Our Favorite Nonprofit Resources

Websites and Organizations

The below resources provide a great deal of value in many areas of interest to the sector. We recommend them all!

• Gavin Clabaugh's Blog — this is the only blog on this list. Gavin, the Vice President of Information Services for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, writes engagingly about the most current of technology subjects, offering his accessible and excellent advice widely. Check out the post on The Message in the Cryptex" in particular.
• The Alliance for Nonprofit Management — the professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits - to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission
• BoardSource — Everything you ever wanted to support the workings of your Board of Directors
• DoSomething.org — Devoted to using the power of online to get teens to do good stuff offline
• Gifts in Kind — The 3rd largest charity in the US, this organization is the world's leading charity in product philanthropy
• GuideStar — Free access to 990s and 990 PFs of nonprofits / private foundations
• Idealware — Provides candid reviews and information about nonprofit software
• Independent Sector — Strengthens and advances the nonprofit and philanthropic community to foster private initiative for the public good
• The National Association of Nonprofit Organizations — Find your state nonprofit membership organization here
• The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide — A comprehensive online resource directory and capacity building tool that offers preferred practices and pitfalls, glossaries, resources, trends and web site profiles within ten topic areas.
• National Center for Charitable Statistics — The best source of information and data on nonprofits throughout the United States
• Nonprofit Risk Management Center — Help for nonprofit staff and volunteers to control risks so they can focus on their missions
• Nonprofit Sector Research Fund — Expanding knowledge of the nonprofit sector
• ONE/Northwest: Online Networking for the Environment — We just like these guys. Solid technical advice, well-run — too bad they only support environmental organizations in the Pacific Northwest
• Techsoup Stock — Provides many valuable software donations including Microsoft and Symantec titles. Confluence is an Elite TechSoup partner. What does that mean to you? We have direct access to our own TechSoup Concierge - so your questions get answered in record time.