GUIDES & RESOURCES
Nonprofit
A quick guide containing links to selected websites, books, movies, magazines, online databases and other resources to help you find what you are looking for.
You may also be interested in these Info Guides:
Websites
- Indiana Youth Institute
- Serving the "institutions and people of Indiana" who work on behalf of children, the IYI compiles and publishes statistics, maintains a library, and offers fundraising and technical assistance to organizations that serve youth.
- INRC: Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center
- Find out about training for community-based organizations, many offered by the INRC at no charge.
- Indiana Secretary of State's Entrepreneur's Guide
- Information about starting a nonprofit, as well as a for-profit corporation, in Indiana.
- Careers with Not-For-Profits
- Sponsored by a for-profit, Charitable Advisors LLC., a great place to look for (and post) nonprofit job openings, training opportunities, and other resources for Central Indiana organizations. Keep up-to-date by signing up for their weekly Not-For-Profit News, which also includes a section on AFP (Association of Fundraising Consultants) news.
- Community Development Law Center
- The Community Organizations Legal Assistance Project, Inc. ("COLAP"), doing business as the Community Development Law Center ("CDLC"), is the only legal services organization in Indianapolis specifically formed to provide free or low-cost legal services to community organizations.
- Faithworks Indiana
- Assistance for "faith-based and community-based" organizations in applying for grants and developing successful practices.
- NPower Indiana
- "NPower Indiana is a nonprofit organization that serves as a trusted and affordable technology advisor, facilitator and service provider to nonprofits in Marion and Hamilton counties."
- SAVI: Social Assets and Vulnerabilities Indicators for Central Indiana
- Useful site for gathering preliminary statistics to use in writing grant proposals.
- Foundation Center
- "The Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public."
- USA.Gov for Nonprofits
- The US government's special site to help nonprofit organizations find the federal information and services they may need. The Nonprofit Resources section leads to topics such as grants and contracts, laws and regulations, taxes, and registration and licensing.
- Efile Form 990
- File your nonprofit tax return online at this site.
- Internet Nonprofit Center
- A very useful how-to site, providing direct information and lots of links to essential information for prospective and active nonprofits, including how to get started, how to organize, and how to stay in business.
- IRS Information for Charities and Non-Profits
- From the US Internal Revenue Service, this site includes information about nonprofits, as well as types of nonprofits, and the requirements for becoming a tax-exempt organization. There is also a list, Publication 78, to find out if a particular organization is eligible for tax-deductible charitable contributions.
- Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
- "Offers answers to virtually any question about managing nonprofits by providing hands-on tips, articles and profiled links."
- The NonProfit Times
- Home page of the nonprofit management publication. Each year they publish a study of the top 100 nonprofits and a salary survey. You can also find up-to-date news on issues (law, taxation, etc.) of interest to nonprofits.
- NP Action
- Advocacy help is provided at this site - tools and resources to assist nonprofits as they present their case to federal, state and local governments.
- ServiceLeader
- A "project of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin," this site provides information on all aspects of volunteerism. For people who would like to volunteer, there are lots of tips, such as ways to evaluate a potential volunteer opportunity. For volunteer managers, there is lots of information on best practices.
- USA Freedom Corps
- Information on National Service Programs such as Americorps, the Peace Corps, and other federal government volunteer initiatives.
Library Materials
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Effective fundraising for nonprofits real world strategies that work by: Bray, Ilona M., 1962- 658.15224 BRA 2008 |
Field guide to developing operating and restoring your nonprofit board by: McNamara, Carter 658.048 MCN 2008 |
Organization Links
- United Way of Central Indiana
- Includes a list of member agencies, volunteer opportunities, special leadership programs for nonprofits, and the Nonprofit Training Center (which offers workshops and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations).
- IRN: Information and Referral Network
- This group facilitates "connections between people who need human services and those who provide them." This site has information about their publications, including the The Rainbow Book, and services such as Helpline.
- Gifts in Kind International
- Provides a "conduit for the donation of products, goods and services from the private sector to the charitable sector."
- Nonprofit Risk Management Center
- This organization, itself a nonprofit, provides an online resource center "on a range of risk management, liability and insurance topics" and free phone or e-mail based technical assistance.
- BoardSource
- Formerly the national Center for Nonprofit Boards, this is a membership organization that provides training and information for organization board members. There is a "comprehensive list" of "board essentials."
- CompuMentor
- A nonprofit organization "specializing in technology assistance for community-based organizations." They sponsor TechSoup.org, which provides lots of technology how-to information for nonprofits.
