is permitted.
-- http://www.clpi.org
Center for Strategic Communications
72 Spring Street, Suite 208
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212)965-0180
Fax: (212) 965-0185
Email: [email protected]
"The Center for Strategic Communications educates non-profits about communication tools, media techniques, and how to develop communications plans. The center also works to strengthen those organizations providing communications technical assistance to the non-profit sector."
CFRE International
2815 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
Phone :: 703/370-5555
Fax :: 703/370-5099
Email :: [email protected]
Web :: http://www.cfre.org/
CFRE stands for "Certified Fundraising Executive." This organization administers the examination that confers on those who pass the right to use those initials.
See http://cfre.org/index.php?action=website-view&WebSiteID=34&WebPageID=491 for a list of the participating organizations in the US and other countries.
Community Associations Institute
A membership association for homeowners' associations and similar organizations. "For more than 30 years, CAI has been the leader in providing education and resources to the volunteer homeowners who govern community associations and the professionals who support them."
http://www.caionline.org/ABOUT/Pages/default.aspx
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Community Wealth
http://www.communitywealth.org/
733 15th Street, NW Suite 640
Washington, DC 20005
Ph:(202)478-6548 Fax:(202)347-5868
>From the website (7/31/99): "Are there ways to "do well" for the purposes
of "doing good"? Across the country, enterprising nonprofit organizations,
businesses and hybrids are proving there are. Read case studies, models,
tips and news about well-known and little-known entrepreneurial efforts to
generate resources to promote social change."
Council on Foundations
http://www.cof.org
1828 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202/466-6512 - FAX: 202/785-3926
The national membership organizations for foundations of all types. The website offers lots of information, including a community foundation locator at http://www.cof.org/Locator/index.cfm. Many services are available only to members.
DMA Federation of Nonprofits
Part of the Direct Marketing Association
(Formerly the National Federation of Nonprofits)
815 15th St., NW, Suite 822
Washington, DC 20005-2201
202/628-4380 :: Fax 202/628-4383
"With more than 500 members, the DMA Nonprofit Federation is by far the largest organization representing nonprofits that use direct mail, telephone, and the Internet to communicate with donors, members, and the general public."
Drucker Foundation
(Now the Leader to Leader Institute -- jump to entry.)
ePhilanthropy Foundation
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: 877-536-1245
eFax: 410-510-1336
Email: [email protected]
ePhilanthropyFoundation.org is an organization devoted to
fostering SECURE, PRIVATE, AND ETHICAL ONLINE PHILANTHROPY. The ePhilanthropyFoundation will serve multiple constituencies, most importantly, non-profit organizations and the general public. (From the ePhilanthropy Foundation's website 6/12/01 -- PB)
-- http://www.ephilanthropyfoundation.org
Executive Service Corps
The Executive Service Corps Affiliate Network (ESCAN) is a nationwide network of thirty-three nonprofit management assistance organizations. Our mission is to provide support to nonprofit agencies in a variety of administrative and management issues for both board and staff. ESC affiliates can offer high quality, affordable projects by using former senior-level management and professional men and women who volunteer their time and talent.
--http://escus.org
Fieldstone Alliance
"Building nonprofits from the ground up." The publishing and consulting activities of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation began operating independently under this name of June 1, 2005. Books previously published under the Wilder imprint will continue to bear that name until stocks are exhausted. (Wilder's activities in the St. Paul, Minn., area continue under the Foundation's auspices.)
60 Plato Boulevard East, Suite 150
St. Paul, MN 55107
1-800-274-6024
651-556-4507
http://www.FieldstoneAlliance.org
FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov.
"Your first click for the U.S. Government"
The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212/620-4230 :: http://fdncenter.org/
Publishes many helpful lists, guides and monographs on philanthropy and
related topics. Maintains full collections of 990s and other interesting
materials at its offices in New York and in regional centers (addresses and
other information are at the website). Cooperates
with public libraries in every state to create Cooperating Collections
useful to researchers and grantwriters. A complete list is available
from the address above or by using the WWW. The Foundation Center
announced in the Winter of 1999-2000 the start of an online subscription
service allowing access to detailed records of foundation activities from
their files for a flat monthly fee of about $20. See http://fdncenter.org/fc_stats/ for "a free online resource that provides users with ready access to a wealth of statistical data on U.S. private and community foundations and their funding patterns."
Gifts In Kind International
Gifts In Kind International provides
nonprofits worldwide with access to donated products and services. Gifts In Kind International and its
350-plus affiliates distribute newly manufactured products including
computers, software, office equipment and supplies, clothing, personal care
products, recreational equipment, educational materials, arts and craft
supplies, and building materials and supplies to the needy in communities
around the world. Manufacturers and retailers, including 40 percent
of the Fortune 500 companies, rely on Gifts In Kind International's services to design and manage their product-giving programs.
All 501(c)(3) nonprofits, international charities with equivalent
certification, and educational organizations are invited to register with
Gifts In Kind International to access product donations. There are nominal
registration fees, and nominal administrative fees apply to receive donated
products.
For details, see http://www.giftsinkind.org
Gifts In Kind International
333 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel. (703) 836-2121
Fax (703) 549-1481
Giraffe Project on the Web
http://www.giraffe.org/giraffe/
The Giraffe Project moves people to stick their necks out for the common
good.
The Giraffe Project has been finding such people since 1982, and
telling the stories of these "Giraffes" to the nation. The Project
knows that good ideas and good hearts won't solve problems
if they are idle; and that the best way to move people into
courageous, caring action is to show them someone else going first.
When people hear and see the Project's stories of people taking on
tough challenges in their communities and beyond, they're inspired
to take on the challenges they see.
The Project's emphasis on courage, its powerful use of rolemodels,
and its engaging style and imagery get attention, even from people
who might not respond to other, more traditional calls to
actions.
The Project's Standing Tall curriculum helps teachers and youth
leaders build courage, caring and responsibility in kids from 6 to
18 years old, then guides the kids in designing and implementing
their own service projects. Standing Tall is now in 47 states. The
Project has formed Standing Tall alliances with Cities in Schools,
the YMCA, YWCA, Boys and Girls Clubs and the US Navy. Standing Tall
Partnerships allow private companies and service groups to sponsor
Standing Tall in their local schools and youth clubs.
Guidestar
GuideStar -- "The Donor's Guide to the Nonprofit Universe" -- gathers and
distributes information on more than 600,000 public charities. A
nonprofit itself, GuideStar (a service of Philanthropic Research, Inc.) is
devoted
to helping transform the culture of philanthropy through information and
communication. Charities may create GuideStar Pages on their mission,
programs, objectives, accomplishments to reach GuideStar's audience:
individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
Philanthropic Research, Inc
1126 Professional Drive
Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
http://www.guidestar.org/
HandsNet
20195 Stevens Creek Blvd, #120
Cupertino, CA 95014
408/257-4500; fax 408/257-4560
Sue Dormanen, HandsNet Editor [email protected]
Maintains an active on-line subscription service focussed on timely
information for activists and nonprofits. Publishes weekly digests of
recent developments through internet channels.
-- http://www.handsnet.org
The Independent Sector
"INDEPENDENT SECTOR is the only national forum that brings together charities, foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations. INDEPENDENT SECTOR’s diverse membership...collectively represents tens of thousands of charitable groups serving every cause in every region of the country. Connecting, informing, and advocating the charitable community...can strengthen our democracy and empower our individual organizations." One may request information about Independent Sector by sending an e-mail
to [email protected].
-- http://www.independentsector.org
Information Technology Resource Center
6 N. Michigan
Chicago, IL 60602
312-372-4872
The ITRC represents about 25 nonprofit organizations around the country--all with missions relating to nonprofits and technology. The programs are not uniform in each: some emphasize matching of skilled volunteers to organizations seeking assistance, others (only a few) deal with donated hardware. Certain members are still in the start-up mode and do not yet have extensive programs. Most provide some level of training and consulting with an emphasis on nonprofit issues at modest fees. The current list of TRC members and a mission statement are available online.
-- http://www.igc.apc.org/trc
Leader to Leader Institute
(Formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation)
320 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
212/224 1174 :: fax: 212/224-2508 :: [email protected] ::
"The Leader to Leader Institute serves as a broker of intellectual capital, bringing together the finest thought leaders, consultants, and authors in the world with the leaders of social sector voluntary organizations. By providing intellectual resources to leaders in the business, government, and social sectors, and by fostering partnerships across these sectors, the Leader to Leader Institute works to strengthen social sector leaders of the United States and of nations around the globe." (From the website --
PB)
-- http://www.pfdf.org/
LINK Research
P.O. Box 424459
San Francisco, CA 94142-4459
(877) 330-LINK (p)
(800) 883-7204 (f)
"LINK allows community-based organizations to post research projects and enables researchers to find meaningful research topics."
-- http://www.linkresearch.org/
Management Sciences for Health
Manager's Electronic Resource Center: http://erc.msh.org.
"This site also includes great resources for general
non-profits, including international non-profits, working
with boards, and other non-profit issues/needs. Worth the
time to check-it out, even if you are not in the
health/medical field." —Deanne Boisvert 4/12/01
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Minor revisions 6/11/01; additions and corrections 1/12/02; 7/18/02; 10/3/02, 10/20/02; 6/21/05; 9/9/05; 10/11/05; 12/2/05 -BoardSource (replacing entry for NCNB) added 1/17/08; Ref. to Internet Public Library removed (no longer offered), 2/16/09; Community Associations Institute added 5/13/09 - PB |