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Resources
Dallas Social Venture Partners
Business professionals from Dallas' high-growth sectors, committed to building a focused and effective community of givers. Using the venture capital model, DSVP and its partners share their financial success and business expertise with the nonprofit community.
www.dsvp.org
Center for Nonprofit Management
Provides a wealth of services to increase the management effectiveness of the local nonprofit sector. Offerings include monthly training courses on management issues, management consulting, meeting space for nonprofits, and a job bank of nonprofit employment opportunities.
www.cnmdallas.org
Volunteer Center of North Texas
An alliance of the Volunteer Centers serving Dallas, Tarrant, and Collin Counties. Visit this site to find both one-time and long-term volunteer opportunities with more than 1,300 agencies across North Texas.
www.volunteernorthtexas.org
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance
Offers guidance to donors on making informed giving decisions through its evaluations of national charities, "tips" publications, and the quarterly BBB Wise Giving Guide.
www.give.org
Charity Navigator
Evaluates the financial health of more than 1,700 charities nationwide.
www.charitynavigator.org
GuideStar
Searchable database of IRS-registered exempt charities, including private foundations. Information is drawn from the IRS Master List. Includes links to most recent Form 990s and 990-PFs, and many web sites. Agencies may also supplement their listings voluntarily with program descriptions and other information.
www.guidestar.org
More Than Money
Membership organization that helps wealthy people explore the meaning of wealth in their lives. Offers periodic conferences and publishes a quarterly journal.
www.morethanmoney.org
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Nonprofit resource center that encourages families and individuals to create and sustain their philanthropic missions, regardless of which charitable vehicle they choose. The center offers research, programs, and educational materials.
www.ncfp.org
Sharing the Wealth: Charitable Giving in Prosperous Times
Program of Minnesota Public Radio in the more prosperous times of late 2000, the site still has a number of useful links and resource materials about giving.
http://access.mpr.org/civic_j/giving/resources/resources.shtml#web
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Twice-monthly newspaper of the philanthropic sector. Great way to keep up on charitable trends and familiarize oneself with the nonprofit sector. Web site is also very useful, including archived stories for the past four years and dozens of web links, although some parts of the site are available only to subscribers.
www.philanthropy.com
Council on Foundations
Membership organization representing the nation's 70,000+ private, community, and corporate foundations. Services include conferences and seminars, legal advice, publications, and list servs.
www.cof.org
The Foundation Center
National clearinghouse of information about foundations of all types. In addition to a range of printed publications, offers basic "Foundation Finder" online as well as short-term subscriptions for enhanced search services.
www.fdncenter.org
Internal Revenue Service
Online version of Publication 78, the so-called "Blue Book," a searchable database of exempt organizations.
http://apps.irs.gov/exempt/display/0,,i1=3&genericId=15053,00.html
National Center for Charitable Statistics
Compilations of statistics about charitable organizations, such as the numbers of exempt organizations by state.
www.nccs.urban.org
Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
The Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN) was created in 1999 to promote the development of community foundations on both sides of the Atlantic, and particularly in parts of Europe and North America where the community foundation concept was just beginning to take root. It is a learning community comprised of four dozen community foundations and support organizations from close to a dozen countries. The Network has produced a series of free resources targeted to emerging and developing community foundations, available on the Network’s website:
www.tcfn.efc.be.
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