The following links may be helpful in providing important information to your nonprofits. If you would like to see a link added to the list, please e-mail the information to NDANO.

North Dakota Secretary of State.
The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide.  A project of The PNKM Initiative at the Johnson Center.  It is a free resource directory and learning tool, providing good practice information to assist in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of nonprofit performance. 
 

Federal Funding
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - Searchable index of federal programs, projects, services and activities.
Grants.gov.
 

Foundation and Grant Information
The Benton Foundation - Strengthening the communications capacities of nonprofits
The Council on Foundations - An association of foundations and corporations, serving the public good by promoting and enhancing effective and responsible philanthropy.
The Foundation Center - Serving the needs of grant makers and grant seekers.
Grantsmanship Center - Programs and announcements to assist the grant seeker.
Guidestar - Searchable database of over 600,000 charities and nonprofits.
Independent Charities of America - A nonprofit organization that pre-screens and certifies the charities it presents to potential donors via Web-based giving, workplace giving programs, and other low-cost fund-raising methods. Charities are reviewed and certified annually.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - The nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Dedicated to helping groups and individuals to improve the human condition.
Medtronic Corporation - Focusing on education, community, and health, with priority given to programs that benefit people of color and those who are economically disadvantaged and programs with older adult volunteers.
The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Sector Research Fund - Making grants to further knowledge and understanding of the nonprofit sector.
The Pew Charitable Trusts - Encouraging individual development and personal achievement, cross-disciplinary problem solving and innovative, practical approaches to meeting the changing needs of a global community.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund - Improving the well-being of all people through support of efforts in the United States and abroad that contribute ideas, develop leaders, and encourage institutions in the transition to global interdependence.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Supporting a broad range of interests including civic projects and science and technology.
Society for Nonprofit Organizations - Largely a marketing page for Nonprofit World but includes a current table of contents and a broad subject index of past articles available for a fee.
 

Funding Resource Publications
CD Publications, 8204 Fenton Street, Silver Springs, MD 20910, 1.800.666.6380.
Nonprofit Risk Management Center, 1001 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Suite opp, 1.202.785.3891.
Youth Today, 1200 17th Street, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, 1.202.785.0764.
Taft Group, 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI   48331-3535.
The Foundation Center - Serving the needs of grant makers and grant seekers. The Foundation Center Cooperating Collections are located in state libraries in each state. The cooperating collections offer a wide variety of services and comprehensive collections of information on foundations and grants. In North Dakota we have two cooperating collections located in Bismarck at the Bismarck Public Library, 515 North 5th Street, Bismarck and the Fargo Public Library, 102 North 3rd Street, Fargo. These cooperating collections have a variety of publications that can assist your organization with future funding sources.
Grantsmanship Center - Programs and announcements to assist the grant seeker.
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation - The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is one of the largest and oldest endowed human service organizations in America. The Wilder Publishing Center is dedicated to providing practical, easy-to-use information for nonprofit organizations and community groups. [email]
 

National Nonprofit
Organizations and Resources
About Nonprofit Charitable Organizations - A guide from Stan Hutton.
AllCharities.com - A searchable database of charities and nonprofits that channels 100 percent of on-line donations to recipient organizations. The site also sells Web-based services to nonprofits and provides a mechanism for organizations to securely receive donations.
American Heart Association - Fighting heart disease and stroke.
American Philanthropy Review - Discussion for and more.
American Red Cross - Disaster relief and other terrific services.
Amnesty International - Human rights on the web. Plus access to many other sites.
Charity Village - Canadian Centre for encouraging nonprofits and charities.
CIVICUS - An international association for the nonprofit sector with the mission of strengthening citizen action and civil society
The Chronicle of Philanthropy - The Newspaper of the Nonprofit World.
Helping.org - This AOL-sponsored site is designed as a one-stop on-line resource to help people find volunteer and giving opportunities in their local communities and beyond. The site also provides on-line resources and tools to help nonprofits utilize the Internet in their strategic planning, recruiting, and fund-raising.
Idealist - Promoting communication and cooperation among people, communities and organizations around the world. Tons of links.
The Electronic Policy Network - A group of research and advocacy organizations and publications that provide online analysis of economics, politics, social trends, and public policy.
The Environmental Support Center - Provides training, management and developmental subsidies to nonprofits that work on environmental issues
Exempt Organization Search - Limited but useful directory of tax-exempt nonprofits; identification of state of organization gives access to fuller directory information at Nonprofit Locator website.
Greenpeace - Go exploring with the environmental organization and their fleet of ships.
Impact Online - Facilitate and increasing community involvement; seeking to complement existing services and build on community resources to get more people involved.
Independent Sector - Encouraging philanthropy, volunteering, not-for-profit initiative and citizen action.
Internet Nonprofit Center - Broad scope of topics on nonprofits, including information for donors and volunteers. Information about many, many nonprofits all across the country. Plus, they have the coveted “www.nonprofits.org” domain name.
Literacy Volunteers of America - Providing volunteer tutors for adults with limited or no literacy skills.
BoardSource (formerly National Center for Nonprofit Boards) - Information on and resources for nonprofit boards.
National Charities Information Bureau - Promoting informed giving and charitable integrity.
National Priorities Project - Analyze federal budget priorities and impacts on state and local communities.
The Nautilus Institute - A policy-oriented research and consulting organization that focuses on Asian-Pacific issues.
Nonprofit Issues - A great website for nonprofit law.
The Nonprofit Quarterly.  
OMB Watch - Federal policy at its finest.
Philanthropy Journal Online - Good source for current events in area of philanthropy; allows simple searching.
Philanthropic Research, Inc. - Publishers of the Guidestar Directory of American Charities in print and on CD-ROM.
The Progressive Directory - The gateway to environmental and progressive resources worldwide.
The San Francisco Management Center - Nonprofit support services for Northern California.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center - Remembering the Holocaust and defending human rights and the Jewish people.
The Isoph Institute is where the nonprofit community comes to learn and collaborate.  At the Isoph Institute you can enroll in affordable online courses, host live online learning seminars, presentations and meetings for your organization, access relevant resources, and engage in threaded discussions.
The Urban Institute - A policy research organization investigating the social and economic problems confronting the nation and government policies and public and private programs designed to alleviate them.

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