Advice for Grant Makers on Helping Strengthen Nonprofit Groups
Funding Effectiveness: Lessons in Building Nonprofit Capacity
Overview of Nonprofit Groups in Indiana
The Indiana Nonprofit Sector: A Profile, by Kirsten A. Grnbjerg and Linda J. Allen, summarizes the results of a 2002 survey of 2,205 Indiana charities, congregations, and advocacy and mutual-benefit organizations. Ms. Grnbjerg, a professor at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, in…
The Handbook on Counter-Terrorism Measures: What U.S. Nonprofits and Grantmakers Need to Know, by Edgardo Ramos, Timothy R. Lyman, Patricia Canavan, and Clifford Nichols III, summarizes the potential effects on charitable organizations of rules that the federal government has imposed in recent…
Advice for Foundations Supporting Collaborations
Getting Better Together: A Foundation Report on Collaboration Grantsdescribes several nonprofit-group partnerships that have received financing from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, in Atlanta. The report profiles five collaborations, including one between a theater company and a refugee…
Guidelines for Strong Nonprofit Boards
The New Effective Voluntary Board of Directors: What It Is and How It Works
Revising Structures for Philanthropic Giving
Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Nonprofit Groups
The Resilient Sector, by Lester M. Salamon, is an updated summary of The State of Nonprofit America, published in December 2002 (both versions are co-published by the Brookings Institution and the Aspen Institute). Mr. Salamon, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, in…
Overview of California Foundations
California Foundations: 2000-2001 Update, by James M. Ferris, provides information about grant makers throughout the state. Mr. Ferris, director of the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, writes that after significant growth in…
Guide to Managing Nonprofit Risks
Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations: A Comprehensive Guide
The ‘How To’ Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants, Fifth Edition