The Nonprofit FAQ

Nonprofit News Sites

Early in March 2009 Idealist and Reddit.com teamed up to offer http://www.idealistnews.org where registered users can post links to online news about nonprofits and their work and also "vote" on which stories are most interesting and useful to them.

Lettice wrote from the Allen County Public Library on May 12, 2008:



There's a page that updates about every ten minutes that includes a lot of the sites listed here and some groovy blogs: http://nonprofit.alltop.com/




See other Tools for Nonprofits from Idealist.Org.
-- http://www.idealist.org/tools/tools.html

See also Don Griesmann's annotated list of "The Best E-Newsletters for Grants and Nonprofit Leaders" at http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/127-281/88-66

[Note: If you know of a resource we should add, please use the "Feedback" link at the very end of this page. If you notice any broken links or bugs, please email [email protected].]

International NGO/Nonprofit News Sites



AlertNet. A publication of the Reuters Foundation. Offers online news and information service for the disaster relief community.
-- http://www.alertnet.org/

CharityChannel. A US-based subscription website with a wide variety of charity discussion forums, offers an international news service.
-- http://www.charitychannel.com/charitynews/cnews-int/index.asp

CharityVillage, the Canadian nonprofit portal, publishes a long list of publications and online news sources on nonprofits and related questions.
-- http://www.charityvillage.ca/cv/charityvillage/resource.html

For a Change. A bimonthly magazine from Initatives of Change that draws on the organization's work in many countries around the world. There are print editions in English, French and German.
-- http://www.iofc.org/index.php?sn=7,1&langid=1

Idealist.org Features. Read Idealist features and interviews, and search our news archive.
-- http://www.idealist.org/features/

Idealistas.org. Más noticias sobre el tercer sector en español.
-- http://www.idealistas.org



Inter Press Service. An international news agency focusing on civil society, devlopment, and the global South. The webpage news is categorized by region and by issue-area. Also provides a weekly email news update.
-- http://ipsnews.net

IRIN, the Integrated Regional Information Network. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs produces this news service covering Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
-- http://www.irinnews.org/

NGOnet. Has a list of NGO books, magazines, and newsletters last updated in 2002.
-- http://www.ngonet.org/books.html

OneWorld.net "We bring together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide." Has specific pages for several regions and countries and links in French and Spanish (look at the drop-down list from the small box at the top right of the welcome page).
-- http://www.oneworld.net

Relief Web. A UN-affiliated clearinghouse for news on humanitarian missions and aid work around the world.
-- http://www.reliefweb.int

Canadian Nonprofit News Sites



CharityChannel. A US-based subscription website with a wide variety of charity discussion forums, offers a Canadian news service.
-- http://www.charitychannel.com/charitynews/cnews-can/index.asp

CharityVillage News offers a variety of news features and e-newsletters.
-- http://www.charityvillage.ca/applicant/events.asp

The Philanthropist. A quarterly journal on Canadian nonprofit affairs. Summaries of the articles are provided online.
-- http://www.thephilanthropist.ca/issues.html

Indian News Sites



InfoChange provides news and perspectives on India's social sector.
-- http://www.infochangeindia.org

United Kingdom Charity News Sites



All About Giving. The Charities Aid Foundation provides a bulletin board for charity news, goals, appeals, and achievements.
-- http://www.allaboutgiving.org/community/uk/news/index.cfm

CharityChannel. A US-based subscription website with a wide variety of charity discussion forums, offers a UK news service.
-- http://www.charitychannel.com/charitynews/cnews-uk/index.asp

Charity Times. Nonprofit management news. Offers email updates.
-- http://www.charitytimes.com

UK Fundraising. Features news of fundraising and offers a fortnightly e-newsletter.
-- http://www.fundraising.co.uk/

U.S. Nonprofit News Sites



Nonprofit News and Comment is a blog launched in October 200. The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard posts (usually weekly) from newspapers and other sources "to track significant the emerging issues and trends that affect them."
---http://hausercenter.org/npnews/

AScribe is a service for distributing "news in the public interest." The website includes a log of current releases and a search tool for sifting through past announcements from research institutes, universities, hospitals and other organizations plus a listing of upcoming commemorations and other observances that might be occasions for making newsworthy announcements.
-- http://www.ascribe.org/

Charity Navigator. Summaries of recent news and analysis of U.S. financial information about charities and nonprofits.
-- http://www.charitynavigator.com

CharityWire offers subscribers to the CharityChannel website a page for posting press releases and other announcements.
-- http://www.charitychannel.com/charitywire/index.asp

The Chronicle of Philanthropy. A biweekly newspaper focused on the nonprofit sector. Maintains a site with articles from current and past issues, links for nonprofits, job opportunities, conferences, grant opportunities and deadlines and other material. Many articles and some other items are only available to print subscribers, however. They also produce an email newsletter with some of this information; particularly grants, conferences and a table of contents for the print publication.
-- http://www.philanthropy.com

Contributions Magazine. A print publication that posts its content online as well; especially useful on fundraising and grantseeking.
-- http://www.contributionsmagazine.com/

Foundation News & Commentary. The Council on Foundations publishes a monthly maqazine and posts the articles online.
-- http://www.foundationnews.org/

The Grantsmanship Center has a web site for their magazine with articles online.
-- http://www.tgci.com/magazine/archives.asp

HandsNet. A nonprofit network for nonprofits in human services. The website offers summaries of news items and alerts and, in most cases, a source for further information. There is also a fee-based "news clipper" service that delivers updates by email.
-- http://www.handsnet.org

Harvest Today. A service from the National Philanthropic Trust that summarizes relevant news from over 200 sources.
-- http://www.harvesttoday.org

MassNonprofit has a page on its website that tracks news stories about nonprofits of special interest to organizations in Massachusetts.
-- http://www.massnonprofit.org/news.php

Nonprofit Newswire distributes news releases on behalf of nonprofit clients. The website includes a searchable database of past releases.
-- http://www.nonprofitnewswire.com

Nonprofit Online News. A weekly online news publication by Michael Gilbert covering issues, technology and communications from a nonprofit point of view.
-- http://news.gilbert.org

Nonprofit Quarterly. A magazine about the nonprofit sector published by Third Sector New England; some of the content is also available online.
-- http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/

Nonprofit Times. A newspaper on nonprofit management; much of the content is also available online.
-- http://www.nptimes.com

OMBWatcher. News about federal government policies and programs with a focus on nonprofit advocacy.
-- http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/9

On Philanthropy. Several e-newsletters including insightful commentary on philanthropy, nonprofit management, and public perceptions of the field are available from Changing Our World, Inc.
-- http://www.onphilanthropy.com/

Philanthropy Journal. A nonprofit news website; also offers a weekly e-mail bulletin.
-- http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/

Philanthropy News Digest. The Foundation Center circulates news about foundations and significant donations, including occasional announcements of requests for proposals (RFPs).
-- http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/



The Social Enterprise Reporter. Business news and innovative solutions for North American social entrepreneurs.
-- http://sereporter.com/

Stanford Social Innovation Review A quarterly magazine reporting research and trends in nonprofits with an emphasis on innovative business strategies. Some content is available online.
--http://www.ssireview.com



This page updated October 11, 1999; 6/26/01; added Harvest Today 6/7/05; substantially reviewed and revised 7/1/05; added OneWorld.net 10/21/05; added NonprofitNewswire from a 'feedback' suggestion 9/30/06; AScribe added 9/30/06; alltop aggregator added 5/12/08; Hauser Center blog added 3/6/09 idealistnews.org added 3/10/09; MassNonprofit's site added 3/11/09 -- PB