Nonprofit Capacity Building Resource List
All Purpose Resources
Vermont Community Foundation
www.vermontcf.org
Governance, Financial, Development, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Evaluation
Use "nonprofit" tag to help aggregate what we know.
See also: http://delicious.com/lgdavitian/nonprofit
GuideStar
Descriptions of nonprofit organizations, news, classifieds. 600,000 organization database.
http://www.guidestar.org
The Nonprofit Resource Center
All purpose links/ Bookstore/ National?
http://www.not-for-profit.org/
1. Management & Administration & Operations
Economic Research Institute
Data on NPO's including salary studies and access to 990s/ Useful for HR & Development
http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Search&trkid=292-49
The Nonprofit Times
Covers the business of managing nonprofits
Blog/ RSS*/ Audio Feeds
http://www.nptimes.com/technobuzz/TB20081014_1.html
Capaciteria
Capaciteria is a comprehensive, searchable database directory of peer reviewed categorized administrative resources that help nonprofits leverage their own capacity.
http://capaciteria.org/index.php?env=-inlink/index:m35-1-1-5-s-0
The Nonprofit Resource Center
All purpose links/ Bookstore/ National?
http://www.not-for-profit.org/
Blue Avocado
Blue Avocado is is a nonprofit online magazine for community nonprofits. It is published on the 1st and 15th of every month through an HTML newsletter delivered to more than 50,000 subscribers. http://blueavocado.org.
2. Advocacy & Public Policy
Independent Sector
What's going on in Washington that affects NPOs
http://www.independentsector.org/
3. Resource Development
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Directory of fundraisers and related helpers & Webinars
http://www.usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
http://www.afpnet.org/education_and_career_development
Philanthropy Journal
Special Reports/ News/ Jobs/ North Carolina
http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/
Foundation Center
Tools for Development/ National/ Events & Webinars
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/nonprofitlinks/
Nonprofit Gateway
Federal government resources/ RSS
http://www.usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
Nonprofit Finance Fund
National nonprofit authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them. http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/
Philanthropic Capacity Building Resources (PCBR)
Database The PCBR database contains 401 descriptions of capacity-building programs being carried out by U.S. foundations. http://www.humaninteract.org/reports/pcbrdatabase.asp
4. Governance & Board Development
Governance Matters
Organizational Structure/ New York/ Webinars
http://www.governancematters.org/
Board Source
Focus on effective boards/ some training resources/ By the Cup*
http://www.searchboardsource.org
5. Communications Strategy
Idealware.Blackbaud - Resources for Nonprofits
Newsletter, Blog, Podcast, Industry Analysis
http://www.blackbaud.com/company/resources/resources.aspx
Internet Resources for Nonprofits
Extremely comprehensive list of resources.
http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/non-profit/directory.html
Network for Good
ECommerce Platform/ Technical Support/ Useful Articles on Marketing/ Development & Volunteer Mgment
http://www.networkforgood.org/
Nonprofit Marketing
Rich site including webinars
http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/resources/live-webinars/
Idealist.org
Job/ Podcasts/ Blogs/ Nonprofit FAQ
Multilingual resources (deep) on all aspects of npo operation
http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/Nonprofit/Home/default
Northwest Nonprofit Resources
Simple Resources that covers the bases
http://www.nnr.org/prod05.htm
Nonprofit Online News
Weekly journal,published by the Gilbert Center provides easy access through links to nonprofit news from a wide variety of sources.
http://www.gilbert.org/news
John Kenyon Nonprofit Technology Educator and Strategist Nonprofit Technology consulting, training and writing about appropriate, effective solutions. http://johnkenyon.typepad.com/
Media Alliance Promoting media excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in the interests of peace, justice, social responsibility. http://www.media-alliance.org/
6. Blog Roll
Beth Kanter
Marty Kearns
Michelle Murraine
Holly Ross
Katrin Verclas
Marni Webb
Harold Feld
Nancy Schwartz
Haik Bedrosian
Cathy Resmer
Philip Baruth
Phil Simmon