We offer links to online resource offers to help nonprofit organizations. The information listed below does not imply endorsement by the Henderson Community Foundation but is provided as a resource.
Creating an Effective Board
- BoardSource
Provides information about building effective nonprofit boards. - Board Cafe
Provides a free online newsletter for nonprofit board members.
Strategic Planning and Management
- Alliance for Nonprofit Management
This professional organization is devoted to improving the management and governance of nonprofits. - The Nonprofit Genie
Sponsored by the California Management Assistance Project, this site provides a variety of information to help nonprofits accomplish their missions. - Free Management Library
Provides a variety of links to help nonprofits with strategic planning and management. - Internet Nonprofit Center
Publishes Nonprofit FAQ and links users to numerous sites dealing with strategic planning and management. - Independent Sector
Works to strengthen, empower and partner with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations on behalf of the public good. - Nonprofit Finance Fund
Provides capital and advice to help nonprofits strengthen their mission, improve their capacity to deliver services and strengthen their communities. - Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Provides webinars on timely topics for nonprofits.
Technology Improvement
- Tech Soup
Connects nonprofits with donated and discounted technology products. - Charity Advantage
Helps nonprofits with web site development, computer donations and computer purchase-assistance programs. - CFTech
Developed for community foundations, this site provides valuable technical assistance and resources for any nonprofit organization. - CommonCraft
Free, easy-to-understand and entertaining videos that show how to use all kinds of technology from software to social marketing tools. - Nonprofit Technology Network
Offers a free monthly newsletter focused on effectively using technology.
Fundraising
- Grassroots Fundraising Inc.
Provides tips and tools for effective fundraising. - Grantproposal.com
Offers information for both experienced and novice grant writers. - Showcase of Fundraising Innovation and Inspiration
Borrow ideas from some of the most creative nonprofit fundraising materials. - Community Foundation Locator
Provides links to community foundations serving specific geographic regions. - Association of Fundraising Professionals
Works to advance philanthropy and has a chapter in Las Vegas (www.afplasvegas.org). - The Foundation Center
Offers a searchable database of grantmaking organizations nationwide. Full access available through the Clark County Library. - Grant Select
Offers a searchable database of grantmaking organizations nationwide.. - Grantsmart
Facilitates communication between grantmakers and grantseekers by making available public 990 tax returns of private foundations and charitable trusts.
Communications and Marketing
- Nonprofit Marketing Guide
Offers helpful publications, webinars and a blog focused on improving nonprofit communications and marketing effort. - Jargon Finder
Communications Network tool helps you eliminate ineffective words from your nonprofit writing. - Nonprofit Communications Center
Online resource with a variety of information about nonprofit communications. - Public Relations Society, Las Vegas Chapter
Provides training in Las Vegas in communications and public relations. - Communications Media Center
"Guidelines for Evaluating Non-Profit Communications Efforts" summarizes four working papers about the subject and offers guidelines for evaluating nonprofit communications efforts. - Cause Communications
Provides three excellent publications for nonprofits, including a downloadable copy of "Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes And How to Ensure They Won’t Happen to Yours and a downloadable copy of "Communications Toolkit: A guide to navigating communications for the nonprofit world." The newest publication is Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes and is available in limited quantities for free. - Spitfire Strategies
Provides a free interactive chart to guide nonprofits through the communications planning process or to evaluate a campaign that is in progress. - Press Release Grader
Grades your news release on a scale from 1 to 100 and tells you what to do to improve it. - Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
Lists guidelines for website credibility as part of the lab’s ongoing research into websites. - The Communications Network
Helps foundations and nonprofits communicate more effectively by providing web-based seminars, links to publications and The Jargon Finder, an online tool that helps nonprofits avoid using abstract, meaningless words. - PollingReport.com
Provides information on recent polls by CNN, NBC, CBS and other organizations that make help support a point an organization wants to make. - The SPIN Project
Features information and tutorials that help nonprofits improve communication by targeting audiences, developing relationships with reporters and linking them to other helpful websites. - We Are Media
Provides a toolkit to help nonprofits learn to use new media such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other online tools for listening and connecting people.
Publications and E-newsletters
- Getting Attention
Gives insiders’ tips to improving nonprofit marketing and offers a free report on taglines for nonprofits. - Contributions e-newsletter
Highlights ways to improve fundraising efforts. - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The newspaper of the nonprofit world. - The NonProfit Times
A printed publication providing information about nonprofit management. - Philanthropy News Digest
The Foundation Center’s online news source. - The Nonprofit Quarterly
Offers a free online newsletter about nonprofit issues. - Nonprofit Online News
Covers news of the nonprofit community. - Philanthropy Journal
Provides online news about nonprofits. - Philanthropy News
Delivers news, information, and resources to all segments of the nonprofit world. - Blue Avocado
Delivers intriguing and uplifting nonprofit news and tips.
