Useful Links: Finance and Fundraising

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Finance

• The Nonprofit Finance Fund

Fundraising/Philathropy/Grants

• Association of Fundraising Professionals
• Basic Elements of Grant Writing: Guideposts offered to assist applicants to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and to other funding sources
• Charities Aid Foundation: Links you directly to the giving program of each company’s site
• Charity Navigator
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Conflict Buster: Calendar of regional events
• Council on Foundations
• Donor Management Systems – a Consumer’s Guide
• Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia
• E-Philanthropy Foundation
• Ratings for Donor Management Software
• The Foundation Center: Includes information for grantseekers, links to grantmakers, an online library, and sections on training and seminars as well as funding trends and analysis
• Fundraising Success Magazine
• Grey Matter – Tons of research about donor behavior, preferences, mindset
• Harbor Compliance:  Valuable information about charitable registration and other fundraising regulations, listed state-by-state
• The Grantsmanship Center: Information related to grant seeking and proposal writing.
• GrantStation: Member-based funder search.
• Grassroots Fundraising Journal
• National Charities Information Bureau: Promotes informed giving and charitable integrity.
• Network for Good
• Newsletter Archives on Fundraising Online Newsletter Archives
• Nonprofit Guides Grant-making Tools
• Partnership for Philanthropic Planning
• Penn Law Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic – supervised law students provide pro bono assistance on intellectual property-related needs, including trademarking, licensing, copyright questions, contracting, online issues, etc.
• Philanthropy New Digest
• Planned Giving
• Planned Giving Today
• Proposal Writing Short Course
• Prospect Research Institute
• The Regional Foundation Center
• Winning Government Grant Proposals Online: Searchable by subject
• Women in Philanthropy