- General Information
- Legal Requirements
- Leadership & Transition
- Board Development
- Consultants
- Strategic Planning & Assessment
- Grants & Grantmaking
- Fiscal Sponsorship
- Financial Management
- Technology
- Management & Organizational Development
- Policy
- Professional Development
- Capacity
- Accessibility
- Discussion Boards, Blogs, Listservs
General Information
About.Com
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/resources
Links to resources for nonprofits
Alliance For The Arts
http://www.allianceforarts.org/index.htm
Provides information on New York City and the States’s cultural resources and compiles and analyzes data on cultural industries.
The Alliance for Independent Motion Media (AIMM)
http://motionmedia.org
A network of media arts organizations determined to stimulate and sustain growth of independent motion media production in Massachusetts.
Arts Alliance of NYS
http://www.thealliancenys.org
Information on infrastructure, consultants, organizational capacity, board, planning, finances, human resources
FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
Resources lists by agency; fundraising and outreach, grants, laws and regulations, management and tax information, plus a consultant directory
Internet Nonprofit Center
http://www.nonprofits.org
Literature of the Nonprofit Sector
http://lnps.fdncenter.org/
A searchable database of the literature of philanthropy that incorporates the contents of the Foundation Center’s five libraries.
National Center for Charitable Statistics
http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/
National clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector
in the United States. NCCS is a program of the Center
on Nonprofits & Philanthropy (CNP)
at the Urban Institute.
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
http://www.namac.org
The resources area has information about management,
funding resources and community building; also offers
National Peer Technical Assistance for non-profits*
National Association of State Arts Agencies
http://www.nasaa-arts.org
A membership organization representing the nation’s
arts agencies; the website has a list of publications
concerning advocacy, arts education and accessibility
National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.nea.gov
Has an online resources area concerning accessibility,
funding, health insurance, and discipline-specific
resources
New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org
In the Organizations Section has management, fundraising
and capacity building areas
New York State Council on the Arts
http://www.nysca.org
Includes general resources, discipline-specific, individual
artists’ funding and detailed information on accessibility
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/
Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Resources on Accountability, evaluation, marketing,
grants, governance, staff development and organizational
capacity.
Nonprofit Resource Center
http://www.not-for-profit.org
Support Center For Non-Profit Management
http://supportctr.org
Provides Management training and consulting, disseminates information and practical information and practical resources, and works to build strategic alliances.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
http://www.vlany.org
Legal Requirements for Non-Profit Organizations
IRS 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Organizations
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96109,00.html
New York State Charities Bureau
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/charities/forms/charindex.html
NYS Certificate of Incorporation Under Section
402 Not-For-Profit Law
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/pdfs/dos1511.pdf
Non Profit Charitable Organizations
http://nonprofit.about.com/
Legal issues, how to form non-profit corporations
NonProfit Coordinating Committee of New York
http://www.npccny.org/databank.htm
Pro Bono Partnership
http://www.probonopartnership.org/publications/index.htm#state
Extensive list of links to resources for non-profits,
especially legal issues surrounding establishing and
maintaining a non-profit organization and governance
Leadership & Transition
Center for Creative Leadership
http://www.ccl.org
An international resource for increasing the leadership
capabilities of individuals and organizations from
across the public, private and nonprofit sectors
NAMAC Leadership Development
http://www.namac.org/community_sub.cfm?catid=12
Non-Profit Leadership Program
http://www.dal.ca/~henson/nonprofit/whoWeAre.html
Continuing education program based at Canada’s Dalhousie
University’s College of Continuing Education. Best
Practices for non-profits; governance and board development;
management, Information Technology; Public Policy
Transition Guides
http://www.transitionguides.com
Management of leadership transition and related organizational
development
Readings
Belenky, Mary Field, Lynne A. Bond & Jacqueline
S. Weinstock. A Tradition That Has No Name:
Nurturing the Development of People, Families and Communities,
Basic Books, 1997.
Bennis, Warren and Joan Goldsmith. Learning to
Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader, Addison-Wesley,
1997.
Conger, Jay A. and Robert M Fulmer. Developing
Your Leadership Pipeline. Harvard Business Review.
Boston: Dec 2003.
Gardner, Howard, with Emma Laskin. Leading Minds:
An Anatomy of Leadership, Basic Books, 1995.
Kaner, Sam. Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory
Decision-Making. New Society Publishers, 1996.
Liteman, Merianne. Planning for Succession: A
Toolkit for Board Members and Staff of Nonprofit
Arts Organizations. Published by the Illinois
Arts Foundation and Arts & Business Council of
Chicago. 2003. http://www.artsalliance.org
Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art
and Practice of the Learning Organization. Doubleday/Currency,
1990.
Board Development
Boardsource http://www.boardsource.org/
Resources for strengthening Boards.
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
http://www.mncn.org/info_govern.htm
Governance – Basics of a Board of
Directors.
Consultants
Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits http://www.mapnp.org/library/misc/smplcntr.htm
A non-profit resource in the Twin Cities, has a sample
contract for consulting services on site
NAMAC
NAMAC Consultant Network http://www.namac.org/community_consultant.cfm?catid=9
How to Work with Consultants http://www.namac.org/sub_consultant.cfm?id=1&catid=9&subid=7
NYS Alliance for Arts Organizations http://www.thealliancenys.org/inside/buildingorgs.html
Building Organizational Capacity – A toolkit
with specific resources concerning non-profit structure,
human resources issues, budgets and audits, and professional
consultants along with a consultant directory
Non Profit Charitable Organizations
Using Consultants for Fun and Profit http://nonprofit.about.com/library/weekly/aa010201a.htm
Contracts for Consultants http://nonprofit.about.com/library/weekly/aa081601a.htm
Strategic Planning and Assessment
Alliance for Nonprofit Management http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/strategic_planning
Basic overview of strategic planning
Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Lessons/index.html
National Endowment for the Arts – a compendium of planning
advice from professional arts consultants, with an
extensive linked recommended reading list
Performance Measurement
Toolkit http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/abou.shtml#toolkit
NASAA – provides basic information on measurement fundamentals
and outlines a step-by-step approach to developing
a performance measurement system.
Strategic Planning Toolkit
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/abou.shtml#toolkit
NASAA step-by-step guide to strategic planning
Readings
Allison, Michael, and Jude Kay. Strategic Planning
for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and
Workbook. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
Barry, B.W. Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit
Organizations. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder
Foundation, 1998.
Lewis, Andrew. Nonprofit Organizational Assessment
Tool. The Nonprofit Management Education Center.
University of Wisconsin Extension. http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/assess6.htm
McNamara, Carter. Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic
Planning and Facilitation. Minneapolis: Authenticity
Consulting, 2003.
Napier, Rod; Patrick Sanaghan; and Cling Sidle. High
Impact Tools and Activities for Strategic Planning:
Creative Techniques for Facilitating Your Organization’s
Planning Process. McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View: Planning
for the Future in an Uncertain World. New York:
Doubleday, 1996.
Stevens, Louise. The Community Cultural Planning
Work Kit. Amherst, MA: Arts Extension Service,
1987.
Warshawski, Morrie, and Kelly Barsdate, Jonathan Katz. A
State Arts Agency Strategic Planning Toolkit.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, 2000.
Grants and Grantsmakers
Information for Grantsmakers
Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org
Support for Foundations
ePhilanthropy Foundation http://www.ephilanthropy.org
Seeks to foster the ethical use of the Internet for
philanthropic purposes
Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media (GFEM)
http://gfem.org
Grantmakers in the Arts http://www.giarts.org/
A nonprofit membership organization comprised of private
foundations, family foundations, community foundations,
corporate foundations, corporate giving programs,
and nonprofit organizations that make arts grants.
GIA welcomes public sector grantmakers as affiliate
members.
New York Regional Association of Grantsmakers
http://www.nyrag.org
Membership organization in the metropolitan NY area
which offers programs and resources that support
effective, s
strategic grantmaking
Information for Grants Seekers
The Grantsmanship Center
http://www.tgci.com/
The Center conducts workshops in grantsmanship, enterprise
development and fundraising.
NAMAC Funding Toolkit http://www.namac.org/community_sub.cfm?catid=10
Online Fundraising Resource Center http://www.fund-online.com
Resources, essays, analysis of online fundraising trends;
using the web for fundraising
Listings of Granting Agencies
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
The Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org
Grants.Gov
http://www.grants.gov/
Database of federal grants
Federal Grants Wire
http://www.federalgrantswire.com/
Granting Agencies with an Interest in Media Arts
Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts
http://www.warholfoundation.org/
Arts Link
http://www.cecartslink.org/
Creative Capital
http://www.creative-capital.org/
Experimental Television Center Media
Arts Technical Assistance Fund http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org
Ford Foundation
http://www.fordfound.org
Funding Exchange http://www.fex.org
Guggenheim Fellowships
http://www.gf.org
Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/applicants.shtm
Jerome Foundation
http://www.jeromefdn.org/
Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
http://mapfund.org
Meet the Composer
http://www.meetthecomposer.org
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
http://www.midatlanticarts.org
NAMAC
http://www.namac.org
Offers capacity building support, peer coaching, professional
development fund
National Endowment for the Arts
http://arts.endow.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html
National Video Resources
http://www.nvr.org
New York Foundation for the Arts http://www.nyfa.org
New York State Council on the Arts http://www.nysca.org
Nonprofit Finance Fund http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/
Provides capital and advice to help non-profits achieve
their mission, improve capacity and strengthen communities
Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.rockfound.org/iandr/ArtsAndCulture
Wallace Foundation http://www.wallacefunds.org/
Fiscal Sponsorship
Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/section_5c.html
Information and links for organizations acting as a
fiscal agent
Readings
Abshire, Michael. Sponsorship Revisited. Corporate
Philanthropy Report Vol. 14, May 2000.
Blum, Laurie. The Complete Guide to Getting a
Grant: How to Turn Your Ideas into Dollars. New
York, NY: Poseidon Press. 1993.
California Management Assistance Partnership. Fiscal
Sponsorship Agreement. http://www.compasspoint.org/askgenie/index.php
Colvin, Gregory L. Fiscal Sponsorship: 6
Ways To Do It Right. San Francisco: Study Center
Press, 1993.
Goldman, Debra and Laura R. Green, Sponsors: A
Guide for Video and Filmmakers. New York, NY:
Clearinghouse for Arts Information. 1987.
Margolin , Judith B. The Individual’s Guide to
Grants. New York: Plenum Press, 1983. Portions
available online as the Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship
and Affiliation http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/individuals/fiscalsponsorship/affiliation_continuum.html
Martin, Patricia. Made Possible By: Succeeding
with Sponsorship. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers. 2003.
Yarvis, Lori. Fiscal Sponsorship Arrangements.
3rd ed. New York, NY: Lawyers Alliance for New York.
1995.
Financial Management
Arts and Business Council
http://www.artsandbusiness.org
GrantsPlus
http://grantsplus.org
A not-for-profit part of the Research Foundation of CUNY, dedicated to serving the non-profit sector through providing an efficient and effective means for grant administration and general administrative burden reduction. They offer a comprehensive array of services for sponsored programs incorporating general administrative burden reduction that includes fiscal management and reporting, sponsor liaison and compliance management, payroll, fringe benefit administration, purchasing, contracting and data input among others.
Idealist.Org
http://www.nonprofits.org
National Council of Nonprofit Organizations has a Sample
Financial Policies Manual. http://www.ncna.org/_uploads/documents/live/Sample_Fiscal_Operations_Policy.doc
Minnesota Council of NonProfits
http://www.mncn.org
Unified Chart of Accounts http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/FAQ/index.php?category=77
Authored by The National Center for Charitable Statistics
(NCCS) in conjunction with the Support Center of Washington,
the California Association of Nonprofits (CAN), CompassPoint
Nonprofit Services and the California Society of CPAs.
Sample Financial Procedures http://www.mncn.org/doc/Sample%20Financial%20Procedures%20Manual.PDF
Nonprofit Financial Center
http://www.nfconline.org
Practical financial management, handbooks and tools;
sample forms for reporting, budgeting, bookkeeping
and software, accounting rules
Readings
McLaughlin, Thomas A. Streetsmart Financial Basics
for Nonprofit Managers. John Wiley and Sons. 1995
Ryan, William P. Nonprofit Capital: A Review of
Problems and Strategies. The Rockefeller Foundation
and Fannie Mae Foundation.
Wassall, Gregory and Douglas DeNatale. New England’s
Creative Economy: The Non-Profit Sector/2000. New
England Foundation for the Arts. 2003. http://www.nefa.org/pdf/The_Nonprofit_Sector_2000.pdf
Technology
Build Your Own Website http://build-website.com/
CompuMentor http://www.compumentor.org
A nonprofit organization specializing in technology
assistance for community-based organizations and
schools. Through our consulting practice, we offer
technology planning, implementation, and support
services.
Fund for the City of New York
http://fcny.org
The Fund’s Nonprofit Computer Academy helps small to mid-size NYC-based organizations improve services and streamline operations through the effective use of technology. Services include computer and internet training in labs, specialized courses, and moderately proced consulting services.
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network
http://www.nten.org/
Searchable database for technology products and services
to the nonprofit community
OnPhilanthropy
http://www.onphilanthropy.com
A global resource for non-profit and philanthropy professionals,
including articles focused on technology with best
practices for fundraising, website development and
electronic communications.
Open Source Initiative http://www.opensource.org/
dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source
Definition for the good of the community
Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/
TechSoup http://www.techsoup.org
Technology resources for non-profit organizations.
The TechSoup site is divided into 5 main content
areas: How-to, Community Discussions, Products, Service
Directory, and News and Views. Information on discounted
software, technology planning and training, consultants
and assessment tools.
Groundspring https://www.groundspring.org
Provides information technology solutions that facilitate
and enhance communication between nonprofit organizations
and their stakeholders
Readings
Century, Michael. Pathways to Innovation in Digital
Culture. Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural
Industries and Institutions, McGill University, 1999. http://www.nextcentury.ca/PI/PImain.html
Jackson, Maria-Rosario et. al. Investing in Creativity:
A Study of the Support Structure for US Artists. 2003.
The Culture, Creativity and Communities Program at
the Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org/publications/411311.html
Jennings, Pamela. New Media Arts/New Funding Models.
Rockefeller Foundation, 2000. New Media Arts/New
Funding Models http://www.rockfound.org/Library/New_Media_Arts_-_New_Funding_Models.pdf
Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media. The
MIT Press, 2001.
Morris, Susan. Museums and New Media Art. Rockefeller
Foundation, 2001. http://www.rockfound.org/Library/Museums_and_New_Media_Art.pdf
Management & Organizational Development
Access to Health Insurance / Resources for Care http://www.ahirc.org/ By
state for artists. Rights, insurance guides, appeals
Arts Lab http://www.artslab.net
A project to study the feasibility of building a new
kind of arts and research laboratory, structured
as a not-for-profit corporation and managed with
the discipline of a commercial enterprise; archive
of publications relating to non-profit organizational
development
ArtsNet http://www.artsnet.org
Database of arts management information
Center for Non-Profit Management http://www.cnmsocal.org
Improving the performance of nonprofit organizations
addressing critical issues and serving underserved
populations.
Free Management Library http://www.managementhelp.org/
highly integrated library for nonprofits, with courses
and toolkits; includes Basic Guide to Non-Profit
Financial Management http://www.managementhelp.org/finance/np_fnce/np_fnce.htm
Governance Matters
http://governancematters.org
Works to raise the standards of governance of nonprofit organizations, particularly in New York State. It maintains an online directory and organizes a number of forums directed to the professional needs of boards and trustees.
Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
http://www.managementhelp.org/np_progs/org_dev.htm
online organizational development program
Support Center for Non-Profit Management http://www.supportctr.org
Readings
Bernstein, Philip. Best Practices of Effective
Nonprofit Organizations: A Practitioner’s Guide. 1997.
McCarthy, Kerry. New York State Artist Workspace
Consortium. NY, NY, 2004. www.nysawc.org
McKinsey and Company. Effective Capacity
Building in Nonprofit Organizations. http://www.vppartners.org/learning/reports/capacity/capacity.html
The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Process Guide. 1999. http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/sat/mission.html
Weisbord, Marvin R., and 35 international co-authors. Discovering
Common Ground: How Future Search Conferences Bring
People Together to Achieve Breakthrough Innovation,
Empowerment, Shared Vision, and Collaborative Action. San
Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1992.
Policy
Center for Arts & Culture
http://culturalpolicy.org
This national arts policy organization maintains a listserv covering a number of arts-related topics, approached from the practical to the abstract, from tracking federal action and funding, to update on access issues, culture in communities, creativity and the law, heritage and preservation, and globalization.
Readings
Bedoya , Roberto. U. S. Cultural Policy: Its Politics
of Participation, Its Creative Potential. National
Performance Network, 2004. http://www.npnweb.org/files/public/CulturalPolicy.pdf
Blau, Andrew. Deep Focus: A Report on the Future
of Independent Media. NAMAC, San Francisco,
CA. 2004
Center for Social Media. Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement
of Best Practices in Fair Use. Nov. 2005
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/backgrounddocs/bestpractices.pdf
Irvine Foundation and AEA Consulting. Critical Issues Facing the Arts in Califronia: A Working Paper from The James Irvine Foundation. 2006. http://irvine.org/publications/new_pubs.shtml
Jakson, Maria-Rosario. Invesing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structure for U.S. Artists. 2003. http://www.irvine.org/publications/by_topic/arts.shtml
Markusen, Ann and David King. The Artistic Dividend:
The Arts’ Hidden Contributions to Regional Development.
University of Minnesota, 2003. http://www.hhh.umn.edu/img/assets/6158/artistic_dividend.pdf
McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje. From
Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing
Arts World. Rand Corporation, 2002. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1552/
McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje,,
Laura Zakaras and Arthur Brooks. Gifts of
the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of
the Arts. Rand Corporation, 2004. http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG218/
Professional Development
Americans for the Arts
http://www.artsusa.org
Arts industry research and information for community
arts leaders via specialized programs and services
Capacity
New York State Alliance for Arts Organizations http://www.thealliancenys.org
Readings
Building Organizational Capacity – Developing
Community Through the Arts. toolkit and directory
of consultants by the Ohio Arts Council. http://www.oac.state.oh.us/grantsprogs/2003seminarsintro.asp
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice
of the Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday,
1990.
Stevens, Susan Kenny. Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based
Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. Long Lake, MN: Stagewise
Enterprises, 2001.
Accessibility
Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education http://aware.hwg.org/
Resources include toolkits, news, online tutorials
and information about the Web Accessibility Initiative
Disability.Gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do%3fparentFolderId=500
Dive into Accessibility http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/ Downloadable
book about more accessible websites
Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Readings
Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural
Administrators
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Planning/AccessibilityPlanningAll.pdf
Accessibility Resources http://www.nysca.org/public/resources/access.htm
General Resources, Architectural Resources, Programming,
Websites by New York State Council on the Arts
Americans with Disabilities Act http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/ADALinks.html
Statute, Compliance Guide and links
Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator’s
Handbook
http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/
Some Simple Techniques for Web Accessibility Access.
Disabled Assistance Program for Tech Students.
http://www.adapts.gatech.edu/general_resources/webaccess.htm
Discussion Boards, Blogs, Listservs
Empyre
http://www.subtle.net/empyre/
facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary
issues, practices and events in networked media by
inviting guests -key new media artists, curators, theorists,
producers and others to participate in thematic discussions.
Flicker http://www.hi-beam.net
A resource for media artists, cinephiles, researchers,
programmers, educators, media literacists, and disaffected
elements of the mainstream media technocracy. Features
Pages: Artists, Venues, Resources, Images, and a link
to the Frameworks Archives.
Frameworks http://www.hi-beam.net/fw/index.html
Archive and international discussion forum on experimental
film
Institute for Distributed Creativity http://distributedcreativity.org/
Focuses on collaboration in media art, technology,
and theory with an emphasis on social contexts. The
iDC is an international network with a participatory
and flexible institutional structure that combines
advanced creative production, research, events, and
documentation. While the iDC makes appropriate use
of emerging low-cost and free social software (i.e.,
peer-to-peer technologies, blogs and mailing lists)
it balances these activities with regular face-to-face
meetings.