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Transition Guides
A change in executive leadership is one of the most important challenges an organization will face. Find information for executives, boards, staff to manage executive transitions better.
Turning Passion into Action: Giving While Living
This publication explores the practice of Giving While Living as exemplified by the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies Chuck Feeney. This report includes profiles of Mr.
Twenty-five Tips for Evaluating (and Writing) Successful Technology Grant Proposals
This guide by Jonathan Peizer, president of Internaut Consulting, provides tips for evaluating technology grant proposals.
Using Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: The Results of a Survey
This report summarizes a survey of 459 nonprofit staff members who were already using social media at their organizations.
Using the Internet
How can you use the Internet to help you further your organization's nonprofit mission?
Using the New Media to Promote Your Mission and Protect Your Reputation
How can you integrate new media with traditional communications planning? Get tips and tools from this concise guide from the Nonprofit World. Free Registration Required.
Value of Volunteer Time
Independent Sector's study reveals that the estimated value of a volunteer hour reached $20.85 in 2009, up 60 cents from 2008.
Web Building
Access tools and resources to build and host a Web site that will highlight your nonprofit organization's mission from TechSoup's Learning Center.
What Every Smart Nonprofit Needs to Know: Org 2.0
One page cheat-sheet for grantmakers highlighting six online tools for nonprofits from NPower; focus on engaging new donors, members, and volunteers.
What Makes an Effective Coalition? Evidence-Based Indicators of Success
In order to explore how to increase the value of coalitions, this report from TCC Group and the California Endowment examines the questions: "What are coalitions?" and "How can we monitor their pro
What Nonprofits Say: A study on the effectiveness of communications training
This study produced by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation provides an overview of the effectiveness and accomplishments of various communications training opportunities offered to grantees.
Why Family Foundations Lose Their Way
Why Family Foundations Lose Their Way: A Founders' Guide to Long-Term Philanthropic Success discusses dangers and mistakes in establishing and running a family foundation.
Why Would a Nonprofit Want to Have a Blog?
Why would a grantmaker want to have a blog? Find reasons that nonprofits might want to consider starting a blog and nonprofit examples from the Bamboo Project's Wiki >Web 2.0 in Nonprofits .
Working with Government: Guidence for Grantmakers
What is the right relationship between philanthropy and government?
World Wide Web: Building, Managing, and Promoting Your Web Site
How can your organization build, manage, and promote its Web site? Find resources that explain the Web site basics, design, promotion, and accessibility for nonprofits.
Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing and Civic Engagement
This research documents how 15 nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles County and their allies leveraged foundation grants to secure nearly $91 of benefit for every dollar spent for Los Angeles citizens.
The Promise and Pitfalls of Local and National Funder Collaborations
A key objective of the Scaling What Works initiative has been to translate insight and learning from grantmaker intermediaries involved with the Social Innovation Fund and share them with the broader philanthropic community. The fifth guide in the Lessons Learned series presents the benefits and challenges of partnerships between local and national funders, and highlights key considerations for both kinds of funders to foster success in their collaboration.
What Donors Value: How Community Foundations Can Increase Donor Satisfaction, Referrals, and Future Giving
To better understand how community foundations can best respond to the current environment, the Center for Effective Philanthropy asked donors about how satisfied they are with the community foundations with which they work. What matters most to them? What do these donors want from their community foundations?
Corporate Foundations - Building the Appropriate Structures
This PowerPoint presentation developed by Southeastern Council of Foundations provides an excellent overview to the pros and cons of different philanthropic structures for Corporate entities, including Corporate Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs, and working through Community Foundations.