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Foundation Directory Online
Search a database of 108,000 foundations, corporate giving programs and grant-making public charities in the U.S.; a database of 3 million recently awarded grants; and a database of 1 million recently filed IRS forms 990 and 990-PF.
Foundation Grants to Individuals
Search close to 10,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Covers scholarships, fellowships, loans, and internships; awards, prizes, and grants by nomination; research and professional support; and general welfare and special needs.
GuideStar
A database of 1.8 million IRS-recognized tax-exempt organizations and faith-based non-profits. Registration is required for access to 990 forms.
The Routledge companion to nonprofit marketing
Adrian Sargeant; Walter W Wymer 2008
UM: Mansfield Library - Book Shelves - Level 5 (658.8 R8696 )
Social marketing and social change [electronic resource] : strategies and tools for health, well-being, and the environment / R. Craig Lefebvre.
2013
Electronic Book
Jossey-Bass handbook of nonprofit leadership and management / David O. Renz, editor ; [authors, David O. Renz] and associates ; foreword by Robert D. Herman, editor emeritus.
2010
UM: Mansfield Library - Book Shelves - Level 5 658.048 J84 2010
Complete guide to nonprofit management / Smith, Bucklin & Associates ; edited by Robert H. Wilbur.
2000
UM: Mansfield Library - Book Shelves - Level 5 658.048 C73763 2000
Effectively managing nonprofit organizations / edited by Richard L. Edwards, John A. Yankey.
2006
UM: Mansfield Library - Book Shelves - Level 5 658.048 E274
Branding for nonprofits : developing identity with integrity / DK Holland.
2006
UM: Mansfield Library - Book Shelves - Level 5 658.827 H734b
How to form a nonprofit corporation / by Anthony Mancuso.
2000
UM: Mansfield Library - Book Shelves - Level 2 346.73064 M269h 2000
U.S. Census: American FactFinder
Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about your community.
Kids Count Data Center
A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT is the premier source for data on child and family well-being in the United States. Access hundreds of indicators, download data and create reports and graphics on the KIDS COUNT Data Center that support smart decisions about children and families.
Forms 990 and 990-EZ are used by tax-exempt organizations, nonexempt charitable trusts, and section 527 political organizations to provide the IRS with required information. A 990 will have information on how the finances of the organization. The parts of a 990 are listed below.
Part III. Statement of Program Service
Describe the organization's mission or its most significant activities for the year, whichever the organization wishes to highlight, on the summary page.
Part IV. Checklist of Required Schedules
Part V. Statements Regarding Other IRS Filings and Tax Compliance
Part VI. Governance, Management, and Disclosure
Part VII. Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, Highest
Compensated Employees, and Independent Contractors
Part VIII. Statement of Revenue
Part IX. Statement of Functional Expenses
Part X. Balance Sheet
Part XI. Reconciliation of Net Assets
Part XII. Financial Statements and Reporting
For more information on the 990 form go to Instructions for Form 990
Mansfield Library has access to many journals included a number dedicated to Philanthropy and grant writing. Here are a few title from our collection of ejournals:
Chronicle of Philanthropy
"The Chronicle of Philanthropy is an independent news organization that has been serving leaders, fundraisers, grant makers, and others involved in the philanthropic enterprise for more than 25 years. It offers a robust advice section to help nonprofit workers do their jobs as well as one of the biggest listings of career opportunities."
International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing
"The International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing explores marketing topics from an interdisciplinary perspective and provides a forum for researchers interested in examining these issues from practical and theoretical viewpoints. It seeks to establish a common vocabulary with which to discuss methods, procedures, results and experiences in order to improve the exchange of ideas between participants of varied backgrounds."
NonProfit Times
"Business management; Nonprofit and voluntary organizations; Business and industries. News and "how to" information on funding, management for any nonprofit organization."
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
The Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) is an independent nonprofit news organization that has been serving nonprofit leaders, charitable foundations, educators, independent activists, and others involved in the civil sector for more than fifteen years.
Free journals:
"Philanthropy News Digest (PND) a daily news service of the Foundation Center, is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide. Published daily, each PND abstract summarizes the content of, or from, an original article, press or news release, or grantmaker Web site."
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