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LinksAlliance for Justice: Foundation Advocacy
The Foundation Advocacy Initiative (FAI) seeks to educate grantmakers on their legal rights to support nonprofit advocacy work which allows nonprofits to influence public policy. We provide workshops, technical assistance, and plain-language legal guides.
http://www.allianceforjustice.org/foundation/index.html
Alliance for Nonprofit Management
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.
http://www.allianceonline.org/
Blended Value Map Project
The Blended Value Map tracks organizations and issues involved in economic, social and environmental work. It explores social investing, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, strategic philanthropy and social enterprise. The paper maps out the key actors, resources and initiatives in each of these areas and then raises questions regarding how we all (i.e.. those active in these "silos") might work together to more effectively advance our areas of common interest and concern.
www.blendedvalue.org
Challenges & Opportunities, The Relationship Between Blacks and Latinos in the United States...
ABFE (a Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities) and Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) have released a report on "Challenges & Opportunities, The Relationship Between Blacks and Latinos in the United States: A Report for Foundation Executives and Others on Understanding the Present & Transforming the Future." The report is based on the content of the October 2002 Professional Development Seminar on Cultural Pluralism co-sponsored by both organizations at the Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families Annual Conference.
http://www.abfe.org/ABFE_HIPebrochure.pdf
COF links for grantseekers
There are more links and resources here for grantseekers.
http://www.cof.org/index.cfm?containerID=76&menuContainerID=0&crumb=2&navID=0&
Conservation In Practice Magazine
A quarterly magazine designed for readers who want to stay abreast of the people, the trends, and the research that are shaping the practice of biodiversity conservation.
http://www.conbio.org/InPractice/
Council on Founcations: Inclusiveness & Diversity
Many useful articles and resources for foundations wishing to address inclusiveness and diversity in their practices and funding.
http://www.cof.org/index.cfm?containerid=65&menuContainerName=&navID=0&orglink=...
Cultural Competency Resource Pages from the Alliance for Nonprofit Management
As part of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management's Cultural Competency Initiative, we invite you to tap into a reservoir of resources here. These resources are relevant to nonprofit leadership and management, capacity building for nonprofit effectiveness, and the work of transforming the sector to generate large-scale change. Bookmark this page for your own use and share it widely with colleagues, clients, grantees, students and friends!
http://www.allianceonline.org/about/cc_resources.page
DailyClimate.org
DailyClimate.org is a daily compilation of news about climate change from mainstream media sources around the world.
It is published every morning (US east coast time) by Environmental Health Sciences, based in Charlottesville, VA.
Go to: www.dailyclimate.org
www.dailyclimate.org
E / The Environmental Magazine
E/The Environmental Magazine is a bimonthly “clearinghouse” of information, news and resources for people concerned about the environment who want to know “What can I do?” to make a difference. A 13-time Independent Press Awards winner and nominee, E is chock full of everything environmental -- from recycling to rainforests, and from the global village to our own backyards.
http://www.emagazine.com
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Our mission is to support and strengthen the next generation of grantmakers in order to advance effective social justice philanthropy.
http://www.epip.org/index.htm
Environment News Service
Daily environment-related headlines from around the world.
http://www.ens-news.com/
Environmental Careers Organization's Diversity Initiative
Since 1990, ECO has been a national leader in diversifying the environmental field, making changes that not only impact the environmental community, but also our entire organization through programs, placements, fundraising, service areas and our strategic plan.
http://www.eco.org/indexdiversity.html
Environmental Health News
This site compiles links to news, reports and new scientific discoveries about environmental links to health. It's a site where you can quickly scan what is currently happening in the field from the local to the international, and follow links to find out more.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
Environmental News Network
Since 1993, the Environmental News Network has been working to educate the world about environmental issues facing our Earth. We began as a monthly print publication, called Environmental News Briefing, and two years later discovered the Internet as an effective means of reaching a broader, more diverse audience.
http://www.enn.com/
Environmental Research Foundation
Numerous links, articles, resources and a news listserv, focusing on human health, the environment and environmental justice.
http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm
Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) is a collective of national, regional and local grantmakers and youth organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organizing as a strategy for youth development and social justice. The mission of the FCYO is to substantially increase the philanthropic investment in and strengthen the organizational capacities of youth organizing groups across the country.
www.fcyo.org
GrantCraft
A project of the Ford Foundation, offering practical resources for grantmakers.
http://www.grantcraft.org/
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is dedicated to promoting learning and encouraging dialogue among funders committed to building strong and effective nonprofit organizations. GEO’s mission is to maximize philanthropy's impact by advancing the effectiveness of grantmakers and their grantees.
http://www.geofunders.org/index.cfm?nodeId=1
Grants Direct
GrantsDirect provides directories profiling foundations who work in various issue areas. A very helpful resource.
http://www.grantsdirect.com/GDMain/
Green Drinks International
Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.
http://www.greendrinks.org/
Grist Magazine
"Gloom and doom with a sense of humor" and a finalist for EGA's 2002 Messenger of the Year Award.
http://www.gristmagazine.com/
Guidelines for Funding Nonprofit Organizations
In recognition of the important role funders play in helping grantees achieve their missions, the board of directors of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has endorsed the Statement on Guidelines for Funding Nonprofit Organizations, which outlines some grantmaking practices that contribute to grantee effectiveness. The guidelines identify a range of ways in which grantmakers can contribute to the health and vitality of the organizations they support, such as providing general operating support, program grants that cover full administrative expenses, multi-year funding and capacity-building support.
http://www.geofunders.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=277
GuideStar
The national database of nonprofit organizations.
http://www.guidestar.org/
Haymarket People's Fund: Undoing Racism
Funder colleagues at the Haymarket People's Fund are working on a long-term project to "undo" racism both internally and externally. Click on the link to learn more. There is also an FAQ link at the bottom of their homepage about the project, www.haymarket.org.
http://www.haymarket.org/RACISM.htm
International Forest and Environmental Update
This is an electronic forum (Yahoo message group) for exchanging information, ideas, and opinions about forests and environmental issues.
The primary aim is to bring together Vietnamese forest professionals as well as international professionals and students who are interested in these issues.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFEU/
Just Earth!
Good resource from Amnesty International, connecting human rights and environmental issues from around the world.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/justearth/
Massachusetts Environmental Trust
Current Request for Response FY2007-2009.
http://www.agmconnect.org/massenvironmentaltrust/met-home.htm
National Center for Black Philanthropy
The National Center for Black Philanthropy, Inc. (NCBP) was established to promote and strengthen African American participation in all aspects of modern philanthropy.
http://www.ncfbp.net/
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Since 1976, NCRP has advocated for the philanthropic community to provide nonprofit organizations with essential resources and opportunities to work toward social and economic justice for disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations and communities.
http://www.ncrp.org/
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
An excellent resource for foundations who are working on (or who would like to get started on) racial justice issues, both internally and externally. Check out the Resources & Links page!
www.racialequity.org
Philanthropy Journal
The Philanthropy Journal is an online publication that supports the nonprofit sector. In addition to news, we feature news, job openings, events calendars and announcements about grants/gifts and people working in the sector.
http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/
Pursuing Racial Equity Through Civic Engagement & Mass Media: Annotated Bibliography
Contact the National Network of Grantmakers to see the complete paper, www.nng.org.
http://www.nng.org/download/Publication/7/NNGAnnotatedBib_10-05.pdf
Racial Justice Collaborative
The Racial Justice Collaborative is a partnership of private and corporate foundations, family foundations and individual donors that share a commitment to support and learn from communities seeking racial justice. The collaborative will provide grants to partnerships involving lawyers and community organizations that are using legal and non-legal tools to achieve equity and fairer policies for communities marginalized by race, ethnicity, and immigrant or citizenship status.
http://www.racialjusticecollaborative.org/
Resource Generation
Resource Generation works with young people with financial wealth who are supporting and challenging each other to effect progressive social change through the creative, responsible and strategic use of financial and other resources.
www.resourcegeneration.org
Resources for Global Sustainability
This organization publishes a guide to environmental grantmaking foundations, which is a great resource for foundations and NGOs alike.
http://www.environmentalgrants.com/
San Diego EcoCenter for Alternative Fuel Education
The San Diego Environmental Foundation (SDEF) is committed to providing a state-of-the-art environmental education experience to middle school students throughout San Diego County. SDEF operates from the 6,000 square foot EcoCenter that contains a theatre and exhibit hall. The EcoCenter provides an unforgettable environmental field trip experience to about 10,000 middle school students each year.
http://www.sdecocenter.org/
Short Changed: Foundation Giving and Communities of Color
Race still matters, now more than ever. This report discusses ways foundations concerned with social justice have supported efforts. An assessment of the numbers presents an unpromising picture: although people of color make up nearly one-third of the general U.S. population, grants explicitly targeted to benefit them constituted only seven percent of foundation giving in 2001... Click on the link to learn more and download the report.
http://www.arc.org/Pages/pubs/shortchanged_b.html
Terra Viva Grants
Terra Viva Grants is a nonprofit initiative, launched in 2008. It profiles grant makers for agriculture, environment, energy, and natural resources. It takes a worldwide approach on grant makers, and likewise considers the entire developing world as the arena for grant-funded activity. As of 2008, they currently have about 300 profiles, anticipating that this number will progressively grow.
www.terravivagrants.org
Texas Environmental Grantmakers Group
Texas EGG is an informal, collaborative study group for family, corporate, and community foundations interested in Texas conservation support.
www.texasegg.org
The Challenge of Diversity from the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
How diversity worked for them and why it can work for you, too. (pdf)
http://www.noyes.org/admin/noyes_brochure13.pdf
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Nonprofit news
http://www.philanthropy.com
The Council on Foundations
A nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations.
http://www.cof.org
The Diversity Network Project
Viable, highly functioning coalitions, networks, and collaborations of ethnically and culturally diverse constituencies are at the heart of the work needed to create a sustainable and healthy San Francisco Bay Area. The purpose of the Diversity Network Project (DNP) is to support the development of these diverse coalitions around urban environmental, environmental justice, and community development issues.
http://www.sff.org/initiatives/diversity.html
The Foundation Center
A great resource for grantseekers and grantmakers alike.
http://www.foundationcenter.org/
The Giving Forum
The Forum works through a network of 30 regional associations of grantmakers and its New Ventures in Philanthropy initiative to:
Enhance Philanthropy by strengthening the effectiveness of those already engaged,
Expand Philanthropy by engaging more people and organizations in giving, and
Explain Philanthropy by providing reliable unbiased information about regional giving.
http://www.givingforum.org
The Grantsmanship Center
When The Grantsmanship Center was founded in 1972, we began offering the world's first proposal-related training program. Thirty-four years later, more than 100,000 people have attended our workshops, enriching the lives of countless more individuals.
http://www.tgci.com/index.shtml
Threshold Foundation
Threshold is a progressive foundation and a community of individuals united through wealth, who mobilize money, people and power to create a more just, joyful and sustainable world.
www.thresholdfoundation.org
Tides Center
The Tides Center offers fiscal sponsorship for nonprofit groups.
www.tidescenter.org
YES! Magazine
YES! is published by the Positive Futures Network, an independent, nonprofit organization that supports people's active engagement in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.
http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
YNPN promotes an efficient, viable, and inclusive nonprofit sector that supports the growth, learning, and development of young professionals. We engage and support future nonprofit and community leaders through professional development, networking and social opportunities designed for young people involved in the nonprofit community.
http://www.ynpn.org/
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