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Association of Fundraising Professionals. Formerly known as the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, the Association of Fundraising Professionals is a membership organization comprised of almost 25,000 fund raisers in 157 chapters in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The association's Web site provides information on fund-raising ethics, public-policy issues that affect fund raising, and certification for fund raisers. It also offers links to other Web sites of interest to fund raisers. http://www.changingourworld.com
Changing Our World Through Philanthropy. Founded by two fund-raising consulting companies, Mike Hoffman Associates and CTE Associates, both in New York, this Web site provides articles about fund raising and links to articles about philanthropy that have been published by other news organizations. http://www.chardonpress.com/npforum/forums.shtml
Chardon Press Online: Nonprofit Forum. Developed by Chardon Press, the Oakland, Calif., publisher of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, the Nonprofit Forum is a Web-based discussion board designed to give employees at small, progressive non-profit organizations the opportunity to discuss fund raising, management, and advocacy. http://www.compasspoint.org/publications/planet/planet.html
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. Planet 501(c)(3): Tales from the Nonprofit Galaxy. Planet 501(c)(3) is a comic strip that takes a humorous look at non-profit management and fund raising. New installments appear monthly on the Web site, which is run by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a San Francisco non-profit organization that provides training and consulting services to other charities. The strip is drawn by Miriam Engelberg, a CompassPoint employee who teaches computer classes and provides consulting services for charities. http://www.moore.com/solutions/integratedsvcs/dirmailcalc.html
Direct Mail Response Rate Calculator. Developed by Moore Corporation Limited, a communications company in Lincolnshire, Ill., this Web site includes forms that help fund raisers determine how large a test mailing is necessary to test a new direct-mail fund-raising appeal, calculate how many recipients must make a gift for a mailing to cover its costs, and test whether the results are statistically significant. The site also allows fund raisers to calculate how large the full-scale mailing should be to match the response rate to the test mailing and to figure out how large a variance to expect between the results of the test mailing and the full-scale mailing. http://www.ebase.org
Ebase is a free data-base program that allows charities to keep track of such information as how much money donors have contributed to the group, the topics on which activists want information, and how people prefer to be contacted. Non-profit groups can also e-mail members and donors directly from the program. Ebase can be downloaded free, but to make modifications to the data base, charities must own FileMaker Pro. Ebase was originally developed by Desktop Assistance, a non-profit group in Helena, Mont., which is now part of the Rockefeller Family Fund's Technology Project in New York. http://www.raise-funds.com/library.html
Fund-Raising Forum Library.Maintained by Tony Poderis, a fund-raising consultant and author, this Web site features articles on fund raising. Topics discussed include how to plan and manage fund-raising campaigns, evaluate how much a potential donor can afford to give, and assemble a fund-raising department. http://www.fundraisingonline.com
Fundraising Online.Sponsored by Mal Warwick and Associates, a fund-raising and marketing company in Berkeley, Cal., this site shows non-profit organizations how to use e-mail and the Internet in fund raising. This site also includes interviews, news about on-line fund raising, and a newsletter. http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/fundschool.htm
The Fund Raising School. Part of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy in Indianapolis, the Fund Raising School holds fund-raising training seminars across the country. http://www.fundsnetservices.com
Fundsnet Services Online. Maintained by Fundsnet, a company located in San Jose, Puerto Rico, this site provides links to Web sites maintained by grant makers and to Web sites that provide information of interest to fund raisers, non-profit organizations, Latino organizations, educators, and parents. http://www.gillfoundation.org/outgiv/og01hh01.htm
Gill Foundation: OutGiving. Developed by the Gill Foundation, in Denver, this Web site provides information on fund raising and management for non-profit organizations. The site includes interactive audits that groups can use to assess their fund raising and management practices, a sample fund-raising plan, and advice on making a fund-raising pitch at a special event. http://www.pch.gc.ca/cp-pc/ComPartnE/Specev1.htm
Guide to Special Events Fundraising. Written by Ken Wyman, a fund-raising consultant in Toronto, this manual offers an introduction to planning fund-raising events. Topics covered include issues charities need to consider before they decide to hold a fund-raising event, different types of special events, soliciting donated services and items to cut costs, and recruiting volunteers to help with the event. http://www.nonprofit-info.org/misc/fps/fps.html
Internet Nonprofit Center: Fundraising Productivity Series. Sponsored by the Evergreen State Society, a Seattle charity that promotes civic involvement, this site includes a series of essays by Bill Levis, a professor at the City University of New York, that discuss how the cost and efficiency of fund-raising efforts are measured, the importance of investing in fund raising, and accountability to donors. http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq
Internet Nonprofit Center: The Nonprofit FAQ. Formerly titled "Information for Nonprofits," this site includes information on fund raising, non-profit management, and resources for non-profit organizations. The information was compiled from the soc.org.nonprofit newsgroup, an on-line discussion about the non-profit world. The site is sponsored by the Evergreen State Society, a Seattle charity that promotes civic involvement. http://www.innonet.org
Created by InnoNet, a non-profit consulting organization in Washington that helps charities plan and evaluate programs, this Web site offers interactive work sheets that non-profit staff members can use to plan new programs and develop budgets, grant applications, and evaluation and fund-raising plans. InnoNet offers to review users' completed plans free. The site also explains how to conduct focus-group discussions, interviews, and surveys, and provides sample evaluation tools. http://www.internet-prospector.org
Internet Prospector. This Web site provides the current and back issues of the Internet Prospector, an on-line newsletter that offers news, advice, and links to Web sites that help fund raisers use the Internet to gather information about foundations, corporations, and individuals in the United States and abroad. The site also features an annotated compilation of the links that have been reported in the newsletter. To receive the monthly newsletter via e-mail, send a blank e-mail message to chlowe@uci.edu. In the subject field, type "Subscribe Internet Prospector". http://www.malwarwick.com
Maintained by Mal Warwick and Associates, a fund-raising consulting company in Berkeley, Cal., this site provides articles on direct-mail and Internet fund raising. Topics include how to start a direct-mail program, choose the right mailing lists, write effective fund-raising letters, build monthly donor programs, attract visitors to a charity's Web site, and use e-mail to raise money. http://www.federationofnonprofits.org
National Federation of Nonprofits. The National Federation of Nonprofits, in Washington, is an association that lobbies the U.S. Postal Service, Congress, state and federal regulators, and charity watchdog organizations in behalf of its member charities. The site features two articles about non-profit postal rates, "What To Do When the Postal Service Says 'No' to Nonprofit Mailers of Standard A Mail" and "Eligibility for Non-Profit Standard (A) Postage Rates (Formerly Third Class)." http://www.raffa.com/Interior/CharSolic.html
State Charitable Solicitations Requirements. Developed by Raffa & Associates, an accounting firm in Washington, this Web site explains each state's registration requirements for charities that want to raise money from state residents. The site provides contact information for the agencies that regulate fund raising and links to the text of the state laws that govern charitable solicitation. The site also discusses the Uniform Registration Statement, an effort to standardize registration requirements among states. http://nonprofits.org/library/gov/urs
The Unified Registration Statement.This Web site explains the Uniform Registration Statement, an effort to standardize the registration process in states that require charities to register before soliciting their residents. Organizations can use the statement -- which is available on the site -- to register in 32 states and the District of Columbia, although six of the states require additional information. http://www.venturephilanthropyguide.org
VenturePhilanthropyGuide.org Created by Natasha van Bentum, a fund raiser for Greenpeace Canada, in Vancouver, this Web site provides information about venture philanthropy -- a movement that seeks to apply some of the techniques of venture capitalism to the nonprofit world -- and discusses the challenges it poses for fund raisers. The site also offers links to organizations that promote venture philanthropy and to articles and Web sites that provide additional information. http://www.zimmerman-lehman.com/articles.htm
Maintained by Zimmerman Lehman, a fund-raising consulting company in San Francisco, this Web site provides articles about fund raising. Topics discussed include how to determine if an organization is ready for a capital campaign, stage a special fund-raising event, and use the Internet to gather information about donors, foundations, and businesses. E-MAIL DISCUSSION LISTS listserv@unc.edu
An on-line forum to discuss annual giving, maintained by T. Greg Prince, associate director for annual giving at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to listserv@unc.edu that states in the body of the message "subscribe annfund Your Name". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. Listserv@CharityChannel.com
An on-line forum for discussion of non-profit management, fund raising, and philanthropy, maintained by Stephen Nill, a lawyer and fund-raising consultant. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to Listserv@CharityChannel.com that states in the body of the message "subscribe CharityTalk Your Name". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. listserv@jtsa.edu
An on-line discussion group for fund-raising consultants. Topics include relations with clients, collection of fees, ethics, marketing, strategies for working on campaigns, and other topics. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to listserv@jtsa.edu that states in the body of the message "sub consult-l Your Name". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. http://www.fundraiser-software.com/fundclass.html
Sponsored by Professional Support Software but moderated by volunteers, this list is a forum for discussion of fund raising. Each month the list focuses on a different topic. Previous topics have included direct mail, annual campaigns, and special events. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to fundclass-request@fundraiser-software.com that states in the body of the message "subscribe". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. More information about the list and its archived discussions are available at http://www.fundraiser-software.com/fundclass.html. listproc@listproc.hcf.jhu.edu
An on-line forum for discussion of fund raising, maintained by Steve Hirby, director of development at Lawrence University, and administered by the Johns Hopkins University. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to listproc@listproc.hcf.jhu.edu that states in the body of the message "subscribe fundlist Your Name". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. majordomo@acpub.duke.edu
An on-line forum for discussing technical details of fund raising, as well as the use of technology in fund raising. Topics of discussion include hardware and software issues, accounting rules, and Internal Revenue Service regulations. The list is maintained by John H. Taylor, director of Duke University's Office of Alumni & Development Records. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to majordomo@acpub.duke.edu that states in the body of the message "subscribe fundsvcs". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fundraisers
This e-mail list is a forum for gay and lesbian fund raisers and for fund raisers that work for gay, lesbian, or AIDS organizations to discuss fund-raising topics. http://stewardship.org/Hilarosform.html
An on-line forum to discuss fund raising for Christian organizations and the Christian perspective on fund raising, maintained by Cliff Glovier, Director of the Geneva Fund at Geneva College. To subscribe: Go to http://stewardship.org/Hilarosform.html or send an e-mail message to majordomo@mark.geneva.edu that states in the body of the message "subscribe hilaros". Leave the subject blank, and do not include e-mail addresses in the body of the message. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRSPCT-L
An e-mail discussion list for fund raisers who collect background information on donors and grant makers, maintained by Joseph R. Boeke, director of advancement and information services at Bucknell University. | 
