Management
Resources for Grant Makers
Best Practices/GrantMaking Tools
Family
Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center (AGM members only)
Resources for family foundations.
Grantmakers
& Best Practices
A bibliography of resources that provide best practices.
Grantmakers for Effective
Organizations
Locate reports, tools, and best practices.
Grantmaking Tools & Techniques
An AGM Resource Guide
Grantmaking
Basics Online (Council on Foundations)
This fee-based ($80) self-study course can be used as an orientation
to grantmaking or a refresher course. It covers the day-to-day
operational issues that grantmakers face. It includes practical
knowledge (tips), strategies, sample documents, resource links,
and glossary.
New Foundation Guide
Created by the Association of Small Foundations (requires membership).
Using
Competitions & RFPs (Grantcraft.org)
The why, when, and how of using RFPs.
Board Development
Board Development
A great source for best practices, including sample forms, documents
etc. The focus is Canadian but it is still a useful guide.
Board Source
Practical information and tools for board members of nonprofit
organizations.
Dorothy A. Johnson Center
for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Evaluation
Finance
Governance
Building
Community Inside & Out (Grantcraft.org)
Provides discussion and samples of grant monitoring tools, site
visits, and RFPs.
Handbook on Counterterrorism Measures : What U.S. Nonprofits and Grantmakers Need to Know
Provides a good basic primer on this topic.
Interviews
on Due Diligence: Foundation Representatives Offer Their Perspectives
on Due Diligence
Nonprofit Governance in the U.S.: Findings on Performance & Accountability
Urban Institute. June 25, 2007.
To help inform current policy debates and initiatives to strengthen nonprofit governance, the Urban Institute conducted the first ever national survey with over 5,100 participants. This report presents the survey findings
Nonprofit Management/Issues
National Center on Nonprofit
Enterprise
Research for managers to enable better decision making.
Nonprofit Good Practice
Guide
Trends, research, and best practices for nonprofits and foundations.
Yale School of Management
– The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit
Ventures
"Research and business tools to nonprofit organizations interested
in commercial ventures, and offers ways for nonprofits to share
their own experiences with others in the field."
Technology
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