Volunteering in America
Hosted by the
Corporation for National and Community Service, Volunteering in America is a
new website that will enable you to access volunteering trends, statistics,
tools, resources, and information for the nation, U.S. regions, states, and
major cities. You will also be able to see how states and cities rank on
different factors related to volunteering. The data for this Web site were
collected through a supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS)
September Volunteer Supplement. The CPS is a monthly survey of about 60,000
households (approximately 100,000 adults), conducted by the U.S. Census
Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Go to:
www.volunteeringinamerica.gov
August 17 - 23, 2008
FedStats
FedStats
is a gateway to statistics for 100 Federal agencies, providing links to the
full range of official statistical information available to the public from
the Federal Government. You can track economic and population trends,
education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use,
farm production, and more. You can access official statistics collected and
published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in
advance which agency produces them. Go to:
www.fedstats.gov
August 10 - 16, 2008
Ethics Resource Center
The Ethics Resource Center is
devoted to independent research and the advancement of high ethical
standards and practices in public and private institutions. For 85 years,
the ERC has been a resource for institutions committed to strong ethics
cultures. Additionally, ERC undertake research and projects to develop new
resources, in order to advance knowledge and practice in the field. The
online resource library includes an Ethics Toolkit, which includes answers
to frequently asked ethics questions, practical guides to organizational
ethics, an Ethics Effectiveness Quick Test, an archive of questions answered
in our newsletter by ERC staff subject matter specialists, and a timeline of
business ethics over the course of five decades. Go to:
www.ethics.org
August 3 - 9, 2008
Microsoft NGO Connection
Microsoft has launched NGO
Connection, a new online resource for thousands of nonprofit groups around
the world. Driven by feedback from nonprofit partners and years of
experience working with nonprofits, the online resource is designed to
assist nonprofit organizations to more efficiently use technology to achieve
their goals as well as to encourage networking and coordination of nonprofit
resources across the world. NGO Connection makes it easy for nonprofits to
share best practices and case studies, giving them the option of
participating in an online forum where they can engage in dialogues about
using technology effectively and share solutions to some of their common
challenges. Go to:
www.microsoft.com
July 27 - August 2, 2008
Root Cause
Root Cause is a
nonprofit organization that accelerates enduring solutions to social and
economic problems by supporting social innovators and educating social
impact investors. Root Cause accomplishes this through business planning and
implementation, leadership development, research, and the creation of
professional and funding networks that unite the public, private, and
nonprofit sectors. Founded in 2004 by Andrew Wolk, Root Cause has raised
more than $22 million in investment and produced seven publications in its
pursuit of advancing social innovation. Clients address issues like youth
development, seniors and aging, and economic development. Over the last
several years, Root Cause has developed a network of over 4,500 nonprofit,
business, foundation, academic, and government leaders and engaged almost
250 professionally skilled volunteers. Go to:
www.rootcause.org
July 20 - 26, 2008
Commonfund
Commonfund's mission is to
enhance the financial resources of nonprofit institutions and to help them
improve investment management practices. Commonfund, founded with assistance
from the Ford Foundation, offers a wide range of investment funds and high
quality programs and services to nonprofit organizations, including
educational institutions, foundations, health care organizations, and other
mission-based and public benefit nonprofits and their pension plans. Visit
the website listed above for more information on Commonfund's programs and
services. Go to:
www.commonfund.org
July 13 - 19, 2008
VolunteerMatch
VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping
everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety
of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and
business leaders committed to civic engagement. This popular service
welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become the preferred internet
recruiting tool for more than 50,000 nonprofit organizations. Go to:
www.volunteermatch.org. For some excellent volunteer recruitment
resources targeting 55+ volunteers, go to:
www.volunteermatch.org
July 6 - 12, 2008
Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers is a national
philanthropic leader and a network of 32 regional associations of
grantmakers. It supports philanthropy by strengthening the ability of all
regional associations to fulfill their missions; these associations promote
the growth and effectiveness of philanthropy in order to improve life in
their communities. The Forum organizes its activities and applies its
resources against six priorities:
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Go to:
www.givingforum.org
June 29 - July 5, 2008
Women's Funding Network
The Women's Funding Network
is a network of funds specifically supportive of nonprofit groups and
initiatives working to improve the lives of women and girls. Some 125 such
funds across the US and in 17 other countries are members or affiliates of
the network; the site includes a search engine to find one near you. Go to:
www.wfnet.org
June 22 - 28, 2008
Civic Practices Network
Civic Practices Network (CPN)
is a collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together a diverse array
of organizations and perspectives within the civic renewal movement. CPN
shares a commitment to bring practical methods for public problem solving
into every community and institutional setting in America. The site includes
manual and resource guides, sample course syllabi and much more. Go to:
www.cpn.org
June 15 - 21, 2008
CADCA's National Coalition Institute
The Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America’s National Coalition Institute, created by an Act of
Congress, helps build more effective community anti-drug coalitions through
training, technical assistance and educational materials. The Institute
serves as both a vehicle for coalition-specific substance abuse prevention
policy development and a center for coalition training, technical
assistance, evaluation, research and capacity building. While the focus is
anti-drug coalition building, this comprehensive website will be of great
value to other nonprofits. Go to:
www.coalitioninstitute.org. Also be sure to check out the
Strengthening Partnerships Toolkit
www.coalitioninstitute.org/StrengtheningPartnerships
June 8 - 14, 2008
Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at
Austin Community College
The Center for
Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College
promotes, leverages and facilitates community collaborations and
partnerships that broaden the horizons and possibilities for the Central
Texas Nonprofit Sector. These collaborations reflect the Center’s ability to
bring business, government and nonprofit sectors together around common
goals. The Center has achieved considerable credibility in Central Texas as
well as throughout the State. Established in 2000, the Center for
Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College has
served over 9000 individuals from over 3500 nonprofits, small businesses,
and law firms, through the over 500 learning opportunities it has provided
with the mostly pro bono services of over 200 session leaders. A highlight
of this website is the Online Library, a compilation of easily accessible
and free resources as well as articles, e-books, checklists, tools, links,
etc. collected here for the benefit of those engaged in the Nonprofit
Sector. Go to:
www.austincc.edu
June 1 - 7, 2008
Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative
The Nonprofit Jobs
Cooperative is a collaboration of nonprofit Management Service Organizations
(MSOs) from across the United States who have combined their efforts to
create a nonprofit jobs site by nonprofits, for Nonprofits. The goal of the
Cooperative is to use a regional focus and local presence to provide service
on a national scale. Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative believes that the regional
focus that each partner offers is the best way to find qualified staff
dedicated to the nonprofit sector. For the job seeker eager to find
opportunities in the nonprofit sector, the Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative
provides a one-stop source for nonprofit jobs from coast to coast.
Individuals can search by geographic region, job title, category,
organization name, or salary to find their ideal position. To learn more
about the Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative, go to:
www.nonprofitjobscoop.org
May 18 - 31, 2008
American Management Association
The American Management
Association website features an extensive collection of free learning
resources including:
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Thinker Series A
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Free E-Newsletters
AMA’s free monthly e-newsletters focus on key issues such as
work/life balance, communication and leadership. Others are targeted
to HR, administrative professionals, pharma and healthcare
employees.
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Research: Access to
AMA's surveys and reports on current business topics and trends from
job creation to crisis management. New surveys conducted and posted
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AMA Online Library;
In-depth information on a variety of management and business topics
in the form of tips, articles, e-books, book reviews and more.
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Valuable summaries and archives of many of AMA’s recent Webcast,
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an access pass which will give you free and unlimited access to recorded
Webcasts, Research Reports and the Online Library. Go to:
www.amanet.org
May 11 - 17, 2008
Nonprofit Congress
The
Nonprofit Congress, an initiative of the National Council of Nonprofit
Associations and the state association network, empowers individuals and
nonprofits to act collectively for positive change. Building on the
fundamental belief that nonprofits are vital to society, the Nonprofit
Congress is guided by shared values and priorities established by nonprofits
in communities across the country. To find out more, go to:
www.nonprofitcongress.org
May 4 - 10, 2008
Leader to Leader Institute
Established in 1990 as the
Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Leader to Leader
Institute furthers its mission -- to strengthen the leadership of the social
sector -- by providing social sector leaders with essential leadership
wisdom, inspiration and resources to lead for innovation and to build
vibrant social sector organizations. It is this essential social sector, in
collaboration with its partners in the private and public sectors, that
changes lives and builds a society of healthy children, strong families,
decent housing, good schools, work that dignifies, all embraced by the
diverse, inclusive, cohesive community that cares about all of its people.
The Leader to Leader Institute helps social sector organizations achieve
excellence in performance and community building by providing guidance in:
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richly diverse, inclusive organizations and communities
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the check out The Knowledge Center. Go to:
www.leadertoleader.org
April 27 - May 3, 2008
Nonprofit Finance Fund
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF)
is a national leader in financing nonprofits, strengthening their financial
health and improving their capacity to serve their communities. With NFF's
help, nonprofits build and renovate facilities, fund growth needs, and
expand and sustain operations over time. NFF serves both nonprofits and
their funders, offering an integrated package of financial and advisory
services, including facilities and working capital loans and lines of
credit; asset-building programs; intensive workshops; Nonprofit Business
Analyses, and other consultations to help nonprofit management understand
the impact on their finances of management and program decisions. A newly
launched entity, NFF Capital Partners, helps nonprofits attract equity-like
growth capital. NFF was established in 1980 and is now one of the nation's
leading community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Go to:
www.nonprofitfinancefund.org
April 20 - 26, 2008
African American Nonprofit Network
The African American
Nonprofit Network was founded in 2006 to strengthen diversity among the
leadership of nonprofit organizations within the National Capital Region.
By broadening the base of African American management and leadership, AANN
helps nonprofits better understand and address the needs of the children,
youth and families they serve. AANN achieves these results by helping
nonprofit organizations in the National Capital Region identify:
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American managers within the nonprofit sector to serve as president,
executive director, CEO,
COO, CFO, chief human services
officer, and in other senior management capacities;
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Talented African Americas
in other arenas, such as the for-profit sector and military service,
that are interested in working in the nonprofit sector, and helping them
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African Americans with
strong leadership skills that are interested in serving as board
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www.aannexchange.org
April 13 - 19, 2008
Community Leadership Association
The mission of the Community
Leadership Association is to strengthen and transform communities by
enhancing the capacity of inclusive, community leadership development
efforts. Through training seminars, annual leadership conferences,
collaborations, partnerships, and educational publications, the Community
Leadership Association seeks to inspire and encourage community leadership
programs across the country and to help them address issues of vital
importance to their respective communities. The website includes a
discussion forum, a directory, access to publications, information
concerning professional development, list of awards given, conferences, and
memberships. Go to:
www.communityleadership.org
April 6 - 12, 2008
The Finance Project
The Finance Project is a
specialized non-profit research, consulting, technical assistance and
training firm for public and private sector leaders nationwide. The group
aims to help leaders make smart investment decisions, develop sound
financing strategies, and build solid partnerships that benefit children,
families and communities. The Finance Project was founded in 1994 with
support from a consortium of national foundations interested in ensuring the
viability and sustainability of promising initiatives that contribute to
better futures for children, families, and communities. The site contains
links to numerous resources, many available at no charge. Go to:
www.financeproject.org
March 30 - April 5, 2008
Nonprofit Centers Network
The Nonprofit Centers Network
is a community of Multi-tenant nonprofit Centers and their philanthropic,
government, academic and real estate partners. Through conferences, peer
networking, mentoring and the internet, The Network provides education and
resources for the creation and operation of quality nonprofit office and
program space. Face-to-face educational events to increase the operational
effectiveness of existing MTNCs. To date, the Network has achieved three
national and one regional Collaborating for Success conferences attracting
participants from over 29 states and 5 countries. Online educational
resources and peer guidance to enable emerging Centers and facilities
projects in development to learn the field. An Online Resource Center at
www.nonprofitcenters.org enables users to find documents ranging from a
model lease to an actual pro-forma to a fact sheet on program related
investments. Go to:
www.nonprofitcenters.org
March 23 - 29, 2008
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
The Asset-Based Community
Development Institute (ABCD), established in 1995 by the Community
Development Program at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy
Research, is built upon three decades of community development research by
John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight. The ABCD Institute spreads its findings
on capacity-building community development in two ways: (1) through
extensive and substantial interactions with community builders, and (2) by
producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify,
nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets. Go to:
www.sesp.northwestern.edu
March 16 - 22, 2008
Association of Donor Relations Professionals
The Association of Donor
Relations Professionals (ADRP) is the
international association of professionals who advance their non-profit
institutions by building and sustaining the donor relationships that lead to
fund-raising success. ADRP support the development community by promoting
the professional status of donor relations and stewardship offices through
educational, professional development and networking opportunities.
Conferences and workshops are open to members and non-members alike. Go to:
www.adrp.net
March 9 - 15, 2008
Groundspring.org
Groundspring.org's mission is
to improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector by offering software
tools and services, training, and consulting that help nonprofit
organizations raise funds and communicate with their stakeholders online,
and manage their operations more effectively. Groundspring.org serves over
1,500 nonprofit organizations and has processed $17.3 million in online
donations, including individual contributions as well as matching funds from
partner Working Assets Funding Service through their GiveForChange.com site.
Backed by foundations such as Carnegie Corporation, Ford, Kellogg, Surdna,
and Tides, Groundspring.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by
the Tides Foundation in 1999, and is a member of the Tides family of
organizations. Groundspring.org offers a free newsletter providing Get free
online fundraising & nonprofit marketing tips twice a month. Go to:
www.groundspring.org
March 2 - 8, 2008
HR Council for the Voluntary & Non-profit Sector
The HR Council for the
Voluntary & Non-profit Sector (HR Council) works with organizations,
educators, labor and government to identify and address issues related to
paid employment in the voluntary and non-profit sector. The HR Council is
funded primarily through the Government of Canada's Sector Council Program.
A highlight of the website is the
HR Toolkit, a comprehensive online resource designed to help managers,
employees and board members better understand, address and manage issues
relating to HR in voluntary and non-profit organizations. Whether you're
looking for guidance on the hiring process, information about employment
legislation or sample HR policies to download, the HR Toolkit's intuitive
navigation, plain language and integrated tools and templates make it easy
to find what you're looking for. Go to:
hrcouncil.ca. To access the HR toolkit directly, go to:
hrcouncil.ca/hr-toolkit.
February 24 - March 1, 2008
The Philanthropy Journal
The Philanthropy Journal, the
name notwithstanding, is a website that delivers news, information,
resources and opinion about charitable giving, fundraising, management,
leadership, marketing and communications, focusing in particular on
organizational effectiveness, donor engagement and collaboration. The vision
of the Philanthropy Journal is to help people understand, support and work
in the nonprofit and philanthropic world, and help them recognize and solve
social problems. The Philanthropy Journal is a publication of the A.J.
Fletcher Foundation in Raleigh, N.C., that supports the Foundation's mission
and grantees. The site publishes two newsletters: the Weekly Bulletin
eNewsletter is published every Monday and People & Nonprofits in the News
eNewsletter is published every other Wednesday. To view the website and
subscribe to the eNewsletters, go to:
www.philanthropyjournal.org
February 17 - 23, 2008
Center for Association Leadership
The Center for Association
Leadership, founded by the Greater Washington Society of Association
Executives (GWSAE), is an organization of people, resources and ideas
focused on the future of associations. The site offers an extensive array of
programs, knowledge resources and community networks including a Knowledge
Resource section where you'll find association case studies, models and
samples, articles and whitepapers, book reviews, the Ten Cool Ideas
collection and expert recommendations covering all aspects of association
management. Go to:
www.asaecenter.org
February 10 - 16, 2008
Verizon Foundation Resource Center
The Verizon Foundation
Resource Center, first launched in May 2005, is a suite of free, web-based
professional development courses and resources that help nonprofits better
manage their charitable business. The Center’s mission is to leverage the
power of network technology to help local and national nonprofit
organizations enhance their management capabilities in order to increase
their capacity to create sustainable positive change. The Resource Center
was designed to offer nonprofits, which often have no or small training
budget but face ever-expanding operations and increasing client demand, a
free one-stop, operational and training resource. The tools are organized in
the following categories: planning, technology, communications, fundraising,
recruitment, and evaluation Go to:
foundation.verizon.com.
February 3 - 9, 2008
Business Committee for the Arts, Inc
The Business Committee for
the Arts, Inc. (BCA), founded in 1967 by David Rockefeller, is a national
not-for-profit organization that brings business and the arts together. It
provides businesses of all sizes with the services and resources necessary
to develop and advance partnerships with the arts that benefit business, the
arts and the community. The mission of the Business Committee for the Arts,
Inc. (BCA) is to ensure that the arts flourish in America by encouraging,
inspiring and stimulating businesses to support the arts in the workplace,
in education and in the community. Go to:
www.bcainc.org
January 27 - February 2, 2008
Association of Voluntary Action Scholars (ARNOVA)
Founded in 1971 as the
Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, the Association for Research on
Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is a neutral, open
forum committed to strengthening the research community in the emerging
field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies. ARNOVA brings together both
theoretical and applied interests, helping scholars gain insight into the
day-to-day concerns of third-sector organizations, while providing nonprofit
professionals with research they can use to improve the quality of life for
citizens and communities. Principal activities include an annual conference,
publications, electronic discussions and special interest groups. Go to:
www.arnova.org
January 20 - 26, 2008
StayExempt.org - Free Tax Resources for Nonprofit
Organizations
The Internal Revenue Service
offers free resources and information for nonprofits with 501(c)(3) tax
status at its website StayExempt.org. Nonprofit professionals can receive
free online training in topic areas including: steps to retaining nonprofit
status, managing unrelated business income, employment, filing error-free
returns, and managing disclosures. The site's resource library also offers
important forms and publications for download. Go to:
www.stayexempt.org
January 13 - 19, 2008
Nonprofit Advocacy Project
The Nonprofit Advocacy
Project works to strengthen the voice of the nonprofit sector in important
public policy debates by giving tax-exempt organizations a better
understanding of the laws that govern their participation in the policy
process. Utilizing the resources of four attorney-trainers the Nonprofit
Advocacy Project serves this need through workshops, research &
publications, public policy, lawyers & accountants, technical assistance &
resources. Go to:
www.afj.org
January
6 - 12, 2008
National Center for Charitable Statistics
The National Center for
Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the
national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the
United States. The
NCCS creates and maintains a comprehensive national nonprofit data system on
tax-exempt organizations—their finances, employment, governance, capacity,
outcomes, and impacts. The NCCS Data Web is a web-based tool that allows
researchers to view, download, and analyze data on nonprofit organizations.
There are many other resources available most at no charge. NCCS is a
program of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban
Institute. Go to:
nccs.urban.org
December 30, 2007 -
January 5, 2008
MicroEnterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness,
Learning and Dissemination
FIELD's mission is to
identify, develop and disseminate best practices in the microenterprise
field, and to educate funders, policy makers and others about
microenterprise as an anti-poverty strategy. FIELD is a project of the
Economic Opportunities Program (EOP), which is a policy program housed at
the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. EOP focuses on advancing strategies
that connect the poor and underemployed to the mainstream economy. FIELD was
created in 1998 to build on the momentum generated by the Self-Employment
Learning Project (SELP), an evaluation and public education program that was
the leading information resource on microenterprise in the U.S. at that
time. Given those origins, many of SELP's senior staff and consultants
played critical roles in the creation of FIELD, and remain in key positions
today. Go to:
fieldus.org
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