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Achieving sustainability

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Some long-
established Cape Cod nonprofits

Advocates for nonprofits

Finding grantmakers

Fund-raising 

Management resources for nonprofits

News

Civic engagement

Writing effective newsletters

Page last updated October 05, 2005

Alliance for Nonprofit Management:

About us:  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. The 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. 

Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN):

About us:   In 1994, Dean Morton, former EVP, COO and a Director of the Hewlett Packard Company joined with with Bob Daw, formerly of the United Way, to co-found the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits.  Their vision was to provide a means for nonprofit leaders and their organizations to obtain the knowledge and resources necessary to promote excellence in nonprofit organizational performance.

     Now, ten years later, the impact of their vision has been deeply felt throughout Silicon Valley.  Countless innovative programs and services have been made available to non- profit executives and their organizations.  Some of the more notable examples include The Best Practices Exchanges, Nonprofit Executive Roundtables, the Pinnacle Program, Wired for Good, an endowment to provide scholarships for Executive Directors to attend the Harvard Business School's course on 'Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management', special issue forums, a major conference on non-profit leadership, and the annual CEN Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Award. 

Council on Foundations (COF):

About us:  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. 

CSR Wire:

CSR Wire is published by the Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire Service, which describes itself as "the leading source of corporate responsibility and sustainability press releases, reports, and news."  See especially "Press release from the United Parcel Service of America, Inc.:  Nonprofits Still Find It Difficult to Manage Volunteers, Study Says" (February 20, 2004).   

Executive Service Corps of New England:

The Executive Service Corps of New England (ESC) is a regional, nonprofit corporation headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

     ESC is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the communities we serve by providing high-quality, affordable consulting services, resources, and mentors to nonprofits and educational leaders seeking to address critical organizational issues.

     We accomplish these goals by drawing upon an extensive volunteer network of senior-level executives and professionals who are committed to helping public service organizations more effectively serve their constituents.

Georgia Center for Nonprofits:

About us:  The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is Georgia's association for nonprofit, charitable organizations. Our mission is to serve, strengthen and support Georgia's nonprofit community. The Center advocates to improve the environment in which nonprofits work and helps nonprofits manage better by offering information, training, consulting and nonprofit jobs services.

Harvard Business School:

"The Next Ten Years of Social Enterprise"  (May 4, 2004)

"It's Back to Business Basics for Nonprofits"  (February 23, 2004)

"Leadership:  A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?"  (February 23, 2004)

Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations:

About us:  The Center seeks to expand understanding and accelerate critical thinking about civil society among scholars, practitioners, policy makers and the general public, by encouraging scholarship, developing curriculum, fostering mutual learning between academics and practitioners, and shaping policies that enhance the sector and its role in society.

Internet Nonprofit Center:

The Internet Nonprofit Center publishes the Nonprofit FAQ, a resource of information provided by participants in many online discussions about nonprofits and their work. First-time users may want to look at the Guide to using the FAQ.

IT Resource Center, Technology Leadership for Nonprofit Excellence:

About us:  Our goal is technology leadership for nonprofit excellence: the IT Resource Center will lead nonprofit organizations to harness the power of technology.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA:

About us:  The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. Each of the 56 states and jurisdictions has created an agency to support excellence in and access to the arts.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA):

About us:  The 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.

Nonprofit Business Solutions (NBS):

Nonprofit Business Solutions (NBS) assists nonprofit organizations of all sizes in creating a balance in their fund development by aiding in the assessment and implementation of earned-income strategies. This website provides instruction and practical hands-on exercises for nonprofits interested in exploring the possibilities of earned-income. The exercises are designed to help identify and assess a nonprofit's current assets, as well as the earned-income opportunities these assets may present.

Nonprofit Good Practice Guide:

We provide key information designed to help manage your nonprofit organization efficiently and effectively.

Third Sector New England:

Third Sector New England provides information and services to build the knowledge, power, and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations that engage people in community and public life. We act also to promote wider recognition of community-based organizations as the primary stewards of our core societal values. The ultimate intention of our work is to create a more just and democratic society.

Metrix:

UP & Running was designed as a response to the Fund for the City of New York's 20 years of developing systems for nonprofits. We identified a set of common information management needs of small to mid-sized organizations, and have designed a system with the potential to streamline operations and save nonprofits thousands of dollars in software and support costs. This community software product is distributed free of cost and developed using Microsoft Access, and follows an open-source development model.

Interesting
Articles

"A nonprofit that helps other nonprofits,  Greenlights for Nonprofits Success," News 8 Austin, April 18, 2004.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "Getting the Best Results from Brainstorming," March 18, 2004.  A good story that talks about the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Yarmouth Port, Mass. 

Fast Company, "The Support Economy, Voices for Change":  

"The Support Economy discussion group seeks voices for change. Twentieth-century capitalism and its business models are in a downward spiral.  A new capitalism for our times -- and new business models -- are only beginning to emerge.  As consumers, we are frustrated and mistrustful.  As employees, we are resentful and exhausted. How can we jump the curve from the old world to the new?"