Alliance for Nonprofit Management

The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is the professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits - to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.

Alliance is a learning community that promotes quality in nonprofit capacity building. The Alliance convenes a major annual conference, networks colleagues year-round online, and provides member discounts on books and other publications. The Alliance provides visibility to its members in the online "Find a Consultant or Service Provider" directory, the People of Color Roster, and the print membership directory.

American Association of Fundraising AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy


The founding firms of the American Association of Fundraising Counsel sought to enhance the professionalism of a field that was disorganized and sometimes misunderstood and mistrusted. Their first act was to develop a fair practice code. The code, known today as the Standards of Practice and Professional Code of Ethics, is widely accepted as a model for professional ethics in the field.

Beyond this original mission to promote the evolution of the professional fundraising field, the Association's other commitment?promoting philanthropy?has also expanded through the years. Giving USA was first published as a public service in 1955.

In 1985, three Association leaders, Arthur D. Raybin, John Grenzebach, and Charles E. Lawson, incorporated the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy to carry out and expand a number of the public service goals of the Association. Today the Trust publishes Giving USA, the annual yearbook on American philanthropy, and supports research and education. The American Association of Fundraising Counsel continues to provide financial support, expertise, and leadership to the Trust and works in partnership with it to advance philanthropy and promote ethics in the fundraising profession.

American Humanics, Inc.

The American Humanics program is an innovative course of study that equips college and university students to become skilled professionals and leaders in America's nonprofit organizations. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, American Humanics is the only national nonprofit organization meeting this need. To ensure students' success, American Humanics provides leadership opportunities, internships, and scholarships as well as education curriculum.

American Institute of Philanthropy


The mission of the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), a nonprofit charity watchdog and information service, is to maximize the effectiveness of every dollar contributed to charity by providing donors with the information they need to make more informed giving decisions.

GOALS
To research and evaluate the efficiency, accountability and governance of nonprofit organizations; to educate the public about the importance of wise giving; to inform the public of wasteful or unethical practices of nonprofits and provide recognition to highly effective and ethical charities; to advise AIP members and conduct special investigations and evaluations of nonprofits; to expand and re-define our programs periodically to meet the continuing challenge of keeping the contributor informed.

THE AIP DIFFERENCE
Other sources of charity information merely repeat or run through a formula the self-reported and often erroneous numbers in a charity?s tax form. AIP conducts an in-depth financial analysis of audited financial statements and other reports to give you a better understanding of how the money is actually being spent. AIP provides a much needed and useful service because the financial picture that we provide may be very different than what the charity, which is trying to appear in the most favorable light, is presenting. Donors benefit from AIP's more rigorous analysis. With no SEC or federal government watchdog, no investors who will sue if given false information and loose reporting rules, the nonprofit sector has little oversight and much room for financial manipulation. AIP is the only national charity watchdog to evaluate social welfare groups such as the ACLU, Doris Day Animal League, Human Rights Campaign, League of Women Voters, NARAL Pro Choice America, National Right to Life Committee and Sierra Club. AIP is fiercely independent. Our board of directors does not include any heads of nonprofit associations, who receive their pay from groups that they are watching. We also do not charge charities that we review for the right to publicize our findings. We strongly feel that to do otherwise would compromise our independence.

Arts Management: The National News Service for Those Who Finance, Manage, and Communicate the Arts


Arts Management Network is a worldwide information service and network for the special field of arts management and cultural administration. The network started in 1996 as a German online magazine to show information about arts management issues to students, lecturers, and professionals. In the meantime the network is the oldest and most popular resource for arts management in the German-speaking countries, and becomes more and more popular around the world. There are relationships to a lot of important arts management organizations as well as to many arts management courses around the world in order to building up an international network of people and their knowledge.

Association for Healthcare Philanthropy


The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) is an international professional organization dedicated exclusively to developing the men and women who encourage charity in North America's health care systems. Established in 1967, AHP is the source for education, networking, information, and research opportunities in health care philanthropy. AHP is a not-for-profit organization with its international headquarters located outside Washington, D.C. in Falls Church, Virginia.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

Founded in 1971 as the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is a neutral, open forum committed to strengthening the research community in the emerging field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies. ARNOVA brings together both theoretical and applied interests, helping scholars gain insight into the day-to-day concerns of third-sector organizations, while providing nonprofit professionals with research they can use to improve the quality of life for citizens and communities. Principal activities include an annual conference, publications, electronic discussions and special interest groups.

Association of Fundraising Professionals

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents 26,000 members in 172 chapters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs. AFP believes that to guarantee human freedom and social creativity, people must have the right to freely and voluntarily form organizations to meet perceived needs, advocate causes, and seek funds to support these activities.

Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement

The Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) represents over 1,900 development professionals around the world who are dedicated to meeting the data and information needs of the nonprofit community. Advancement researchers are the development officers on the front line of data management, uniquely positioned -- and qualified -- to gather, interpret, analyze, and disseminate the information critical to securing support for nonprofit organizations.

Aspen Nonprofit Sector Research Fund

Nonprofit Sector Research Fund awards research grants and organizes convenings to expand knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy, improve nonprofit practices, and inform public policy related to nonprofits.

Established at The Aspen Institute in 1991, the Fund seeks to enhance both the quantity and quality of nonprofit research by increasing the legitimacy and visibility of nonprofit scholarship; encouraging new investments in sector research; supporting the exploration of tough, neglected questions and enlarging the number of creative scholars and practitioners interested in pursuing nonprofit studies. Since its founding, the Fund has awarded a total of $10 million to support more than 400 research projects on a broad range of nonprofit topics.

After an intensive year-long evaluation and strategic planning process, NSRF has now initiated a more targeted approach to research grantmaking Beginning in 2002, NSRF is focusing its work in three areas:

1) Nonprofits and Public Policy

2) Nonprofit Relations with Business and Government

3) Foundation Policy and Practice

For each of its focus areas, NSRF will assess research gaps and needs; support research and dialogue on priority topics; communicate research findings to appropriate audiences; and work with other organizations to facilitate the use of new knowledge to improve relevant practices and policies.

The Barna Group

Through its five divisions, The Barna Group provides primary research (The Barna Research Group); communications tools (BarnaFilms; printed resources (BarnaBooks); leadership development for young people (The Josiah Corps); and church facilitation and enhancement (Transformation Church Network). The ultimate aim of the firm is to partner with Christian ministries and individuals to be a catalyst in moral and spiritual transformation in the United States It accomplishes these outcomes by providing vision, information, evaluation and resources through a network of intimate partnerships. Among its strategic partners are Church Communication Network, EMI Christian Music Group, Filmdisc, HollywoodJesus.com, Kingdom Inc., and Tyndale House Publishers.

BBB Wise Giving Alliance

Give.org is the web site for the BBB Wise Giving Alliance.

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance was formed in 2001 with the merger of the National Charities Information Bureau and the Council of Better Business Bureaus Foundation and its Philanthropic Advisory Service. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, affiliated with the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

BBB Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have national or international program services. It routinely asks such organizations for information about their programs, governance, fund raising practices, and finances when the charities have been the subject of inquiries. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance never recommends one charity over another, and selects charities for evaluation based on the volume of donor inquiries about individual organizations. These policies allow the Alliance to serve donors' information needs and also help donors to make their own decisions regarding charitable giving. All local Better Business Bureaus in the United States disseminate Alliance educational materials. Local BBB's also report on organizations whose fund raising efforts are local in scope.

Board Source

BoardSource, formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards, is the premier resource for practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Through our highly acclaimed programs and services, BoardSource enables organizations to fulfill their missions by helping build strong and effective nonprofit boards.

BoardSource provides

• Resources to nonprofit leaders through workshops, training, and an extensive Web-based database.
• Governance consultants who work directly with nonprofit leaders to design specialized solutions to meet an organization's needs.
• The most comprehensive selection of material on nonprofit governance, including a large selection of booklets, books, videotapes, and audiotapes.
• An biennial conference that brings together approximately 700 board members and chief executives of nonprofit organizations from around the world.

Business Committee for the Arts

The Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA), founded in 1967 by David Rockefeller, is a national not-for-profit organization that brings business and the arts together. It provides businesses of all sizes with the services and resources necessary to develop and advance partnerships with the arts that benefit business, the arts and the community.

The Value of the Arts

• The arts are essential to the quality of life in a community. The arts, along with educational institutions, health and human services and housing, help make a community livable and an attractive place to live, visit and work.
• The arts are a critical component in K-12 education. The arts increase SAT scores, improve academic performance and problem-solving skills, help redirect at-risk students, and are essential to the development of a skilled and creative workforce.
• The arts are good for business. The arts offer opportunities to build customer and client relationships, enhance employee and community relations, and attract and retain employees. The arts also enhance economic vitality by purchasing goods and services and generating sales for other businesses.
• The arts affirm and celebrate who we are. Beyond their intrinsic value, the arts stimulate creative thinking and foster an appreciation and understanding of various cultures.

Support the arts. It?s good for the arts, the community, and your business.

Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, The Urban Institute

The Center for the Study of Church Management


The Center for the Study of Church management provides a wide array of educational and training programs. These range from a comprehensive on-line masters degree in Church Administration to a one-week certificate program held on campus. All of the education programs emphasize the practical, every-day management issues that church managers at all levels regularly face.

Center for the Study of Global Christianity

Welcome to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Our purpose is to serve faculty, students, alumni, religion scholars, church leaders, missiologists and journalists seeking information and analysis on the global Christian movement by providing resources such as the World Christian Database (WCD).

The online World Christian Database (WCD) includes detailed information on 34,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. In addition, extensive data is available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as data on 7,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. Statistics in the online WCD represent a significant update of the data published in WCE/WCT in 2001. The WCD represents the core of the data supporting the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE) and World Christian Trends (WCT).

Center on Wealth and Philanthropy

The Center on Wealth and Philanthropy (CWP) is a multidisciplinary research center specializing in the study of spirituality, wealth, philanthropy, and other aspects of cultural life in an age of affluence. Founded in 1970, CWP is a recognized authority on the relation between economic wherewithal and philanthropy, the motivations for charitable involvement, and the underlying meaning and practice of care.

The leading cultural and spiritual question of the current era is how to make wise decisions in an age of affluence. The increase of personal affluence and wealth has put before increasing numbers of people the opportunity to decide something substantial: whether and how they wish to move from an emphasis on the quantity of their wants to the quality of their needs. The implication for charitable giving is that we will increasingly find affluent and wealthy individuals across all generations and business backgrounds tending either to freely give as a path to care for others and happiness for themselves, or to politely meet quotas. In an environment of liberty, giving that is extracted will be resisted; giving that is invited as a way for donors to identify with the fate of others will be honored.

Over the past twenty years CWP has received generous support from the T.B. Murphy Foundation Charitable Trust, which funded CWP's ground-breaking "Study on Wealth and Philanthropy;" from the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, Inc., and the Boston Foundation.

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

Every culture depends on philanthropy and nonprofit organizations to provide essential elements of a civil society. Effective philanthropy and nonprofit management are instrumental in creating and maintaining public confidence in the philanthropic traditions--voluntary association, voluntary giving, and voluntary action. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University increases the understanding of philanthropy and improves its practice through programs in research, teaching, public service, and public affairs. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University is a part of the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The Center has academic and research programs on the IUPUI and the IU-Bloomington campuses.

Charities Aid Foundation

The origins of the Charities Aid Foundation date back to 1924, when the National Council of Social Service set up a Charities Department to encourage more efficient giving to charity. The department was later renamed the Charities Aid Fund and achieved much success in assisting the distribution of large sums of money for charitable purposes.

In 1974, the NCSS (now known as the NCVO or National Council for Voluntary Organisations, believing that the department would flourish through independence, constituted the Charities Aid Foundation as a registered charity and appointed its first board of independent trustees.

The development of CAF over that time, and particularly over the last decade, has been impressive. Today it handles over £1 billion a year for donors and charities, employs more than 300 staff in Kent and London and works across the world. It provides services to over 350,000 private individuals and many of Britain's largest companies. It passes donations, amounting to £130 million in 1998/9, to charities large and small and assists them in many other ways. It actively encourages debate about non-profit activity, through its research, conferences and seminars, and advocacy for an improved environment for charitable activity.

In short, CAF is a charity with a unique purpose: to do all in its power to ensure that charitable giving to all charities is as robust and effective as it can possibly be.

CAF has offices in various locations around the world but its headquarters are in the United Kingdom.

CharityChannel, LLC

CharityChannel is a resource that connects you to your nonprofit colleagues across town, across the country, and around the world.

OUR GOAL: To create a place where nonprofit professionals can connect, learn from each other, share information and work together to advance the cause of philanthropy.

The CharityChannel community is comprised of nonprofit sector professionals from around the world who volunteer their time, advice, information, tips and articles for the benefit of the community. nCharityChannel directs (or "channels") this information through our vast network, approves, edits and/or packages it up, and directs it back out to you by way of: Forum discussion lists, e-newsletters, updated news links, book reviews, interviews, job postings, consultants listings and product/service listings.

Civic Reflection

People of faith tend to locate their reasons for volunteering their time, or for giving to their communities, within their own faith tradition. The Project on Civic Reflection encourages conversation about these fundamental principles by providing resources that help congregations and communities to raise questions and discuss them. Our resources can be used in a variety of settings, including Sunday School hour classes and small group meeting times, or longer periods designated for reflection and retreat.

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international alliance of over 1000 members from 105 countries that has worked for over a decade to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world, especially in areas where participatory democracy and citizens' freedom of association are threatened. CIVICUS has a vision of a global community of active, engaged citizens committed to the creation of a more just and equitable world. This is premised on the belief that the health of societies exists in direct proportion to the degree of balance between the state, the private sector and civil society. CIVICUS provides a focal point for knowledge-sharing, common interest representation, global institution-building and engagement among these disparate sectors. It acts as an advocate for citizen participation as an essential component of governance and democracy worldwide. CIVICUS seeks to amplify the voices and opinions of ordinary people and it gives expression to the enormous creative energy of the burgeoning sector of civil society.

The Conference Board

The Conference Board creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society.

Working as a global, independent membership organization in the public interest, we conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, publish information and analysis, and bring executives together to learn from one another.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967. The mission of CPB is to facilitate the development of, and ensure universal access to, non-commercial high-quality programming and telecommunications services. It does this in conjunction with non-commercial educational telecommunications licensees across America.

The fundamental purpose of public telecommunications is to provide programs and services which inform, enlighten and enrich the public. While these programs and services are provided to enhance the knowledge, and citizenship, and inspire the imagination of all Americans, the Corporation has particular responsibility to encourage the development of programming that involves creative risks and that addresses the needs of unserved and underserved audiences, particularly children and minorities.

The Corporation is accountable to the public for investing its funds in programs and services which are educational, innovative, locally relevant, and reflective of America's common values and cultural diversity. The Corporation serves as a catalyst for innovation in the public broadcasting industry, and acts as a guardian of the mission and purposes for which public broadcasting was established.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with an office in London, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, and development.

Today CASE's membership includes more than 3,200 colleges, universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools in 55 countries around the world. This makes CASE the largest nonprofit education association in terms of institutional membership. We serve more than 38,000 advancement professionals on the staffs of our member institutions and have more than 22,000 professional members on our roster.

Acting on its mission to advance and support education worldwide, CASE officially opened a European office in London in 1994. CASE now has more than 200 member institutions in the United Kingdom , Ireland , and continental Europe.

CASE helps its members build stronger relationships with their alumni and donors, raise funds for campus projects, produce recruitment materials, market their institutions to prospective students, diversify the profession, and foster public support of education. CASE also offers a variety of advancement products and services, provides standards and an ethical framework for the profession, and works with other organizations to respond to public issues of concern, while promoting the importance of education worldwide.

Council for Aid to Education

The Council for Aid to Education (CAE) is a national nonprofit organization based in New York City. Initially established in 1952 to advance corporate support of education and to conduct policy research on higher education, today CAE is also focused on improving quality and access in higher education. The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is central to that focus, a national effort to assess the quality of undergraduate education by directly measuring student learning outcomes. CAE also undertakes strategic planning for public university systems, states, and foreign nations. In addition, CAE conducts research on and promotes policy reforms in higher education. CAE also is the nation's sole source of empirical data on private giving to education, through the annual Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey and its Data Miner interactive database.

Council on Foundations

The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide. We provide leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities "among other services" to our members and to the general public.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.

In print, The Chronicle is published biweekly except the first two weeks in July and the last two weeks in December (a total of 24 issues a year). A subscription includes full access to this Web site and news updates by e-mail -- all at no extra charge. An online-only subscription is also available.

The Web site offers the complete contents of the latest issue, an archive of past issues and articles published since October 1997, and two issues' worth of the most recent grant listings -- all fully searchable.

empty tomb, Inc.

empty tomb, inc. is located in Champaign, Illinois. It is a Christian service and research organization. empty tomb, inc. serves the church in different ways, providing both a financial discipleship strategy and information about church giving patterns on a national level. On a local level in the Champaign-Urbana, IL area, empty tomb, inc. provides opportunities for volunteers to become involved in meeting various needs in Jesus' name.

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

ECFA is an accreditation agency dedicated to helping Christian ministries earn the public's trust through adherence to seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship. Founded in 1979, it is comprised of over 1,100 charitable, religious, missionary, social, and educational tax-exempt, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations.

ECFAs Standards of Responsible Stewardship focus on board governance, financial transparency, integrity in fund-raising, and proper use of charity resources.

Generous Giving

Generous Giving is a privately funded ministry that seeks to encourage givers of all income levels as well as pastors, church lay leaders and others to experience the joy of giving and embrace a lifestyle of generosity, according to God's word and Christ's example. It was launched in 2000 by the Maclellan Foundation to stir a renewed, Spirit-led commitment to generosity among Christians. Generous Giving does not solicit donations.

GuideStar

In 1994, GuideStar began as a new venture with a bold vision: to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice with information. We became a 501(c)(3) public charity in 1996. In our journey to create a more transparent and accountable nonprofit community, we are reshaping the infrastructure of the nonprofit sector. Nonprofits embrace this practice of transparency and accountability when they share information about their mission, programs, and finances with the public. Accurate information is a powerful tool, and our users have responded with better-informed, more effective giving decisions.

Hartford Institute for Religion Research

Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religion Research has a twenty-seven year record of rigorous, policy-relevant research, anticipation of emerging issues and commitment to the creative dissemination of learning. This record has earned the Institute an international reputation as an important bridge between the scholarly community and the practice of faith.

Indianapolis Center for Congregation

The Center for Congregations is dedicated to helping Indiana congregations address their pressing practical challenges.

Through resource consulting, the Center assists congregations in finding and utilizing the very best resources - both local and national. These resources include media materials, consulting services, community agencies, books and much more. Through education events, the Center brings in leaders from various fields for workshops, connecting events, conferences and long-term learning groups. The Center also helps congregations to learn from each other through networking and sharing stories in publications, such as the Centerpiece newsletter and Congregational Stories. We also share what we learn from our experience in Indiana with congregations across the country.

We are affiliated with the Alban Institute, a research, publishing, education and consulting organization based in Herndon, Virginia. The Center is a gift to the greater Indianapolis area from Lilly Endowment Inc., so most of our services are offered free of charge.

Independent Sector

Independent Sector is the leadership forum for charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good in America and around the world. Our nonpartisan coalition of approximately 550 organizations leads, strengthens, and mobilizes the charitable community in order to fulfill our vision of a just and inclusive society and a healthy democracy of active citizens, effective institutions, and vibrant communities.

International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)

(ISTR) is a major international association promoting research and education in the fields of philanthropy, civil society and the nonprofit sector. ISTR reflects the growing worldwide interest in Third Sector research and provides a permanent forum for international research, while at the same time building a global scholarly community in this field

Institute for Jewish & Community Research

The Institute for Jewish & Community Research, San Francisco, is an independent non-profit dedicated to the growth of the Jewish community. The Institute serves as a national and international think tank providing policy research to the Jewish community and society in general. We design and develop initiatives that help build a more vibrant and secure Jewish community.

We educate both the public and opinion leaders through publications and conferences in four areas:

Demography and Religious Identity - The Jewish people face serious demographic challenges. It is not easy to clearly identify who is a Jew and who is not. How does the Jewish community adjust to significant changes in religious belief and identity?

The Growth and Vitality of Jewish Peoplehood - Organizational, cultural and ideological barriers to growth have developed. How can the Jewish community be more positive, open and welcoming?

The Security of the Jewish Community - Anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism in America and abroad have seen a dramatic increase in recent years. How is current anti-Semitism different than in the past and what are the appropriate institutional responses?

Philanthropy - American philanthropy, both Jewish and general, set the standard for giving in the world. What are the most important trends regarding both foundations and individual donors and how do they facilitate or inhibit positive societal change?

National Association of Independent Schools

The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a membership organization representing approximately 1,200 independent schools and associations in the United States and abroad. We offer a broad variety of services to our member schools and associations.
The National Association of Independent Schools acts as the national voice of independent pre-collegiate education and as the center for collective action on behalf of its membership. It serves and strengthens its member schools and associations by articulating and promoting high standards of educational quality and ethical behavior by working to preserve their independence to serve the democratic society from which that independence derives and by advocating broad access for students in affirming the principles of equity and justice.

National Catholic Development Conference

NCDC leads Catholic organizations toward excellence in their development ministries by providing opportunities for growth in leadership and excellence through conferences and networking. As the United States ' largest association of religious philanthropies, NCDC affirms the mission of each of its members by working for and with them as fundraisers.

Central to NCDC's existence are the many services provided to its membership: timely legislation and postal-related reports, regional seminars, the annual Development Conference and Exposition, informative publications, print and audio resources and other specialized services geared to meet member needs.

National Center for Charitable Statistics at Urban Institute

The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States . Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society.

Working closely with the IRS and other government agencies, private sector service organizations, and the scholarly community, NCCS builds compatible national, state, and regional databases and develops uniform standards for reporting on the activities of charitable organizations.

The Center was established in 1982 and has been a project of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute since July 1996, when it was transferred from the research division of INDEPENDENT SECTOR.

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

OUR MISSION:
Since 1976, NCRP has advocated for the philanthropic community to provide nonprofit organizations with essential resources and opportunities to work toward social and economic justice for disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations and communities.

RESEARCH WITH RESULTS
NCRP's staff monitors philanthropic practices and carefully and systematically researches potential areas for reform that can make a positive, progressive difference for the nonprofit community.

COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH
Change can only happen when everyone who is affected has a seat at the table and has an opportunity to speak. Recognizing that we would not be as effective if we worked with only foundations, we make a concerted effort to collaborate with our colleagues in the nonprofit world and the media, as well as with local, regional, and national policy makers.

THE BOTTOM LINE: REFORM SECTOR
Our research feeds into our policy advocacy for reform of the philanthropic sector. We have long advocated for significantly improving philanthropic accountability and responsiveness, as well as the means for improving standards of accountability. With our recommendations for reform, we hope to bring a sense of democratic and fair governance and oversight to the billions of dollars held in the trust of the sector.

National Committee on Planned Giving

The National Committee on Planned Giving® (NCPG) is the preeminent association for professionals in the charitable gift planning field.

NCPG members are:

• Planned and major gifts officers for charities
• Fundraising consultants
• Attorneys
• Accountants
• Financial planners
• Other financial services professionals and donor advisors

Thousands of professionals in these fields are committed to better serving their donors. To join them, contact the NCPG Membership Department at 317/269-6274.

NCPG has a network of more than 130 local planned giving councils that provide community-based education and networking. We encourage our members to also join the NCPG-affiliated council in their area. To find the council nearest you, contact the NCPG Membership Department for more information, by calling (317)269-6274; email: ncpg@ncpg.org

National Council of Churches U.S.A

Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA has been the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States. The NCC's member faith groups representing a wide spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, historic African American and Living Peace churches include 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations

NCNA advances the vital role and capacity of the nonprofit sector in civil society and supports and give voice to state and regional associations of nonprofit organizations.

The National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA) is the network of state and regional nonprofit associations serving over 22,000 members in 45 states and the District of Columbia. NCNA links local organizations to a national audience through state associations and helps small and mid-sized nonprofits:

Manage and lead more effectively.
Collaborate and exchange solutions.
Save money through group buying opportunities.
Engage in critical policy issues affecting the sector.
Achieve greater impact in their communities.

Native Americans in Philanthropy

Native Americans in Philanthropy seeks to engage Native and non-Native peoples in understanding and advancing the role of philanthropy through practices that support Native traditional values for current and future generations.

Native Americans in Philanthropy celebrates the rich history that Native peoples have in sharing their wealth and caring for their communities. Native Americans in Philanthropy is comprised of individuals who seek to enrich the lives of Native people through bridging organized philanthropy and indigenous communities in order to foster understanding and increase effectiveness. Native Americans in Philanthropy seeks to strengthen indigenous communities by:

• Establishing and maintaining a communication flow for continuous dialogue between the philanthropic and indigenous communities;
• Providing professional development opportunities and support for Native people working in the field of philanthropy;
• Encouraging Native definitions of development and self-determination in indigenous communities; and;
• Uplifting Native philanthropy as a reflection of our common good.

Newtithing

Background
NewTithing Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and private operating foundation founded by money manager and philanthropist Claude Rosenberg to expand upon the research of his 1994 book, Wealthy and Wise: How You and America Can Get The Most Out of Your Giving" (Little, Brown).

Mission
NewTithing Group educates the public and their advisors to make comfortably affordable charitable donations through sound budgeting. Through its philanthropic research and planning tools, the Group strives to help individuals lead more meaningful lives with the knowledge that they are improving the public good at their own comfortable capacity: The Group believes that a comfortable donation makes a happier donor and a more effective charitable investor.

Philosophy
NewTithing Group's resources help people determine comfortably affordable donations based on factors such as: income, expenses (including debt), and investment assets (excluding personal homes and possessions). Yet determining how much to give to charity involves each donor's subjective comfort level. The Group thus assumes that the ancient custom of "tithing" still remains a constructive practice for people with income, yet little or no assets.

Eduational Resources
The Group's educational resources include PrudentPal® Charitable Giving Planner, an on-line budgeting tool; and Proprietary IRS-Based Research on wealth and affordable donations, updated annually. The Group's resources are meant for donors, investors, financial/tax/philanthropic advisors, private foundations, and corporate giving programs.

Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program, The Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program (NSPP) seeks to improve the operation of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy through research, leadership education, and communication initiatives focused on critical nonprofit issues. The program's major projects are: Nonprofit Sector Research Fund; Aspen Philanthropy Letter; Kellogg-Kauffman Seminar Series for Mid-America Foundation CEOs; State of America's Nonprofit Sector Project; Fast-Growth, High-Impact Nonprofit; Community Giving Resource, and the Nonprofit Sector Strategy Group.

The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund awards research grants to support studies that examine the nonprofit sector and philanthropy. To access detailed information about NSRF, please visit www.nonprofitresearch.org or contact Winnifred Levy, Communications Manager, at winnifred.levy@aspeninst.org.

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As The Leading Business Publication for Nonprofit Management, The NonProfit Times, published 24 times a year, will provide you with hard hitting, and useful information on the business of managing your nonprofit organization.

FREE subscriptions are offered only to full time U.S. nonprofit executives. To determine eligibility, all qualification questions must be answered. Publisher reserves the right to determine qualification for a free subscription. All subscriptions must be re-qualified annually.

The Reluctant Steward

Updating The Reluctant Steward
...is a multi-faceted research program. It was designed to expand upon the areas of discourse that have developed since the 1990 research and address new questions on stewardship issues. This project consisted of three phases conducted in 2000-2001.

The Taft Group

The TAFT Group, an imprint of Thomson Gale, has more than 30 years experience in publishing reference works for the nonprofit arena.

Originally focusing on financial development and consulting, the Taft Group has developed a rich database of hard-to-find information on individual, corporate and foundation philanthropy. Today, Taft's product line includes authoritative how-to and other handbooks for professional fundraisers in the nonprofit sector.

United Jewish Communities

United Jewish Communities represents and serves 155 Jewish federations and 400 independent Jewish communities across North America. It reflects the values of social justice and human rights that define the Jewish people. The values of caring that transform lives and perform miracles

United Way of America

The United Way system includes approximately 1,350 community-based United Way organizations. Each is independent, separately incorporated and governed by local volunteers.

Our experience tells us that the best way to help the most people is to focus on the root causes of a community's most serious problems. It takes the whole community--working together--to pull it off.

So we bring together people from all across the community--people from government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, the labor movement, and ordinary citizens--to tackle the issues that matter most. If it requires fundraising, going to City Hall, or just getting people to work together, that's what we do.

United Way is focused on the results: the lives we change and the communities we shape. We know that's what matters to you.

Women's Funding Network

You know the old saying: Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. In the world of women's funds, the saying goes like this:

If you give a woman a fish, she will feed her family first and might possibly go hungry.

If you teach a woman to fish, she will feed her family until outside forces take away her fishing rights or pollute the lake.

If you help a woman buy the lake, she will feed her family, keep the lake environmentally clean and have something to pass on to future generations. We support women and girls who are ready to buy the lake. Join us!

Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

The Women's Philanthropy Institute inspires, educates and encourages women to effect change in the world through philanthropy.

Throughout history, women have demonstrated their philanthropic spirit. They have established schools, founded hospitals, and sheltered the homeless, never questioning their ability to make a difference in the world through their donations of time and talent.

Today woman are poised to discover their capacity to transform the world through financial giving. Yet sometimes women hold back in their giving because of barriers arising from their socialization. The Women's Philanthropy Institute was formed to help women gain confidence in their capabilities as financial donors and to inspire women to fulfill their philanthropic potential.

WPI is not a funding organization. Rather, it is an educational resource for women and for those who wish to encourage women as donors.