Cause Effective provides management consulting services to nonprofits. They teach their clients how to build effective boards, manage successful events, and maximize their fundraising potential.
We are compiling a list of nonprofit resources. This is not an exhaustive list. To recommend other resources please email us at webmaster@nyf.org.
The Foundation Center of New York (FCNY) maintains a complete searchable database of foundations, corporate givers, and grantmaking public charities, as well as IRS documents filed by every U.S. grantmaking foundation. FCNY offers free access to information through our five library/learning centers and a national network of cooperating collections. In addition, FCNY offer a wide range of free and fee-based training programs and a variety of publications designed to help grantseekers. Free orientations are held during the week.
Foundations On-line of the Northern California Community Foundation includes a directory of national grantmakers.
This on-line magazine gives fundraisers news, information, and ideas about fundraising.
Grantproposal.com provides free resources for both advanced grant writing consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff.
Grants Action News provides information on available state and federal grants.
Grantsmanship Center covers all aspects of researching grants, writing grant proposals, and negotiating with funding sources.
The Foundation Center has launched an online learning community for the social sector. GrantSpace provides free access to information and resources available to anyone seeking grants on behalf of nonprofit organizations.
Resources featured on GrantSpace are organized under the 13 most common subject areas of funding research — including health, education, and the arts — so visitors can easily access the most relevant content. Visitors are also offered the option of approaching the content by focusing on a particular skill they want to hone, including proposal writing, corporate fundraising, and collaboration. Video and audio recordings of onsite Foundation Center presentations, along with links to the most relevant FAQs in the extensive Knowledge Base, accompany each topic. The "Ask Us" link on each page connects visitors to expert assistance from Foundation Center staff via live chat or e-mail.
Grassroots Fundraising provides practical tips and tools to help nonprofits raise money. They also offer tools to help organization leaders build a board of directors that is willing to raise money, choose a database to track donors, manage your time effectively, and ultimately develop a successful fundraising program. Published every other month for 20 years, the Grassroots Fundraising Journal produces much-needed information on how to build successful organizations. Each issue offers practical, how-to instruction on fundraising strategies such as direct mail, special events, major gift campaigns, and online fundraising.
National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.

