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].