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Starting a Nonprofit Organization

How do I Establish a Nonprofit Organization?
Learning Lab at The Foundation Center
How to Start a Nonprofit Organization
State of Minnesota resource
Starting a Nonprofit Organization: One Stop Answer Page
"If you're thinking of starting a nonprofit organization, this is the place to begin. You'll find links to basic information such as planning, legal resources and fundraising."
Starting a Nonprofit Organization
Great advice from Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
The Internet Site for Nonprofit Organizations
From Nonprofitlaw.com "So you want to Start Up a...nonprofit foundation"

Resources for Nonprofit Organizations

Yahoo's Directory of Philanthropic Resources
America's Charities
America's Promise
Aspen Institute
"The Aspen Institute is a global forum for leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition. Through its seminar and policy programs, the Institute fosters enlightened, morally responsible leadership and convenes leaders and policy makers to address the foremost challenges of the new century."
Better Business Bureaus Wise Giving Alliance
"Give.org is the new site of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance formed by the merger of the National Charities Information Bureau and the Council of Better Business Bureaus' Foundation and its Philanthropic Advisory Service. The Alliance reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations that are the subject of donor inquiries."
Boardsource.org
"BoardSource is dedicated to advancing the public good by building exceptional nonprofit boards and inspiring board service."
Charity Village
"Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector."
Chronicle of Philanthropy
"The newspaper of the nonprofit world"
Directory for Charities Worldwide
Financial Information for Nonprofits
Foundation Center
Fundraising Idea Bank
Fundsnet Online Services Main Page
Schoolgrants.org: Grants in Education
The Grantsmanship Center
GrantsNet
GuideStar
"The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations" Search GuideStar's database of more than 850,000 U.S. nonprofit organizations.
Handsnet
Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
National Center for Charitable Statistics
National Council of Nonprofit Associations
National Charities Information Bureau
National Committee on Planned Giving
National Society of Fund Raising Executives
The Nonprofit FAQ
"The Nonprofit FAQ is an indexed collection of answers to Frequently Asked Questions about nonprofit organizations. Started in 1994, the Q&A in the FAQ is continually updated using new materials from many sources including online discussions."
Nonprofit Resources - Grantseekers
NonProfit Gateway
"A network of links to Federal government information and services"
The Nonprofit Resource Center
Nonprofit Times
Philanthropy News Digest
SBA Nonprofit Home Page
US Small Business Adminstration
Social Worker

Texas Nonprofit Resources

Fort Worth Business Assistance Center
"If you're thinking about starting your own business but aren't sure where to start, look no further. The Fort Worth Business Assistance Center is here to assist you from inception to start-up and growing your business."
Funding Information Center of Fort Worth, Texas
"The Funding Information Center (FIC) is a free, self-service library of research materials on grants, fundraising, and nonprofit management. The FIC is an affiliate of the Foundation Center and one of 15 Cooperating Collections in Texas."
Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas
Texas Commission on the Arts
Texas Department of Health Services: Funding Information Center
Texas Governor's Office of Budget and Planning - State Grants Team
"The State Grants Team's mission is to alert entities throughout Texas about funding opportunities. The State Grants Team has compiled a number of resources about public and private funding opportunities."
Texas Legislature Online
Texas Nonprofit Management Assistance Center
"An association of providers identifying and meeting the needs of Texas non-profits."
Texas Register
The Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas

Grant Writing Information

The Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Short Course
Grantproposal.com
"A site devoted to providing free resources for both advanced grantwriting consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff."
Non-Profit Guides: Grant Writing Guide
Proposal Writing Guides
A Sample Grant Application
Proposal Writing: A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals
by Alice N. T. Reid, Instructor of English, Delaware Technical and Community College, Wilmington Campus
University of Michigan Proposal Writer's Guide
University of Wisconsin-Madison Proposal Writing Resources
Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

Foundation Funding Resources

Community of Science Funding Opportunities
Council on Foundations
Foundation News and Commentary
Philanthropy on the Internet
Welcome to the Foundation Center Online
"Your Gateway to Philanthropy on the World Wide Web"

Foundations

Abell-Hanger Foundation
The Beldon Fund
Benton Foundation
The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.
Captain Planet Foundation (Turner Enviro Ed)
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable.
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
"...Promotes humane health care; and fosters arts and culture that enriches communities."
Charles A. Dana Foundation
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
The purpose of the Foundations is to provide financial assistance (...) to certain educational, cultural, scientific and religious institutions.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
"...is a private philanthropic foundation with principal interests in brain science, immunology, and arts education."
Edutopia: the George Lucas Educational Foundation
Elton John AIDS Foundation
Freedom Forum International
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Hoblitzelle Foundation
"Grants... are usually focused on specific, non-recurring needs of the educational, social service, medical, cultural, and civic organizations in Texas, particularly in the Dallas area."
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Ittleson Foundation
Serves the needs of the underprivileged and provides resources for organizations.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
A private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.
Lumina Foundation for Education
Lindbergh Foundation/Grants Summary
"Each year, The Lindbergh Foundation provides grants to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment."
John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
A. L. Mailman Family Foundation
"...focuses on improving the systems and policies that impact very young children and their families."
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation
Invests in "children, communities, and country".
James S. McDonnell Foundation
"was established to "improve the quality of life," and does so by contributing to the generation of new knowledge through its support of research and scholarship."
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Grants in higher education and the arts.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
"Building strong communities through collaboration provides a basis for positive change."
John G. Nicholls Trusts
"...formed to stimulate the work of scholars whose methods or goals provide a unique and promising approach to the study of motivation."
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
"We work to improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore the earth's natural systems."
Pew Charitable Trusts
"Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life."
Public Welfare Foundation
"...supports efforts to ensure fundamental rights and opportunities for people in need."
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rockwell Foundation
"...a private foundation that supports charities located in the Houston-Gulf Coast region."
Rotary Foundation
"Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self."
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
"...makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economic performance."
Open Society Institute: Soros Foundations Network
"The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens."
The Spencer Foundation
Investments in education research
The Starr Foundation
"makes grants in a number of areas, including education, medicine and healthcare, human needs, public policy, culture and the environment."
Surdna Foundation
"The foundation makes grants in the areas of environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts and the nonprofit sector."
John Templeton Foundation
Acts as a "philanthropic catalyst for research and discoveries relating to what scientists and philosophers call the Big Questions."
Turner Foundation
"...working to protect & restore the natural systems that make life possible."
Weeden Foundation - Environmental Grantmakers
Addressing "the adverse impact of growing human populations and overuse of natural resources on the biological fabric of the planet."
Whitaker Foundation
Biomedical engineering
Wilburforce Foundation
"...protects wildlife and targeted wildlands in Western North America by actively supporting organizations and leaders advancing conservation solutions."

Texas Foundations

Wilfred O. Allen Foundation
Scholarships for Metropolitan Houston Area Minority Youths
Cooper Foundation - Waco, Texas
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Houston Endowment Inc.
The Kronkosky Foundation
The Magnolia Charitable Trust
Environmental giving for Texas
Meadows Foundation
The RGK Foundation
The San Antonio Area Foundation
The ATT Foundation
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Texas A&M Research Foundation
The Waco Foundation

Corporate Funding

Alcoa Foundation
American Express
AT&T Foundation
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
CAF's Corporate Community Involvement Resource Centre
FMC Foundation
General Electric Fund
Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
IBM Corporation
Intel
Online U.S. Grant Information
Levi Strauss Foundation
Liz Claiborne Foundation
Medtronic Foundation
Metropolitan Life Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
New York Life Foundation
Pfizer Philanthropy
Safeco Giving
Sun Microsystems Community Development Grants Program
Texaco
Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Teachers
Whirlpool Foundation

Corporate Research

10k Wizard
Searchable database of SEC filings. Searching allowed by company name, industry, SIC, CIK, form type.
Annual Reports Library
"A resource for finding and evaluating Annual Reports."
CAROL
Company Annual Reports On Line -- International and USA
CorporateInformation
Contains 20,000 free company profiles and research reports. Searching is also available by state, country and industry. Other information provided includes currency exchange rates and news stories.
EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
Official US Securities and Exchange Commission Web site. Financial filings from public companies.
IndustryWatch.com
Provides timely and detailed information on over 50,000 public and private companies.
Google Finance
News and market information
Hoover's ONLINE
Basic capsule information is free plus the free links to SEC filings and corporate news makes it a useful "one stop" shop.
Kompass -- international directories -- (basic information is free)
A "business to business directory with 2.3M companies in 70 countries referenced by 57K product & service keywords, 86K trade names, & 4.6M executive names."
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Excite Finance
Use to quickly locate company financial information online. Tools to create charts; provides historical data.
Yahoo! Finance
Use to quickly locate company financial information online. Tools to create charts and industry comparisons. The historical price table will also provide historical dividends and provides a nice download feature that makes importing the data into a spreadsheet easy.

Government Information

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