RESOURCES
University of Minnesota Resources
Related degree and certificate program
Minors
Undergraduate Leadership Minor, College of Education and Human Development
The undergraduate leadership minor is a 16-credit interdisciplinary program that helps students gain understanding and experience in multiple frameworks of leadership. The program develops the leadership and social change skills of undergraduates for their roles as citizens on the University campus and in the larger global community. This minor is a collaborative effort of the college’s Department of Educational Policy and Administration (EdPA), the University’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, and the Office for Student Affairs. Visit http://www.catalogs.umn.edu/ug/cehd/cehd11.html.
Certificate programs
Certificate in Nonprofit Management, College of Continuing Education
Develop your skills and confidence in effective leadership and management skills, management and financial knowledge, nonprofit governance and organizational strategic planning. This post-baccalaureate certificate consists of 21 credits, seven credits in core courses and 14 credits in electives. Students learn the importance of leadership and communication. Credit may be applied toward graduate programs like the mid-career Master of Public Affairs through the Humphrey Institute. Visit http://www.cce.umn.edu/certificates/NPM
Advocacy Leadership for Vital Aging Certificate, College of Continuing Education
The Vital Aging Network is creating a shared vision of communities that are good places for people to grow up and grow old. The Advocacy Leadership Certificate program is open to all who are interested in developing and practicing their leadership skills as advocates for vital aging. The program is designed for a diverse group of 30-35 adult learners of all ages interested in developing leadership strengths to help themselves and their communities. Visit http://www.van.umn.edu/advocate/3d_leadership.asp.
For more information about the additional certificate programs listed below, visit http://www.cce.umn.edu/certificates.
Graduate Certificate in Policy Issues on Work and Pay
Graduate Certificate in Innovations Studies
Health and Human Services Certificate Programs
Undergraduate Certificate in Applied Business, Leadership Track
Graduate programs
Mid-career Master of Public Affairs (MPA), Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Master of Public Policy (MPP), Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Master of Social Work (MSW), College of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Social Work
Master of Public Health in Public Health Administration and Policy (MPH), School of Public Health
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Carlson School of Management
Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations, Carlson School of Management
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Related courses
The following is not intended to be an exhaustive list of available courses. For example, this list does not contain the numerous topical information courses that also may be relevant to professionals and practitioners working in nonprofits, philanthropy or the public sector. Rather, it is intended to be a list of courses that provide professional tools for leadership and change in the various sectors.
Examples of omitted courses include: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies and Theories (PA 8203), Social Inequalities in Health (PUBH 5055), Organizational Approaches to Youth Development (EDPA 5376), Chemical Abuse and Families (FSOS 3432), and Social Policy and Delivery Systems for Child Welfare and Family Services (SW 8101). Students who are interested in additional topical courses are encouraged to search the University Course Database at http://onestop2.umn.edu/courses/tc/designators.jsp.
For full description of courses listed below, visit the University Course Database at http://onestop2.umn.edu/courses/tc/designators.jsp and search by course area and number. For continuously updated enrollment numbers, see http://onestop2.umn.edu/courseinfo/classschedule_selectsubject.jsp?institution=UMNTC
For more information, contact the school or college directly.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Public Affairs (PA)
Undergraduate level
PA 4961W: Self-Developed Leadership in the World
PA 1961W: Personal Leadership in the University
PA 3961W: Leadership, You, and Your Community
PA 3971: Leadership Minor Field Experience
PA 4190: Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Graduate level
PA 5101: Management and Governance of Nonprofit Organizations
PA 5102: Organizational Design and Change
PA 5111: Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
PA 5123: Financing Nonprofits: Philosophies and Realities
PA 5251: Strategic Planning and Management
PA 5311: Program Evaluation
PA 5112: Public Budgeting
PA 5113: State and Local Public Finance
PA 5142: Public Issues Facilitation Strategies
PA 5011: Public Management and Leadership
PA 5253: Participatory Management and Public Involvement Strategies
PA 5941: Leadership for the Common Good
PA 5131: Conflict Management: Readings in Theory and Practice
PA 5132: Mediation Training
PA 5133: Conflict Management Proseminar
PA 8001: Transforming Public Policy
PA 8183: Managing Collaborations
PA 8105: Human Resources and Organizational Performance
College of Human Ecology
Social Work (SW)
Graduate leve
SW 5519: Mediation and Conflict Resolution
SW 8503: Personnel Leadership and Management
SW 8803: Social Work Supervision, Consultation, and Leadership
SW 8502: Resource Development and Management
SW 8501: Planning, Marketing, and Program Development
SW 5309: Case Management with Special Populations
SW 8603: Program Evaluation
SW 8602: Direct Practice Evaluation
NOTE: Much of the graduate-level social work courses are appropriate for nonprofit professionals seeking topical information. Please see course guide for more options at http://onestop2.umn.edu/courses/tc/designators.jsp.
School of Public Health
Public Health (PUBH)
Graduate level
PUBH 5630: Foundations of Maternal and Child Health Leadership
PUBH 5721: Managing Collaborative Networks
PUBH 5727: Health Leadership and Effecting Change
PUBH 5740: Organizational Behavior
PUBH 5751: Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations
PUBH 5752: Public Health Management
PUBH 5852: Program Evaluation in Health and Mental Health Settings
PubH 5661: Community Organizing for Public Health
PubH 5673: Grant Writing for Public Health
PubH 5731: Public Health Program Planning and Grant Writing
PUBH 5034: Program Evaluation for Public Health Practice
PUBH 5049: Legislative Advocacy Skills for Public Health
PUBH 5113: Public Policy and Risk: Strategies for Effective Decisions and Discourse
PUBH 5760: Healthcare Financial Management: Public Sector Emphasis
College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Rhetoric (RHET)
Undergraduate level
RHET 1101: Writing to Inform, Convince, and Persuade.
RHET 4165: Managerial/Organizational Communication, Planning, and Change
RHET 4573: Writing and Managing Projects and Proposals
College of Education and Human Development
Education Policy and Administration (EDPA)
Undergraduate level
EDPA 1080: Special Topics in Leadership
EDPA 1301W: Personal Leadership in the University
EDPA 3302W: Leadership in the Community
EDPA 3303: Introduction to Women in Leadership
EDPA 3304: Strategic Leadership for Future Societies
EDPA 3305: Learning About Leadership Through Film and Literature
EDPA 4303W: Leadership in the World
Graduate level
EDPA 5001: Formal Organizations in Education
EDPA 5048: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Leadership
EDPA 5070: Special Topics: School Leadership
EDPA 5303: Managing the Learning Organization
EDPA 5304: Educational Leadership for Equity, Opportunity, and Outcome
EDPA 5305: Leadership and Vision in School Technology
EDPA 5306: Staff Technology Development and Support
EDPA 5332: Leadership Development Seminar
EDPA 5352: Projective Leadership for Strategic Learning Communities
EDPA 5364: Context and Practice of Educational Leadership
EDPA 8020: Leadership: From Theory to Reflective Practice
Education Psychology (EPSY)
Graduate level
EPSY 5117: Problem Solving and Decision Making
EPSY 5135: Human Relations Workshop
EPSY 5151: Cooperative Learning
EPSY 5152: Psychology of Conflict Resolution
EPSY 5154: Organization Development and Change
EPSY 5155: Group Dynamics and Social Influence
EPSY 5158: Using Power and Influence to Effect Change
EPSY 5422: Principles of Group Work: Theory and Procedures
Human Resource Development (HRD)
Graduate level
HRD 5105: Strategic Planning through Human Resources
HRD 5106: Evaluation in Human Resource Development
HRD 5111: Facilitation and Meeting Skills
HRD 5201: Training and Development of Human Resources
HRD 5301: Organization Development
HRD 5302: Managing Work Teams in Business and Industry
HRD 5409: Planning and Decision-Making Skills
HRD 5612: Managing and Consulting in Human Resource Development and Adult Education
HRD 5627: Management and Supervisory Training and Development
Carlson School of Management
Management (MGMT)
Undergraduate level
MGMT 3001: Fundamentals of Management
MGMT 3010: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
MGMT 3070: Topics in Management
MGMT 3090: Topics in Leadership
MGMT 4002: Managerial Psychology
Graduate level
MGMT 5004: Negotiations
MGMT 6034: Strategic Leadership
MGMT 6050: Management of Innovation and Change
MGMT 6051: Managing Organizational Innovation and Change
MGMT 6084: Management of Groups
MGMT 6110: Managing People and Organizations
Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HRIR)
Undergraduate level
HRIR 3021: Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
HRIR 3032: Training and Development
HRIR 3042: The Individual and Organizational Performance
HRIR 3041: The Individual in the Organization
Graduate level
HRIR 5022: Managing Diversity
HRIR 5026: Innovative HR Leadership in the Context of Change and Uncertainty
HRIR 8031: Staffing, Training, and Development
HRIR 8032: Staffing and Selection: Strategic and Operational Concerns
HRIR 8033: Employee Training: Creating a Learning Organization
HRIR 8041: Design and Management of Organizations
HRIR 8044: Motivation and Work Behavior in Contemporary Organizations
Operations & Management Science (OMS)
Graduate level
OMS 6059: Quality Management and Six Sigma
Marketing (MKTG)
Graduate level
MKTG 6078: Integrated Marketing Communications
Information & Decision Sciences (IDSc)
Graduate level
IDSc 6471: Knowledge Managemen
College of Natural Resources
Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (NRES)
Undergraduate level
NRES 3011W: Ethics and Leadership in Resource Management
NRES 3202W: Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning
Graduate level
NRES 5195: Problem Solving in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
NRES 5202: Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning
NRES 5261: Economics and Natural Resources Management
College of Continuing Education
Applied Business (ABUS)
Undergraduate level
ABUS 4012: Problem Solving in Complex Organizations
ABUS 4021: Small Group Behavior and Teamwork
ABUS 4022: Managing Organizational Relationships
ABUS 4023W: Communicating for Results
ABUS 4043: Project Management in Practice
ABUS 4104: Management and Human Resource Practices
ABUS 4505: Values and Ethics at Work
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Campus resources and community partnerships
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)
The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) is an all-University applied research and technology center at the University of Minnesota that connects faculty and students with nonprofit organizations, ethnic and racial minority groups, businesses, rural towns, inner-city neighborhoods, suburban communities, local governments, and public institutions in Minnesota. CURA has been helping to bring the resources of higher education institutions to community organizations and public agencies throughout the state for over 35 years.
Management & Technical Assistance Program (MTAP) for Nonprofits
MTAP for Nonprofits is designed to help nonprofit organizations that serve urban communities build capacity and enhance their performance and effectiveness. The program consists of three primary service components: the convening component, the technical assistance component and the executive leadership development component.
Career and Community Learning Center (CCLC)
The Career and Community Learning Center (CCLC) offers students, community partners, faculty, and staff a range of information and resources about service-learning and community involvement. Since 1992, the CCLC staff members have worked with more than 120 faculty members and instructors to support them in offering service-learning courses or options in more than 40 departments and nine colleges on the Twin Cities campus. CCLC also develops partnerships with nonprofits and governmental organizations throughout the Twin Cities to link U of M students to meaningful work in the community at area nonprofits.
University of Minnesota Extension Service
In addition to translating scientific knowledge into useful, practical programs and materials, the Extension Service facilitates learning and developmental processes necessary for change in communities across the state.
Extension programs and publications of particular interest:
Community Development and Vitality Workshops
Numerous Extension workshops open to the public.
Just in Time Research: Resilient Community
These publications include policy research and recommendations for citizens and policymakers related to issues that are critical to the resilience and vitality of Minnesota communities.
Children, Youth, and Families Consortium (CYFC)
The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium’s website is a bridge to a wide range of information and resources about children and families. It connects research, teaching, policy, and community practice and seeks to advance greater understanding, shared knowledge, and action that are informed and deliberate.
Institute on Race and Poverty
The Institute’s goals are to create scholarship, commentary, and dialogue to increase the understanding and support of those unfairly constrained by race and poverty. Its ultimate goal is to change policies and practices that affect the well being of low-income communities of color. This is not a goal that can be accomplished independently. Thus the Institute collaborates with many advocacy groups and community organizations, national, state and local government officials, as well as religious, philanthropic, and business leaders, and media representatives. Its focus has always been on real issues that affect real people.
Student Association for Nonprofit Enterprise (SANE)
The Student Association for Nonprofit Enterprise is dedicated to increasing nonprofit business awareness through interactions with the community and the University of Minnesota. SANE’s mission is to:
Increase nonprofit awareness among University students and members
Give back to the community through volunteer services
Help the Carlson School of Management integrate a nonprofit focus into the undergraduate program
Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle
A dedicated group of alumnae from the college gathered in the fall of 2001 to discuss issues of their leadership and philanthropy. This group has evolved into the Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle. Its vision is to bring women together whose gifts, when combined, will make a difference for women and women’s leadership in education. The members of the circle dream of making it possible for women to become philanthropists in ways that make sense for them personally and financially.
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Other University resources and tools
Nonprofit and human services career and job links maintained by the College of Human Ecology and the Student Association for Nonprofit Enterprise
Helpful publications
Community Partnership with Families (PDF document)
Department of Family Social Science Professor William Doherty conducts research and outreach on community participation models for family professionals. In this article, he develops a model that extends the role of the family professional beyond that of service provider to one of a citizen working with other citizens to produce collective work that is of public value.
The following publications have been donated by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Minnesota Council on Foundations and are available at the Carlson Business Career Center (1-110 Carlson School of Management) or on the web at http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/Page1987.aspx.
2002 Minnesota Nonprofit Salary and Benefits Survey
2000-2002 Minnesota Nonprofit Directory
2003 Minnesota Grants Directory
2003 Nonprofit Economy Report
How Effective Nonprofits Work
Giving in Minnesota: 2003 Edition
Careers in Nonprofit and Government Agencies
Jobs and Careers with Nonprofit Organizations
Links to funding sources
Grant writing tools
Post internship and/or volunteer opportunities online
Schedule events in a University classroom
Any group that is part of a University department, a Student Organization registered with the Student Activities Office and certified for using central classrooms, or a nonprofit organization may request classrooms for event use.
University Disability Services’ list of campus resources and community nonprofits
University Libraries
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Fellowships
The Buckman Fellowship for Leadership in Philanthropy is a program for College of Human Ecology (CHE) faculty, staff, students, and alumni to learn about the world of philanthropy and fundraising. Buckman Fellows, chosen on the basis of their commitment to a specific philanthropy project, participate in a yearlong series of seminars with University and community experts on fundraising. Fellows also are awarded a $1000 stipend to assist in their philanthropy education. The first cohort of Buckman Fellows was selected in the fall of 2003 by the Buckman Advisory Board, which includes Twin Cities philanthropy and fundraising experts, as well as CHE faculty and staff.
For more information about the Buckman Fellowship Program, contact Ami Berger at 612-625-7060 or aberger@che.umn.edu.
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State & local resources
NOTE:This listing does not imply an endorsement of any site or its services.
Charities Review Council of Minnesota
The council’s mission is to provide tools for donors to make informed giving decisions that help build a stronger nonprofit sector. The council pursues this mission by maintaining Accountability Standards and applying them through reviews; providing information that will help donors make informed charitable giving decisions; and encouraging accountability in the charitable sector.
Foundation Center Cooperating Collection at the Minneapolis Public Library
The Foundation Center Cooperating Collection is an information resource on funding and nonprofit organizations, including foundation funding, corporate funding, government funding, educational financial aid, non-grant fund raising, grantsmanship, international funding, funding for individuals, nonprofit management, and proposal writing. The collection is the largest of its kind in the Upper Midwest. It consists of more than 600 volumes, a dozen magazine titles, 990PFs from all Minnesota private foundations, hundreds of annual reports from Minnesota foundations and nonprofits, and FC Search, a CD-ROM database of U.S. grants and grantmakers.
James J. Hill Library
The James J. Hill Library, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, houses a world-class collection of practical business information resources and is considered one of the most comprehensive business libraries in the country.
Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (MAP)
MAP provides quality, affordable management and board development services for nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, and religious institutions.
Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, Charities Division
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office compiles data on nonprofits that solicit donations from the public.
Minnesota Council on Foundations
The council provides news and information on Minnesota grantmaking and philanthropy.
Minnesota Council on Nonprofits
The council is Minnesota’s professional association of nonprofit organizations, which is continually working to inform, involve, strengthen, and increase the capacity and effectiveness of nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.
Minnesota Secretary of State
The Secretary of State’s Office reviews and files the articles of incorporation for nonprofit corporations which are formed under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 317A.
Minnesota Toolkit for Giving
This site provides giving and planning tools and other resources for donors.
Center for Nonprofit Management, University of St. Thomas
As a part of the University of St. Thomas College of Business, the center is dedicated to helping local nonprofit practitioners improve their skills and knowledge. The center provides a unique opportunity for practitioners, researchers, and educators to come together to better understand the nonprofit sector and to share information, knowledge, and experience.
University of Minnesota’s Social Welfare History Archives
Social Welfare History Archives collects, preserves, and makes available the archives of voluntary-sector social service and social reform organizations and the personal papers of individual leaders in the field. Focusing on the late 19th and 20th centuries, the collections include materials from such organizations as the Child Welfare League of America and the Minnesota Charities Review Council.
Volunteer Resource Center
The Volunteer Resource Center matches potential volunteers with opportunities in the Twin Cities area. With a searchable online database featuring thousands of local volunteer opportunities, the Volunteer Resource Center makes it easy for adults, youth, and families to find the perfect volunteer opportunity. The resource center also provides volunteer management training and consultation for program managers from local nonprofit, corporate, and government organizations.
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National resources
NOTE: This listing does not imply an endorsement of any site or its services.
This area offers links to national resources in the following areas:
Advocacy
Advocacy Institute
Through reflection, networking with fellow advocates, and skill strengthening, the Advocacy Institute facilitates capacity building workshops and seminars that aim to strengthen social movements.
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest exists to be a voice for nonprofits’s lobbying role and to help organizations find their own voice and power through public interest lobbying.
Independent Sector
Independent Sector is committed to strengthening, empowering, and partnering with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in their work on behalf of the public good. Its membership of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs collectively represents tens of thousands of charitable groups serving every cause in every region of the country, as well as millions of donors and volunteers.
The Virtual Activist
This free self-guided training course is a comprehensive guide to Internet outreach and advocacy.
Award Opportunities
Boards & Governance
BoardSource
BoardSource, formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards, is the premier resource for practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Through our highly acclaimed programs and services, BoardSource enables organizations to fulfill their missions by helping build strong and effective nonprofit boards.
Volunteer Consulting Group
The Volunteer Consulting Group (VCG), founded in 1969, is a nonprofit organization that works regionally and nationally to strengthen the governing and management capability of nonprofit boards of directors. Fundamental to VCG’s mission is bringing outstanding leadership into service as board members of health, human service, educational, cultural, environmental, advocacy, and community development nonprofit organizations.
Government Regulation
How to Read the IRS Form 990 & Find Out What it Means
Internal Revenue Service
Internet Nonprofit Center
The Internet Nonprofit Center Locator assists with clarifying the legal name and exact location of any nonprofit registered with the Internal Revenue Service. The Form 990 Project offers demonstrations of practical steps toward using the Internet to file the required information with the Internal Revenue Service.
Nonprofit Gateway
The Nonprofit Gateway provides links to government information and services.
The U.S. Nonprofit Organization’s Public Disclosure Regulations Site
This site exists to encourage nonprofit organizations to publish their IRS annual informational returns and application for tax-exempt status online as a means of promoting public accountability, as well as to satisfy federal law. This site also provides a centralized resource for those seeking examples of these documents.
Management & Technical Assistance
Alliance for Nonprofit Management
The Alliance provides leadership in enhancing a civil society by challenging and strengthening those who deliver management and governance support services to nonprofit organizations. Members include management support organizations (MSOs), individual professionals, and a range of national/regional, umbrella, research and academic, publishing, and philanthropic organizations that provide technical assistance (training and consulting) to nonprofits.
Compass Point Nonprofit Services
Compass Point Nonprofit Services is a nonprofit training, consulting, and research organization that provides nonprofits with the management tools, concepts, and strategies necessary to shape change in their communities.
Independent Sector
Independent Sector is committed to strengthening, empowering, and partnering with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in their work on behalf of the public good. Its membership of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs collectively represents tens of thousands of charitable groups serving every cause in every region of the country, as well as millions of donors and volunteers.
Higher Education & Research Institutes
ARNOVA: The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
ARNOVA is an international, interdisciplinary network of scholars and nonprofit leaders fostering the creation, application, and dissemination of research on voluntary action, nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and civil society. Founded in 1971 as the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, it is a neutral, open forum committed to strengthening the research community in the emerging field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies.
Graduate Programs About Nonprofits in the United States
Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University increases the understanding of philanthropy and improves its practice through programs in research, teaching, public service, and public affairs.
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.
Philanthropy & Giving
Association of Fundraising Professionals
The Association of Fundraising Professionals represents 26,000 members in 174 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs.
Council on Foundations
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide. The council provides leadership expertise, legal services, and networking opportunities among other services to members and to the general public.
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.
National Center for Family Philanthropy
The mission of the National Center for Family Philanthropy is to promote philanthropic values, vision, and excellence across generations of donors and donor families. A membership organization, the center provides information, conferences, and publications.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
The mission of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy is to make philanthropy more responsive to people with the least wealth and opportunity, more relevant to critical public needs, and more open and accountable to all, in order to create a more just and democratic society.
National Network of Grantmakers
The National Network of Grantmakers (NNG) is an organization of individuals involved in funding social and economic justice. NNG is committed to the goal of increasing resources, financial and otherwise, to organizations working for social change. Members are individual donors, foundation staff, board, and grantmaking committee members.
Media & Reference Sources
IUPUI University Library Philanthropy Collections
The philanthropy collections include the historical records of the following: organizations and individuals that have worked as advocates for the nonprofit sector, fundraising firms that help nonprofit organizations raise money, foundations and individual philanthropists, and nonprofit organizations that provide social services, particularly in central Indiana. These collections also provide a wide scope of research materials dealing with social, historical, political, educational, and ethnic developments and changes in the United States during the 20th century.
National Center for Charitable Statistics
The National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
Online Searchable Databases
Bibliography database, courtesy of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the Graduate Center, the City University of New York
This bibliography database is a catalog of research and literature compiled especially for the nonprofit community. The database is searchable by various criteria and contains entries in areas concerning nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, volunteerism, and related fields. The database is provided in a feature-limited separate window, for easy and direct access.
Guidestar
Guidestar is a searchable database of more than 620,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Literature of the Nonprofit Sector Online Searchable Database (LNPS)
LNPS Online is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center’s five libraries and contains more than 22,250 full bibliographic citations, of which more than 14,800 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily.
Technology
CompuMentor.org
CompuMentor distributes product donations from tech firms.
CTCNet: Community Technology Center’s Network
CTCNet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the digital divide.
ebase
ebase provides free database software designed for nonprofit organizations.
IT Resource Center
The IT Resource Center provides information technology resources for nonprofits.
Knowbility
This site supports the independence of people with disabilities through barrier-free technology.
NPower.org
NPower is a growing network of independent, locally based nonprofits dedicated to one thing: Putting technology know-how in the hands of nonprofits. NPower’s mission is to ensure all nonprofits can use technology to expand the reach and impact of their work.
Tech Soup
Tech Soup offers news and articles regarding technology with resource tools for nonprofits.
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International resources
NOTE: This listing does not imply an endorsement of any site or its services.
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy is a national charitable organization dedicated to advancing the role and interests of the voluntary sector for the benefit of Canadian communities. It links to a family of related sites.
Charity Aid Foundation (CAF)
CAF is an international non-governmental organization providing specialist financial services to charities and their supporters. With more than 75 years of experience and a global network spanning five continents, CAF is committed to increasing the resources of charities and helping individual and corporate donors add value to their generosity.
CIVICUS
CIVICUS is an international alliance established in 1993 to nurture the foundation, growth, and protection of citizen action throughout the world, especially in areas where participatory democracy and citizens’ freedom of association are threatened.
European Foundations Centre
The European Foundations Centre (EFC) is an independent international association that promotes and underpins the work of foundations and corporate funders active in and with Europe. Established in 1989 by seven of Europe’s leading foundations, the EFC today serves a core membership of more than 200 members, associates, and subscribers; 350 community philanthropy initiatives; as well as a further 50,000 organizations linked through a network of information and support centers in 42 countries worldwide. The EFC hosts WINGS (Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support), a global network of some 100 grantmaker associations and support organizations.
German Foundations Index
The German Foundation Index aims to better inform the German Foundation Community and, by doing so, promote dialogue within its circle. Aside from providing varied perspectives on the different aspects of foundations, the index objective is to actually promote the very idea of foundations itself. The index already is proving to be a reliable source of information and a contact point for not just potential decision makers alone, but also for scientists, students, and anyone wishing to learn about the foundation scene via multimedia.
Grantmakers Without Borders
Grantmakers Without Borders is a network of trustees and staff of public and private foundations as well as individual donors who practice global social change philanthropy.
Idealist.Org
This site contains a list of more than 37,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location, or mission. The site is helpful for job seekers or potential volunteers or interns.
International Fellows in Philanthropy, the Johns Hopkins University
This fellowship program promotes advanced study, research, and training at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Civil Society Studies, for a semester (four months) or a full academic year (nine months), for up to eight persons each year. Program participants are involved in studying or managing private, nonprofit, or philanthropic organizations outside the United States, or serve as government or corporate liaisons to the nonprofit sector.
International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
ISTR is a major international association promoting research and education in the fields of philanthropy, civil society, and the nonprofit sector. ISTR reflects the growing worldwide interest in Third Sector research and provides a permanent forum for international research, while at the same time building a global scholarly community in this field.
Philanthropy and the Third Sector in Asia and the Pacific
For each country on this site, information is provided about the contribution of third sector organizations to various fields of activity.
Philanthropy Australia
Philanthropy Australia is a national membership organization for grantmaking trusts and foundations. Its mission is to promote and protect the interests of family, private, corporate, and community giving in Australia.
Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
The trust was formed in June 2000 by an unprecedented consortium of private grantmaking foundations as an independent, public charity incorporated under the laws of the United States of America. Currently, endowing foundations include the Atlantic Philanthropies, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Open Society Institute, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The purpose of the trust is to support the development and long-term stabilization of civil society in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
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