BJ's Charitable Foundation

BJ's Charitable Foundation was established with the goal of creating a positive, long-lasting impact on communities that have a BJ's Wholesale Club. The mission of the Foundation is to enhance and enrich community programs that primarily benefit children and families.
Eligibility:Community organizations that provide serivces that help end hunger and support self-sufficiency, health care and education.
Contact:BJ's Charitable Foundation, P.O. Box 9614, One Mercer Rd, Natick, MA 01760
Deadline:Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Strategic Communications

New to the collection:
Strategic Communications for Nonprofit Organizations: seven steps to creating a successful plan
by Sally J. Patterson
Strategic Communications for Nonprofits: A step-by-step guide to working with the media
by Kathy Bonk

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers

Mark Your Calendars - Thursday, February 11th,2010 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Free, one-hour basic grantseeking workshop. Learn about the Nonprofit Resource Center collection at the Central Library and receive hands-on training on how to use the Foundation Directory Online database to find new funders.

Workshops are held at the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library: meet on Level 3 for collection orientation, then up to the Level 4 Pass Computer Lab for database training.

Please call 315-435-1900 to pre-register. Space is limited.
Group orientations or one-on-one database instruction may be available by special request. Please contact the Nonprofit Resource Center Supervisor for more information.

FDO Powersearch – the grantseeker’s ultimate power tool

The Foundation Directory Online (FDO)database now offers a power search option to find results from nine Foundation Center databases—grantmakers, companies, grants, and 990s, plus news, jobs, RFPs, PubHub reports, and nonprofit literature. FDO users can now refine their searches on the fly, adding or removing search criteria to narrow and broaden results lists without having to start the search over.
Visit the Nonprofit Resource Center to use this invaluable resource.

The Foundation: How Private Wealth is Changing the World
by Joel L. Fleishman
Everything You Need to Know to Raise Money (and Have Fun) with a Charity Auction
by Robert Baird

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers
A one-hour, free workshop offering hands-on instruction on how to use the Foundation Directory Online database to locate potential foundation funding for your nonprofit.
Robert P. Kinchen Central Library
Thursday December 10, 2009
9:30am
Preregistration is required

New Titles

Change Philanthropy: candid stories of foundations maximizing results through social justice
By Alicia Epstein Korten


Yours for the Asking: an indispensable guide to fundraising and management
By Reynold Levy

Museum Marketing & Strategy: designing missions, building audiences, generating revenue and resources
by Neil, Philip and Wendy Kotler

Fundraising Law Made Easy
by Bruce R. Hopkins

The Annual Campaign

The Annual Campaign by Erik J. Daubert
from the AFP Fund Development Series.

Other Nonprofit Essentials titles include:
Effective Donor Relations,
Endowment Building,
Development Plan,
Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers,
Major Gifts,
Managing Technology,
Capital Campaign.

Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Managers

Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Managers and Leaders: developing people to achieve your mission
by Judith Wilson & Michelle Gislason

Downloadable titles now available

Fundraising Consultants: a guide for nonprofit organizations (AFP Fund Development Series). by E.A. Scanlan

Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: a strategic guide for nonprofit leaders. by Holly Ross


Strategic Communications for Nonprofits: a step-by-step guide to working with the media. by Kathy Bonk


The Budget Building Book for Nonprofits: a step-by-step guide for managers and boards. by Murray Dropkin

Annual Register of Grant Support 2010

Annual Register of Grant Support 2010
A Directory of Funding Sources, 43rd Edition
Just added to the Nonprofit Resource Center reference collection – an exhaustive guide to more than 3,100 grant-giving organizations offering nonrepayable support. Organized by 11 major subject areas—with 61 specific subcategories this is the definitive resource for researching and uncovering a full range of available grant sources. Not only does it direct you to traditional corporate, private, and public funding programs, it also shows you the way to little known, nontraditional grant sources such as educational associations and unions.
For each grant program, you’ll find information on eligibility requirements and restrictions, application procedures and deadlines, grant size or range, contact information, and much more.
The current volume is for in-library use only. The previous year’s edition of the Annual Register of Grant Support can be checked out.

Focus on Funding for the Arts

Check out the Foundation Center's Focus on Funding for the Arts for
free, easily accessible information, including an interactive U.S. map of arts grantmaking, podcasts, research reports, and helpful links.
And don't forget that you can get targeted news year-round by subscribing to their free, monthly e-newsletter, Arts Funding Watch

Egger to speak at AFP luncheon

Nonprofit leader, Robert Egger, will be the keynote speaker at the National Philanthropy Day Awards luncheon on November 13th. The luncheon is sponsored by the CNY chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Mr. Egger is the author of Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Effective and Rewarding for All.

Nonprofit Lifecycles

Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity
2nd edition
by Susan Kenny Stevens
The 2nd edition highlights new examples of foundations that use the lifecycle model as the basis for their capacity grant-making and contains new information regarding the founder's lifecycle, building bench strength and succession planning.

Thank you to the Gifford Foundation for their generous book donation!

Federal Grant Deadlines

Department of Energy: FY 2010 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program
These programs support efforts toward increasing private sector commercialization of technology developed through research and development, stimulating technological innovation in the private sector, and improving the return on investment from research for economic and social benefits to the nation.

Department of Health and Human Services: Statewide Family Network Grants
This program provides funds to enhance state capacity and infrastructure to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families.

Department of Justice: CCDO FY 10 Weed and Seed Communities Competitive Program
This program aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activity. The following four elements make up the two-pronged Weed and Seed strategy: law enforcement; community policing; prevention, intervention, and treatment; and neighborhood restoration.

Environmental Protection Agency: SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program
This program provides funds to create finance programs, such as low cost leases or revolving loan programs, to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions throughout the United States.

Department of Health and Human Services: Substance Use and Abuse among U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families
This program supports efforts to enhance and accelerate research on the epidemiology, identification, prevention, and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse and associated mental health problems among active-duty or recently separated (e.g., Iraq and Afghanistan) military troops and their families.

Trends in Nonprofit Hiring & Compensation

Chronicle of Philanthropy Webinar
Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 2-3 pm Eastern time.
Inside access to a new Chronicle study on nonprofit employment trends from more than 1,000 respondents from organizations nationwide.

In a time of slim donations and increasing need, how are nonprofit groups handling one of their most important tasks — attracting and retaining the most talented workers? And what impact is the recession having on pay for nonprofit chief executives and other workers?

The Webinar will include:

* The release of new Chronicle data on employment trends from more than 1,000 respondents at nonprofit organizations nationwide.
* New information from a major compensation consultant on exactly how nonprofit employers are adjusting pay to reflect current economic realities
* Advice on recruiting in a "buyer’s market" and keeping staff morale high in tough times.

Expert guests include Susan Egmont, founder and principal of the executive-search firm Egmont Associates, and Chris Thompson, the Chronicle of Philanthropy's director of editorial research.

GrantStation webinars

October/November GrantStation webinars

Getting Started in Fundraising

Positioning Your Organization for International Funding

Fundraising as a Profession

Fundraising as a Profession

Giffordslist Nonprofit Exchange

Giffordslist is a great resource for non-profits in our community. It allows organizations to buy, sell, and trade resources and services amongst each other. Organizations can post wants, advertise events, and solicit board members and volunteers. If your organization is looking for ways to go “Green” this is a great tool.

The site is free to use! You can post listings of items and materials you no longer use or request items you are in need of.

Reliable Fundraising

Reliable Fundraising in Unbelievable Times: what good causes need to know to survive and thrive
by Kim Klein

Free Webinar: Nonprofit Intelligence to Fuel Your Q4 Bottom Line

Nonprofit Intelligence to Fuel Your Q4 Bottom Line
October 13, 2009
1 p.m. ET

Space is limited!

Attend this free, one-hour Webinar to learn how GuideStar Subscription Services can help you stay on track and achieve your year-end goals.

Tap into the most accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date nonprofit data available—and get tools to turn that information into new business opportunities.

From analyzing, benchmarking, and prospecting to performing complex pre-grant due diligence, GuideStar Subscription Services has the solution to meet your needs.

Register now to learn how GuideStar Subscription Services can fuel your company's economic recovery.

Presenters

Pamela Jowdy, Senior Product Manager, GuideStar
Scott Menzel, Product and User Experience Manager, GuideStar

RFPs listed in Philanthropy News Digest

Philanthropy News Digest publishes RFPs and notices of awards as a free service for grant-making organizations and nonprofits. Sign up to receive the PND newsletter.

Inside the Nonprofit Boardroom

Inside The Nonprofit Boardroom: What You Need To Know For Satisfaction and Success
by Charles W. Golding and Craig Stewart

Grant Information - AAUW

American Association of University Women (AAUW) provides millions of dollars each year in fellowships, grants and awards for outstanding women around the globe and for community action projects. AAUW also funds pioneering research on women, girls and education.

Asking: A 59-minute Guide to Everything Board Members, Volunteers and Staff Must Know to Secure the Gift
by Jerold Panas

Ultimate Board Member's Book

The Ultimate Board Member's Book: A 1-Hour Guide To Understanding and Fulfilling Yuor Role and Responsibilities
by Kay Sprinkel Grace

Going For The Green! An Insider's Guide to Raising Money With Charity Golf
by Tom King

Embracing Cultural Competency: A Roadmap for Nonprofit Capacity Builders
by Patricia st. Onge
Valuable insights and tools for addressing many challenges that keep organizations from becoming more successful.

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers

Connecting Grantseekers with Grantmakers
Thursday, September 24, 2009
At the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library
Free one-hour basic grantseeking workhsop, designed for 501c3 nonprofit organizations. Learn about the Nonprofit Resource Center collection at the Central Library and receive hands-on training on how to use the Foundation Directory Online database to find new funders.

Meet The Grantmakers

Meet The Grantmakers - Registration Information
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

8:00am - 10:00am
SUNY Oswego Metro Center
The Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13202
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Oneida Community Mansion House
170 Kenwood Ave, Oneida, NY

Join the Central New York Community Foundation, The Gifford Foundation and The Allyn Foundation at one of two informative sessions. Attendees will learn about each of the featured funders, acquire a better understanding of each funder’s strategic approach to grantmaking, engage in dialogue and network.

Help for Job Seekers

If you are looking for a job in the nonprofit sector, the Foundation Center has useful links to get you started!

Giving USA 2009

Just received - Giving USA 2009: the annual report on Philanthropy for the year 2008.

Total giving for 2008 is estimated to be $307.65 billion. This is a decrease of 2.0 percent compared with the revised estimate of $314.07 billion for 2007. This is the fist decline in charitable giving since 1987 and the second since Giving USA began in 1956.

Visit the Nonprofit Resource Center to read more of their key findings. The annual report includes detailed charts and graphs on giving by source of contributions [individuals, foundations, bequests and corporations] and use of contributions [religion, education, human services, public society benefit, health and others].

Focus on the Economic Crisis

Visit the Focus on the Economic Crisis page at the Foundation Center. Listen to the podcast, Turning Crisis Into Opportunity and read the fact sheet, The Foundation and Corporate Response to the Economic Crisis.

Collection Update

ROI for Nonprofits: The New Key To Sustainability
by Tom Ralser

In an environment that increasingly demands accountability, transparency, and results, this book offers methods and processes to help your organization raise money and secure ongoing supporters and show your investors that their money is making a difference.

Fundsnet Online Services

For more information about privately funded grants, check out Fundsnet Online Services, a privately owned website created for the purpose of providing nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet.

Training - GrantStation Insider

Here are the upcoming training sessions available from GrantStation Insider - become a member today and take advantage of these valuable information sessions.

Collection Update

The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook: Getting The Money You Need From Gevernment Agencies, Businesses, Foundations and Individuals
by Michael Sand and Linda Lysakowski

Foundation Center Annual Report

ReThink, the Foundation Center's 2008 annual report, has been released. Learn all about the newest tools to help you weather the economic crisis, their latest research findings, and how their working with various partners inlcuding their network of Cooperation Collections like the Onondaga County Public Library's Nonprofit Resource Center.

Read the report online or download the pdf.

Ask a Librarian

Send your questions, comments or purchase suggstions anytime to your local Onondaga County librarian .

When sending email , put NRC (Nonprofit Resource Center) in the subject line or the text of the email.

You can also contact a Foundation Center librarian to answer your questions about foundations, philanthropy, and fundraising research.

Foundation Center webnars

Take a look now for upcoming Foundation Center webinars in August and September. Some require pre-registration.

Collection Update

Building Hope: Leadership in the Nonprofit World by John Bateson.

With 27 years experience in the nonprofit sector, Bateson talks about the relationship between the organization and its stakeholders. Each chapter focuses on a different facet on nonprofit leadership from building a strong governing board to managing and inspiring staff.

Web design tips for nonprofits

The following guidelines from TechSoup can help you plan and design a polished, functional site that meets your organization's needs.

Foundation Directory Online

The Foundation Directory Online database is a freely accessible database to all visitors to the Robert P. Kinchen Central Library. This database has detailed information on more than 90,000 grantmakers and 900,000 recently awarded grants.

73 new foundations have been added to the database this week!

New website for Volunteers

Google, Craigslist Foundation, YouTube, FanFeedr and UCLA have partnered to launch a new site called All for Good.

Designed to connect volunteers in their local communities with charitable organizations, All for Good helps people find ways to get involved in their community, from being a mentor to helping design a website for a nonprofit.

In partnership with All for Good, YouTube is launching "Video Volunteers," a platform aimed at connecting non-profit organizations with video needs and skilled video makers who can help communicate their causes via video.

RFPs!

Philanthropy News Digest publishes RFPs and notices of awards as a free service for grant-making organizations and nonprofits.
Find the new RFPs this week listed in the following categories: Arts & Culture, Athletics/Sports, Community Improvement/Development, Health, Journalism/Media, Medical Research, Public Affairs and Science/Technology. Search the RPF databases by keyword or browse by subject.

Webinar Training From GrantStation

Tour the Grantstation Insider website
Wed July 15, 2009 2:00pm FREE
Learn how to use the many tools and resources on GrantStation to help you identify the right grantmaker for any program or project, write compelling letters of inquiry and powerful grant proposals.

Managing Your Nonprofit In Tough Economic Times
Wed July 1, 2009 2:00pm $89/person $150/site
Strategies to help your organization deal with the current economic stress affecting nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Building A Fundraising Board
Tue July 14, 2009 2:00pm $89/person $150/site
Linda Lysakowski will discuss the role the board plays on the nonprofit organization's development team, how to engage the board members in the fundraising process, and how to ensure that they will enthusiastically get involved with the fundraising efforts of your organization.

Involving Volunteers in Your Fundraising Program
Wed July 29, 2009 2:00pm $89/person $150.00/site
Learn about the various roles volunteers can play to increase the results of your organization's fundraising efforts. In this webinar, Linda Lysakowski will discuss how to find fundraising volunteers, how to recruit them, and how to keep them involved and energized by offering them orientation, support education, and recognition.

Guidestar Webinar

July 15, 2009 1pm-2pm FREE
You’ve seen the ads for GuideStar Premium and GuideStar Charity Check—now find out how they can work for you. The free one-hour Webinar will show you what these tools offer, present live demos of each one, and show you how your peers are using these valuable services to accomplish their goals.
Register today

Collection Update

Recently added to the collection - Place your hold today!

Jump-Starting the Stalled Fundraising Campaign
by J. Walker
Nonprofit Bookeeping & Accounting for Dummies
by S. Farris
ROI for Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability
by T. Ralser

Philanthropic Giving By and For Women is on the Rise

Foundation giving specifically targeted to benefit women and girls has surpassed the rate of overall foundation giving in recent years. Women's funds are a rapidly growing and influential force within philanthropy. Read the key findings of a new report jointly released by the Foundation Center and the Women's Funding Network

Giving USA 2009 Press Release

Giving USA released its 2009 report
Although charitable giving in the United States exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row in 2008, donations to charitable causes in the United States show a 2% percent drop in current dollars over 2007. The 2008 number, estimated at $307.65 billion, is the first decline in giving in current dollars since 1987 and the biggest percentage decline since 1974.

“The fact that charitable giving was still more than 2 percent of GDP in 2008 is a bright spot in an otherwise negative climate for donations,” said Nancy L. Raybin, chair of Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits, which created Giving USA Foundation in 1985. “The Institute has been active in examining ways to move contributions upward, and it looks like the American public agrees with us that charitable giving is an integral part of the country’s economic fabric.”

Read the Giving USA 2009 press release for more details.

Foundation Center Webinars

The Foundation Center offers free webinars on a variety of topics. July and August sessions are available.
Grantseeking Basics
Proposal Writing Basics
Proposal Budgeting Basics

Funding for Education

Throughout the month of June, the Foundation Center is focusing on Funding for Education by offering information, special events and webinars. Don't miss these free webinars:

Monday, June 8, 2009, 3:00-4:30 pm
Find and Apply for Government Grants Using Grants.gov

Monday, June 29, 2009, 3:00-4:00 pm Foundation Funding Trends in Higher Education

Article - Prevent fundraising burnout

Interesting article by Manish Vaidya from the May/June 2009 issue of Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Find this and other online articles from online magazines listed in the Grantseeking Pathfinder. Print copies of these magazines are housed in the Nonprofit Resource Center at the Central Library.

Check me out!

Additional copies of The Grantseeker's Guide to Winning Proposals have been added to the collection - check it out!

Free Webinar from GuideStar

Grantmaker Due Diligence in the Pension Protection Act Era: How to Identify Supporting Organizations and Align Your Grants Administration Process with the 21st-Century Tax Code
Date: June 30, 2009
Time: 1 p.m. ET

Register

Presenter, Pam Jowdy, is the senior product manager and leads the product management and development functions at GuideStar.

Collection Update

Forces for good: the six practices of high-impact nonprofits
by Leslie Crutchfield
Effective fundraising for nonprofits: real-world strategies that work
by Ilona Bray
Streetsmart financial basics for nonprofit managers
by Thomas McLauglin
Fundraising when money is tight: a strategic and practical guide for surviving tough times and surviving in the future
by Mal Warwick
The truth about what nonprofit boards want: nine little things that matter most
by June Bradham

Log onto the Onondaga County online catalog to request these books and other titles in the Nonprofit Resource Center collection. Call the Central Library at 315.435.1900 for assistance.

Foundation Directory Online training

June 25, 2009 9:30am, Robert Kinchen Central Library
Learn how to use the Foundation Directory Online database in a free, hands-on, one hour training session.
Call the Central Library at 435-1900 to register. Space is limited.

Grantseeking Pathfinder

More information about the Nonprofit Resource Collection can be found in the Grantseeking Pathfinder on the Onondaga County Public Library website

Free Online Newsletters

Sign up to receive free Foundation Center newsletters,
including the weekly PND [Philanthropy News Digest] and the RFP Bulletin, a weekly roundup of recently announced RFPs from private, corporate and government funding sources.