Further Resources

Link Categories:

Fundraising, Foundations, Training and Technical Assistance, Nonprofit Management

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT)
The partner organization of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, the site provides information on our internship program for people of color, training opportunities, and consulting services.

The Foundation Center
The world's largest collection of information on grantseeking and grantmaking, as well as excellent source of information on fundraising and philanthropy.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Updated weekly, the Chronicle's site provides articles, links, and other information on nonprofit management and fundraising. Free weekly email newsletter. Some website content only available to subscribers.

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
Nonprofit training, consulting and research organization with offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, serving the greater Bay Area. The site links to their consultant referral service called Consultants ONTAP.

Association of Fundraising Professionals
A professional association whose mission is to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and training programs. They host national and local conferences.

The Fundraising School
The Indiana University Center on Philanthropy's school for fundraising professionals: teaching the history, the current issues, the art and the strategy of fundraising and philanthropy.

Groundspring.org
Provides integrated services for small to medium-sized nonprofit organizations to help them become effective users of internet technology in their fundraising and management of donors and supporters.

Alliance for Nonprofit Management
A professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits — to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.

TACS (Technical Assistance for Community Services)
A training and consulting resource for nonprofit organizations focused in Oregon and Washington. Online resources serve a national audience.

Philanthropy Journal Online
News about philanthropy, nonprofits, fundraising, volunteers, charity and jobs. Based in North Carolina.

Nonprofit Genie
Resources, information, advice, and answers to frequently asked questions for the nonprofit community. A project of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and the California Management Assistance Partnership. Great links pages and more.

Internet Nonprofit Center
Publisher of the Nonprofit FAQ, a resource of information provided by participants in many online discussions about nonprofits and their work. Very dense.

Free Management Library
One of the world's largest free, online well-organized business libraries for for-profit and nonprofit service providers, entrepreneurs, leaders, managers and practitioners. Also has a number of free "learning modules".

Idealist.org (Actions Without Borders)
A website that provides an online meeting place for nonprofit organizations, resources, consultants, job seekers and volunteers.

Funder's Checklist
Valuable grant-writing resource for non-profit organizations and fundraising professionals that explains the grantmaking process and offers insight on how funders evaluate proposals and assess organizations.

Issues and Organizations

National Organizers Alliance
NOA's mission is to advance progressive organizing for social, economic, environmental and racial justice, and to support, challenge and nurture the people of all ages who do that work.

Applied Research Center
A public policy, educational and research institute whose work emphasizes issues of race and social change.

Center for Third World Organizing
Providing training and resources to promote and sustain organizing skills, political analysis, policy development and collective action in communities of color across the U.S. since 1980.

Corporate Watch
Website and resource center committed to countering corporate-led globalization and supporting a diverse movement for human rights, labor rights and environmental justice.

The Public Eye (Political Research Associates)
An independent, not-for-profit research center which monitors and analyzes those organizations, leaders, ideas, and activities of the U.S. political right that undermine democracy and diversity.

United for a Fair Economy
A "movement support" organization providing media capacity, face-to-face economic literacy education, and training resources to organizations and individuals who work to address the widening income and asset gap in our country.

Publications and Publishers

Jossey-Bass Chardon Press Series
Chardon Press titles, including Kim Klein's Fundraising for Social Change, are available from Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Colorlines Magazine: Race | Culture | Action
The nation's premier magazine covering race, culture, and community organizing, published by the Applied Research Center.

Shelterforce Online
The nation's oldest continually-published housing and community development magazine, published by tghe National Housing Institute.

Amherst Wilder Foundation Publications
Publisher of the Practical Nonprofit Guides series.

South End Press
Nonprofit, collectively run book publisher with more than 200 titles in print.

Conservation Fundraising at a Crossroads: Creating Healthy Fundraising Organizations, 2005 by Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC).

National CASA Rural Fundraising Strategies Guide
2005, the National office of CASA's (Court Appointed Special Advocates) manual on fundraising in rural communities to be used by their rural programs. 15 excellent examples, with an article on how to raise money in rural communities. It is available on their website.

Giving USA: Annual Report on Philanthropy
Produced by the Giving USA Foundation
Analysis of giving and trends in philanthropy.

Raise More Money: The Best of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal
By Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth
A collection of the best articles from the first 20 years of the Journal.

The Grassroots Fundraising Book
by Joan Flanagan
Excellent introductory book for small organizations

Successful Fundraising: A Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals
by Joan Flanagan
How-to book for large-scale fundraising events and campaigns.

You Can Do It! A Volunteer’s Guide to Raising Money for Your Group in Words and Pictures
By Vicki Quatmann
Available in English and Spanish from the Southern Empowerment Project.

Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, revised edition
edited by Henry Rosso
The late Henry Rosso was one of the most famous fundraising consultants in America. This introduction to the theory and practice of fundraising is an invaluable tool.

How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort
by Betty Stallings and Donna McMillion
The title says it all.

Special Events: Proven Strategies for Nonprofit Fundraising
by Alan Wendroff
A masterful guide to producing large special events.

How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters
By Mal Warwick
Detailed advice with examples and case studies from one of the leading experts on direct mail.