Not for Profit Resources

Resources are one of the most important aspects of the not for profit organizations. Be it for general information or as links to other resources, not-for-profit resources are a tool essentially required by the non-profit organization due to their restricted use of capital. Given below are few of the popular not for profit resources that can be of great help to the non-profit organization:
The not-for-profit resources providing general information:
Charity channel – They have a host of forums that share information, consultant advices and even volunteer support.
Non-profit Genie – They provide expert opinion, publication and link support and provide answers to queries regarding non-profit operations.
Independent sector – It is a site that is designed for membership organization of the non-profit groups that offer programs supporting philanthropy volunteers and suggests citizen actions.
Internet non-profit center – They answer the ‘not-for-profit’ related queries. They make an online library of articles available along with bulletins that are of special interest to the respective community in the not-for-profit sector.

The National Center for Nonprofit boards – They aid in the building of stronger non-profit boards/organizations. They publish booklets, videos and audio tapes and also sponsor workshops.

Non-profit resource center – It is a resource site for managers, board members and volunteers of non-profit organizations. They offer information and links to additional sites.

These are not-for-profit resources related to fundraising and grants:

Fundsnet –They provide geographic navigation of related information centers and subject listing in an alphabetical order.

Internet prospector – A network of volunteers explore the internet to provide research nuggets and other sources required to raise funds. They are then shared through the site and electronic newsletters.

TGIC=the grantsmanship center – It’s a free magazine that provides online access to recent related articles on fundraising and grant seeking. Training workshops are also offered on these subjects and proposal writing.

Biz Opportunities Guide.com – It is a discussion board that offers links and other fundraising program sites.

General technologies are offered by Benton Foundation, Gilbert Center, Hands net, Techsoup and Non-profit tech to name a few. They offer a wide array of online tools that enables effective use of the internet and enable the optimum use of the benefits of the cyber age.

Apart from them low cost web services are offered by like sites like InterConnection and The Natural Resource Database which provides software tools to provide net training to the non-profit organizations helping them to benefit the local community or the environment. All of these are not-for-profit resources that can effectively cater to the specific requirements of the non-profit organizations.