Non-Profit Advice Center

How To Use This Information: This section is directed towards executive leadership and boards of directors. It includes articles, publications, and web sites that are dedicated to the business of non-profit management and sustainability. Many of these resources offer free subscription services, so be sure to check them out and sign up for their electronic newsletters and alert services.

"Agencies Highlight Best Practices,"
Local/State Funding Report, Centered, The Grantsmanship Center
www.tgci.com/newsletter/pdf/agencies_highlight_best_practices.pdf

Blue Avocado, magazine for non-profits 
www.blueavocado.org/

Board Resource for Chief Executives & Nonprofit Boards
www.boardsource.org/

BoardEffect 
www.boardeffect.com/

Contributions: The "How-To Source for Nonprofit Professionals
www.contributionsmagazine.com/

"Creating a Grantseeking Calendar for 2010,"
by Cynthia Adams, GrantStation, Society for NonProfit Organizations
www.grantstation.com/Public/tracks_to_success/grantseeking_calendar/2.asp

Get Great Copy: Four Steps to Great Storytelling
www.janodaniel.com/

"Finding Leaders for America's Nonprofits,"
The Bridgespan Group, The American Express Foundation
http://www.bridgespan.org/finding-leaders-for-americas-nonprofits.aspx

GrantsAlert
www.grantsalert.com/

Health Resources Online
www.healthresourcesonline.com

"How to Keep Moving Up in a Down Economy,"
by Brittany Koper, NonProfit World, Society for NonProfit Organizations
www.snpo.org/members/Articles/Volume27/Issue6/V270610.pdf

"How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal," JT Direct Funding News, Join Together
www.samhsa.gov/samhsaNewsletter/Volume_17_Number_5/WinningGrantProposal.aspx

Management Concepts, Grants & Assistance Training Catalog
www.managementconcepts.com

"Seven Deadly Grant-Writing Sins,"
by Katie Krueger, NonProfit World, Society for NonProfit Organizations
www.snpo.org/members/Articles/Volume27/Issue6/V270608.pdf

"Should Board Members Be Required to Give," by Jan Masaoka
www.blueavocado.org/category/topic/board-cafe

The Bridgespan Group, Knowledge Letter, Leadership Matters 
www.bridgespan.org/mediaroom/newsletterlisting.aspx?id=374

The Finance Project, Sustainability Planning Workbook
www.thefinanceproject.org/

The Foundation Center
www.foundationcenter.org/

"The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle,"
by Ann Goggins Gregory & Don Howard, The Bridgespan Group
www.bridgespan.org/nonprofit-starvation-cycle.aspx

WealthEngine.com, Donor Management Software 
www.wealthengine.com/