Jackson Library

• GuideStar (2 simultaneous users) - a directory of nonprofits in the U.S. Includes 990 filings.
• The NPT Top 100; The NPT Power and Influence Top 50 - 2 special reports from The NonProfit Times
• The Social Capitalist Awards, Social Enterprises of the Year - from Fast Company.
• GreatNonprofits.org - founded in Nov. 2007 by Perla Ni, former publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. About the site
• Foundation Finder - basic information on grantmakers in the U.S. including private foundations, community foundations, grantmaking public charities, and corporate giving programs. The site also includes a 990 Finder.
• Idealist.org - a directory of nonprofits worldwide.
• Directory of Social Enterprises - social enterprise practitioners in the U.S.
• Notable Social Entrepreneurs:
  • 1% For The Planet
  • Acumen Fund
  • Ashoka
  • EchoingGreen
  • Gates Foundation
  • Riders for Health
  • Rubicon Bakery
  • Socialedge
  • A new breed of young Bay Area philanthropists redefines the meaning -- and methods -- of giving. SF Chronicle, Jan. 14, 2007. (The article includes contact information for 7 foundations in the Bay Area; among which, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund was founded by a GSB lecturer, Laura Arrillaga.)
• National directory of nonprofit organizations (Reference: Alphabetical Subject Section: Non-profit Organizations)

Find news articles:

• Factiva 

Identifying Funding Sources: 

Check the 'Grants' section in the Reference Collection. Notable titles are:

• The Foundation directory
• Corporate giving directory
• Annual register of grant support
• Giving USA - an annual report on philanthropy, from Giving USA Foundation

More information can be found at the Foundation Center's Library in San Francisco, where you can access the Foundation Directory Online free of charge.
 

Writing a Proposal:

• Nonprofit guides: grant-writing tools for nonprofits
• The Foundation Center's short course on proposal writing
• Sample grant proposals - From ideabank.com
  

• Barnes, R. (2000). The secrets behind the letter that pulled a 100 percent response. Fund Raising Management, 31:3, pp.6-7 • View article 
• Ritzenhein, D.N. (1998). Content analysis of fundraising letters. New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, 22, pp. 23-36 • View article 
• Warwick, Mal (2001). Characteristics of an effective fund-raising letter. Fund Raising Management, April, 32:2, pp. 46-48 • View article 
• Fundraising Letter for Nonprofit Groups - sample letters and writing tips from Fundraiserhelp.com

Follow Professor's instruction in class. For additional reading on effective management or assessment of nonprofits, search the Jackson Catalog for books (using key terms: Nonprofit organizations --Management); For additional articles, search eJournals and business literature databases.

Stanford Project on the Evolution of Nonprofits

• Managing Through Challenges - profiles the San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits and discusses critical management issues facing the sector.
• The Project Site

eJournals

• Stanford social innovation review 
• Nonprofit management & leadership 
• Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly 

Business Literature Databases

• ABI Inform 
• Business Source Complete
• Factiva