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Tag: fundraising

• Association of Fundraising Professionals Resource Center

  Internet transaction and fundraising information and legalities for nonprofits, organized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals — 30,000 members in 206 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs.
  http://www.afpnet.org/ResourceCenter/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3136

• The Foundation Center: Online Fundraising

  Introductory information that can act as a starting point for interested organizations. Organized by the Foundation Center, a national nonprofit service established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations.
  http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/online_fundraising.html

• GiveMN.org

  GiveMN is a new way to donate and raise money online. Whether you want to donate money, run a fundraiser for your favorite nonprofit, or raise money as a nonprofit, GiveMN offers simple, secure tools to achieve your goals.
  http://www.givemn.org

• Internet Nonprofit Center: Fundraising Resources

  Extensive links list of resources for fundraising online. Organized by Idealist.org, a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina.
  http://www.idealist.org/tools/fundraising.html

• Network for Good

  Network for Good is a nonprofit organization that provides easy & affordable online fundraising services to other nonprofits. Services include Custom DonateNow for online donation processing, and EmailNow for email outreach and online surveys.
  http://www.fundraising123.org

• Nonprofit Guides

  Free web-based grant-writing tools designed to assist well established non-profits through the grant-writing process: guidelines, preliminary proposal, full proposal, and sample proposals. Not for start-up organizations. (Seacoast Web Design)
  http://www.npguides.org/

• Online Fundraising and Legal Compliance

  Basic information about some of the laws that govern the use of the Internet in nonprofit fundraising. (About.com)
  http://nonprofit.about.com/od/webfundraising/a/online_fundr.htm

• Short Course on Proposal Writing

  Thorough guide to the writing grant proposals, including the process of planning and research that leads to the proposal. Offered in Spanish and French, as well as English. (The Foundation Center)
  http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

• Writing a Successful Proposal

  Help for beginning and experienced grantseekers in meeting the proposal needs of most Minnesota funders, even those with no written guidelines.
  http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm