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|
About.com
Guide to Nonprofits
|
Extensive
number of links and articles on
various aspects of nonprofit organizations. |
| Action
without Borders |
Action
Without Borders is a global coalition
of individuals and organizations
working to build a world where
all people can live free, dignified
and productive lives. It focuses
on five goals from which everyone
can benefit and to which anyone
can contribute: promoting action
and participation around the world;
sharing ideas, experience and
information; Exanding the pool
of resources available for good
work; facilitating collaboration
among individuals, organizations,
schools, businesses and other
institutions; promoting the freedom
to do all this. |
| Amazing
Environmental Organization Web
Directory |
The
Directory is dedicated to helping
others keep in touch and informed
on the World Wide Web. With thousands
of sites, it is the largest exclusively
environmental organization directory
on the Web and includes sites
from over 100 countries. |
| Beliefnet |
An
omnibus site of news, information,
discussion about religion, morality,
and culture. |
| Charities
Aid Foundation Online |
CAF
is a non-governmental organisation
with a unique purpose, to increase
the substance of philanthropy
around the world. Wherever we
work we aim to help donors make
the most of their giving, and
non profit organisations make
the most of their resources. Part
of the CAF site, Charitynet offers
links and discussion groups. |
| Foundation
News and Commentary |
Searchable
Archive of Council on Foundations
publication. |
| Firestone
Library, Princeton University |
Data
and Statistical Services is part
of Firestone Library's Social
Science Reference Center. DSS
maintains the University Data
Library and provides reference
and consulting support to users
of electronic data. |
| The
Foundation Center |
The
mission of the Foundation Center
is to foster public understanding
of the foundation field by collecting,
organizing, analyzing, and disseminating
information on foundations, corporate
giving, and related subjects.
Our audiences include grantseekers,
grantmakers, researchers, policymakers,
the media, and the general public. |
| Guidestar |
A
searchable database of more than
620,000 nonprofit organizations
in the United States. |
| Independent
Sector on Civil Society Research:
Nonprofit Pathfinder |
Online
information resource for civil
society organizations. Subsites
on innovations, measuring impact,
research resources, and bibliographies
provide links to other web sites,
publications, and programs.
- The State of the Independent
Sector
- Giving and Voluntarism Report
1999
The nonprofit Institute for Global
Communications (IGC) changed the
way the progressive community
worked by introducing them to
email, online discussions, mailing
lists and the Web. Today IGC Internet
offers progressive individuals
and groups a place on the Internet
to learn, meet and organize. IGC
Internet is changing to take its
community of activists and nonprofit
professionals into the Internet's
next wave by focusing on content,
information sharing and new, collaborative
tools. |
| Internet
Nonprofit Center |
The
Internet Nonprofit Center offers
information for and about nonprofit
organizations in the United States.
The Locator assists with clarifying
the legal name and exact location
of any nonprofit registered with
the Internal Revenue Service.
The Nonprofit FAQ ("Frequently
Asked Questions") presents
information on a wide range of
topics of interest to leaders
and managers of nonprofit organizations
The Library offers longer essays
and analysis of the nonprofit
sector from a variety of points
of view. The Form 990 Project
offers demonstrations of practical
steps toward using the Internet
to file the required information
with the Internal Revenue Service
and also make the same information
available to the public through
the World-Wide Web. |
| The
Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit
Sector Project |
A
systematic effort to study the
nonprofit sector in a cross-section
of countries. |
| The
National Bureau of Economic Research |
The
NBER is a private, nonprofit,
nonpartisan research organization
dedicated to promoting a greater
understanding of how the economy
works. Research is conducted by
more than 500 university professors
around the country, the leading
scholars in their fields. |
| National
Center for Nonprofit Boards |
NCNB
is the world's largest, most comprehensive
publisher of material on nonprofit
governance, offering more than
100 booklets, books, videos, and
audiotapes. In addition to printed
materials, it provides assistance
and resources through its Board
Information Center, website, and
workshops. NCNB's governance consultants
work directly with nonprofit leaders
to provide customized training
designed to meet an organization's
needs. Each year NCNB conducts
a National Leadership Forum, bringing
together 600-700 board members
and executives of nonprofit organizations.
In 1995, NCNB launched its Global
Program, an effort to strengthen
the boards of nongovernmental
organizations throughout the world
through partnerships and capacity
building. |
| Nonprofit
Resources Catalogue |
This
site is a personal project started
in September, 1994, and managed
by Phillip Walker, to catalogue
Internet sites that may benefit
nonprofits. Walker heads all online
services for United Way Online. |
| Office.com |
A
business-oriented site that focuses
on using the Internet in the business
world. This link is to the site's
section on nonprofits |
| Urban
Institute Center on Nonprofits
and Philanthropy |
The
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
(CNP) explores the role and impact
of nonprofit organizations in
democratic societies. CNP seeks
to develop, maintain, and expand
data on nonprofit organizations.
The Center works to build research
tools, contribute to sensible
theory, and develop applications
that illuminate both policy and
practice in the nonprofit sector.
A major part of the Center's work
is undertaken through the National
Center for Charitable Statistics
(NCCS), which serves as the national
repository from the Internal Revenue
Service and other sources of statistical
information on the nonprofit sector. |
| Volunteermatch:
Volunteer Opportunities Online |
ImpactOnline
is a nonprofit organization investing
in the development of public interest
Internet applications. VolunteerMatch,
the organization's premier service,
helps individuals nationwide find
volunteer opportunities posted
by local nonprofit and public
sector organizations. An online
database allows volunteers to
search thousands of one-time and
ongoing opportunities by zip code,
category, and date. They sign
up by email. Contributing organizations
post their own opportunities,
giving volunteers easy access
to an accurate and diverse source
of activities. |
| Who
Offers What |
Links
to products and services of value
to the nonprofit sector, including
education, publication, support,
and technical assistance organizations. |
