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.