Alliance for Nonprofit Management - Hundreds of resources representing the work of hundreds of organizations, working to help nonprofit agencies and management manage their businesses more efficiently and effectively. This includes websites, books, videos and other resources (including regular additions), and a Career Bank. The Alliance encourages sharing of information on board development, financial management, strategic planning, fund raising and risk management, between groups through this site.
http://www.allianceonline.org/default.htm

AuditNet - A resource page on financial audits for not-for-profit organizations.
http://www.auditnet.org/nfpaudit.htm

Best Practices of Nonprofits - Derived from a training program called MATRIX that was conducted in 1999 and 2000 for 15 youth-serving agencies in Whatcom County. The Whatcom Council of Nonprofits has adopted the MATRIX best practices as the foundation of technical assistance program planning. These best practices identify nine areas in which an organization's competence is critical for success. Below, each competence is linked to suggestions for getting your organization to the "best practice" level. The site includes a pdf copy you can print, and a Word copy you can edit.
http://www.wcnwebsite.org/practices/index.htm

Big Dog's Leadership Page - Developed by Donald Clark, this leadership guide is for new supervisors, managers, leads, and anyone wishing to move up through the ranks as a leader. The first chapter, Concept of Leadership, provides a basic background on leadership. The chapters provide the skills and knowledge needed to implement effective leadership. The appendixes contain a basic lesson plan for implementing a Leadership Development Program with several learning activities, definitions, quotes, references, and other tools.
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leader.html

Community Tool Box - Promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources. The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, check-lists, and related resources.
http://ctb.ku.edu/index.jsp

Effective Meeting Facilitation - The Sine Qua Non of Planning by Miranda Duncan. An NEA resource.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Lessons/DUNCAN1.HTML

Effective Meeting Facilitation - Sample Forms, Tools and Checklists by Miranda Duncan. An NEA resource.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Lessons/DUNCAN2.HTML

Free Management Library - Comprehensive links from the Management Assistance Program of Carter McNamara. Complete, highly integrated library for nonprofits and for-profits. 75 topic areas. Best Bet.
http://www.managementhelp.org/index.html

Grant Thornton Publications - Booklets with advice and information for board members and trustees of not-for-profit organizations. They are tailored to specific sectors within the not-for-profit industry: general, higher education, membership organizations, and social service organizations. Each covers such topics as the board's role, board member liability, budgeting, fund raising, internal controls, and board criteria and selection. Founded in 1924, Grant Thornton serves tens of thousands of middle-market clients — both public and private — through offices in the United States and in 110 countries worldwide. The Not-For-Profit sector is among their specialities. The publications listed are examples,and there are several others.
http://www.grantthornton.com/content/14566.asp

NFPerspectives - Past Issues of quarterly newsletter covering accounting, management and business operations topics for not-for-profit industry professionals.
http://www.grantthornton.com/content/12986.asp

Serving on the Board of a Not-For-Profit Organization
http://www.grantthornton.com/downloads/14655_14655.pdf

Planned Giving - A Board Members Perspective - Cowritten by Board Source.
http://www.grantthornton.com/downloads/planned_giving_14576.pdf

Not For Profit Investment Policy Guide
http://www.grantthornton.com/downloads/14568_14568.pdf

Serving on an Audit Committe of a Not For Profit
http://www.grantthornton.com/downloads/15815_15815.pdfM

Internet Nonprofit Center
http://www.nonprofits.org/

The Nonprofit FAQ
http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/

Idealist.Org/Action Without Borders
http://www.idealist.org/

Learner Resource Center - Nonprofit Manager Education Center
http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/sites.htm

Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite - There are two components of the toolsite: a series of essays about the process of planning; and actual illustrations of organizational change within arts organizations. a comprehensive compendium of planning advice from a variety of professional arts consultants. The single most important message about planning is that there are many ways to do it well.. They have therefore attempted to present the ideas and perspectives of many planning consultants as to how to go about this task. This is applicable to any organization, not just in the arts. Best Bet.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Lessons/

Management Assistant Group - A series of articles on organizational development in the areas of boards, planning, growth and change.
http://www.managementassistance.org/page4.html

Management Center (TMC) – Resource for nonprofit management support, helping good causes manage better. Although a regional service center (Northern California) their materials are extensive and are useful to all nonprofits. Best Bet.
http://www.tmcenter.org/index.html

TMC Nonprofit Library
http://www.tmcenter.org/pages/index.html

TMC Nonprofit Assessment Tool
http://www.tmcenter.org/assessment/toolintro.html

TMC Opportunity NOCs
http://www.tmcenter.org/opknocks/ok.html

Milano Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub - Consumer's guide to free nonprofit management information on the Internet. Every site on our Best Information section is reviewed by at least four people, including practitioners, researchers and Milano Graduate School faculty and students. In the Manager's Toolbox, links to free full-text resources to help you make informed decisions. In the Research Archives, we connect you to free research articles from leading institutions. The Hub is a center of learning and a gateway to the best resources on the Internet for practitioners and researchers in nonprofit management. The Knowledge Hub is produced by the Nonprofit Management Program of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy. What follows are only a few of the featured topical sections in this site and most everything is annotated. Really nice. Best Bet.
http://www.milanoknowledgehub.org/

Research Archives - Free reports, studies and essays of interest to academic researchers, teachers and students of nonprofit management. Topic areas include Nonprofit Managaement, Human Resources, Fundraising, Technology, Governance and Leadership, Philanthropy and more.
http://www.milanoknowledgehub.org/archives.cfm

Managers Toolbox - To keep up with changes in society and economy, nonprofit managers must be able to learn new skills quickly. The Internet is a great and inexpensive resource. The following sites provide free guides and tips for nonprofit managers. Topic areas include: Fact & Figures, Consultants and Vendors, Fund Raising, Governance and Leadership, Grant Opportunities, Marketing and Communications, Technology and more.
http://www.milanoknowledgehub.org/toolbox.cfm

Find Organizations - A number of web sites allow visitors to get information on particular nonprofit organizations. The following sites contain descriptions and in some cases tax records of nonprofit organizations, as well as links to the organizations. Inlcuded are United States and International annotated listings.
http://www.newschool.edu/milano/hub/organization.html

Nonprofit Sector Links - Nonprofit leaders and managers should understand the issues and trends affecting their organizations. The sites below provide useful information about the nonprofit sector generally, and about specified fields within the nonprofit world. Topic areas are Nonprofit Sector, Community Development and International.
http://www.newschool.edu/milano/hub/sector.html

Useful Sites for Grantmakers - Useful advice and information to help grantmakers evaluate and respond to grant seekers. Some of these sites also describe trends in the nonprofit sector, which can help grantmakers decide where to focus their giving efforts.
http://www.newschool.edu/milano/hub/grantmakers.html

MSU Nonprofit Virtual Library - Annotated list of nonprofit directories and other web sites providing information or advice about running nonprofits. Part of a site maintained by the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection at Michigan State University Libraries. Also provides a quick link to the MSU Nonprofit Resource Guide for development purposes. Best Bet.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/znonprof.htm
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Nonprofit Good Practice Guide - Key information designed to help manage your nonprofit organization efficiently and effectively. Follow links to the nine topic areas listed at the right to find articles, standards of practice, resources and glossaries. The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide provides Preferred Practices and Pitfalls, Glossaries, Resources, and Web Site Profiles and Links within nine topic areas. The Guide offers answers to virtually any question about managing nonprofits by providing hands-on tips, articles and profiled links to lead nonprofit managers to sources that contain an abundance of information, which can be applied quickly and directly to their organizations. The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, is a project of the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Knowledge Management Initiative (PNKM) at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership.Best Bet.
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/

Fundraising and Financial Stability
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/TopicArea.aspx?ID=4

Staff Development and Organization Capacity
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/TopicArea.aspx?ID=6

Accountability and Evaluation
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/TopicArea.aspx?ID=14

Volunteer Management
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/TopicArea.aspx?ID=8

Communications and Marketing
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/TopicArea.aspx?ID=9

Nonprofit Governance & Management Centre - Governance & Management Pty Ltd was founded in 1998 to provide support and resources to the boards and executive management in nonprofit organisations. Governance & Management was established as the first Australian nonprofit centre to service nonprofit boards and executive management. Part of the site includes helpful articles from their Board Member Newsletter, which is linked here.
http://www.governance.com.au/brdmattersngmc.htm

The Peter Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management - Named for and inspired by the acknowledged father of modern management. Educational opportunities and resources to help lead social sector organizations toward excellence. Access to weekly email Nonprofit Innovation of the Week. Excerpts from excellent periodical, Leader to Leader; and an effectiveness assessment program. Best Bet.
http://www.pfdf.org/

Drucker Nonprofit Innovation of the Week - An archives of these weekly email notices including a listing of all Innovation of the Week programs.
http://pfdf.org/innovation/innov_of_week/archives.html

Why Vision Matters - Article in Leader to Leader by Robert Knowling.
http://leadertoleader.org/leaderbooks/l2l/fall2000/knowling.html

Managing Oneself - Presentation by Peter Drucker.
http://www.pfdf.org/conferences/drucker99.html

Regulations (Federal and State] for Nonprofit Organizations - The site has three major sections: a set of informational pages about various general topics, a section of pages each dedicated to an individual jurisdiction (e.g. states) that describe the regulations of those jurisdictions, and a section devoted to current issues in NPO regulation and the efforts being made to minimize the regulatory burden that NPOs face.
http://www.muridae.com/nporegulation/

Statement of Ethics - Presented by Independent Sector and drafted by a task force on nonprofit ethics and accountibility. Best Bet.
http://www.independentsector.org/PDFs/code_ethics.pdf

Compendium of Standards, Codes, and Principles of Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations
http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability/standards.html

Other Accountibility Resources
http://www.independentsector.org/issues/accountability.html

Strategic Planning Manual - The Center for Public Skills Training
http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/spmanual.pdf

Volunteer Consulting Group – Information about nonprofit boards and board service.
http://www.vcg.org

Volunteer Legal Handbook for Nonprofit Corporation Volunteers - Remember the purpose of this manual is to help you understand and apply the principles of risk management. While Part II of this manual talks about it in more detail, the fundamental concept of risk management is the identification and management of risk areas. Through a variety of techniques, you can control known risks and plan against unknown risks. The most important risk management technique is education. And education starts with knowing a little law. But don't fool yourself. There is no such thing as a risk-free activity. Everything we do in life involves risks; after all, there are risks associated with not volunteering. Risk management techniques will help you be aware of and identify risks, and minimize those risks, but those techniques cannot eliminate risk entirely. There is no such thing as a risk-free nonprofit corporation, but there are certainly ways of minimizing the risks and even managing them. The final sections of the manual are resources for nonprofit corporations. DISCLAIMER This manual is not legal advice and is not a substitute for legal or risk management advice. You should obtain competent legal or risk management advice on anything discussed in this manual and not rely upon the explanations of the law and risk management set out in these materials. These materials are intended solely to help you determine when to seek professional advice. While every effort has been made to make these materials as accurate as possible, the matters discussed here are complex and these materials are necessarily simplistic and incomplete. The author will not be responsible for any errors. Best Bet.
http://www.iciclesoftware.com/vlh7/

What Makes a Solution? - Pew Partnership for Civic Change Lessons and Findings from solutions for America.
http://www.pew-partnership.org/pdf/Freedman_Report.pdf

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