Links and Resources

Board Source
BoardSource is a not-for-profit organization aimed at increasing the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening boards of directors through its consulting practice, publications, tools, and membership program. BoardSource is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
The Center on Philanthropy is a resource for the news media on trends and issues affecting the philanthropic sector, nonprofit organizations, fundraising, charitable giving, volunteering and related topics.

Chronicle of Philanthropy
The newspaper of the nonprofit world.

Council on Foundations
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization providing a wide variety of services primarily for endowed, grantmaking organizations throughout the United States and in foreign countries. The purposes of the Council are exclusively charitable and educational and are aimed at promoting, encouraging and enhancing the public good through private giving.

The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (the Forum) is a national philanthropic leader and a network of 32 regional associations of grantmakers. It supports philanthropy by strengthening the ability of all regional associations to fulfill their missions; these associations promote the growth and effectiveness of philanthropy in order to improve life in their communities.

The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.

Guidestar
The leading source of information on US nonprofits. A searchable database of more than 1.5 million IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations.

Indiana Grantmakers Alliance
The Indiana Grantmakers Alliance is a membership organization of grantmaking staff and board members. The Indiana Grantmakers Alliance is dedicated to advancing philanthropy in Indiana by promoting legal, ethical, effective and efficient grantmaking.

Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network
The Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network is a regionally-based service providing affordable, accessible, and high quality public and private workshops, board retreats, and consultant referral. Services are designed to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations anywhere in the state. Topics range from cutting edge to basic content.

IRS Topics for Charities and Nonprofits
Links to information about charities and philanthropy.

National Committee on Planned Giving
The National Committee on Planned Giving is an association for professionals in the charitable gift planning field.

National Grants Management Association
The National Grants Management Association connects professionals in the grants field to improve and unify the Federal grants delivery process by bringing together the professionals involved in this process so that they may learn from each other. NGMA supports the evolving process of grants management across all levels, from the grantmaker through the grant recipient, and everyone in between.

The Planned Giving Design Center
The Planned Giving Design Center is a national network of geographically hosted websites dedicated to enhancing philanthropy by providing educational, design and implementation resources related to charitable gift planning to members of the legal, tax, financial, and gift planning communities.

The Transatlantic Community Foundation Network
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. E-Mail: tcfn@bertelsmann.de