Resource Library: All
Reports, research, and web-based resources — created both by McKnight and by our partners and other field leaders — that address the ideas and issues at play in our work.
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Info Central
A collection of many important management, fundraising, and legal resources, organized primarily around the Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence. (Minnesota Council of Nonprofits)
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Managing in Hard Times
Best practices and tools for environmental and conservation nonprofits in a tight economic and shifting political situation. Make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind. (Institute for Conservation Leadership)
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Nonprofit financial management
Loans, financial management workshops, and financial management assistance offered to strengthen the financial capacity of nonprofit organizations in Minnesota. (Nonprofits Assistance Fund)
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Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
One-stop-shop for preferred practices and pitfalls, glossaries, resources, trends, and website profilesfrom accountability and advocacy to fundraising and technology. (Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership)
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Ventureneer.com
Building successful enterprises with heart: small business advice, nonprofit training, free webinars, best practices, social enterprise education, and much more, all targeted toward "social impact" organizations.
http://www.ventureneer.com -
Arts Marketing
In-depth tutorials explain marketing clearly and concisely with examples, exercises, and worksheets geared toward the novice marketer, but also refreshers the more advanced. (Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts)
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Community Toolbox's Organizing for Effective Advocacy
Over 6,000 pages of practical information to support nonprofit work in promoting community health and development. (Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the University of Kansas)
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Interactive Smart Chart
Free, interactive tool to help nonprofits make smart communications choices, by helping to assess strategic decisions during planning, evaluate communications strategies already in progress, and review completed efforts. (SpitfireStrategies)
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Media Advocacy Manual
Free media advocacy manual, written from the perspective of public health issues, is a good general guide to using the media to gain attention from decision makers and influence policy change. (American Public Health Association)
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The Evaluation Exchange
Harvard Family Research Project's evaluation periodical, The Evaluation Exchange, addresses current issues facing program evaluators of all levels, and highlights innovative methods and approaches to evaluation. (Harvard University)
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Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Toolkit
Guides grantees through the entire external or internal evaluation process. Based on Kellogg's evaluation philosophy and written for their grantees, but useful to anyone seeking to design a productive evaluation. (W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
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Nonprofit Good Practice GuideEvaluation
Provides access to copious information on data collection, legal considerations, outcome evaluation, process, and types of evaluation. (Nonprofit Good Practice Guide)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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Online Fundraising and Legal Compliance
Basic information about some of the laws that govern the use of the Internet in nonprofit fundraising. (About.com)
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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