Managing Your Operations

Communicating 3.0 for Nonprofits

"In the Web 2.0 world, our jobs as communicators have changed dramatically. Social media, mobile devices, and the democratized Web have turned the ways in which we think about crafting messages and targeting audiences inside out." You know it’s true. Check out the GuideStar article>>

Fundraising and Grant Seeking

Foundation Center Report Places Downturn in Context

To address mounting concerns about how the economic crisis might affect foundation giving, the Foundation Center has drawn upon existing data and research to examine trends in prior times of economic distress. The resulting report offers potential scenarios based on past experience, and explains the factors that generally cause foundation giving to remain relatively stable in the face of turbulent economic conditions. View the report>> 

Grants Central

A page from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's web site to provide assistance to those New York institutions seeking federal funds.  

"Finding the resources that meet your needs in this complex web of agencies can be an impossible task.  For this reason, I have created specific thematic grant guidebooks to serve as a starting point in providing information about what resources are available to individuals, businesses, community organizations and local governments.  Their contents are by no means comprehensive and will be updated periodically as more details become available. "

http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/services/grants_central/