Resources

There seems to be no shortage of information available to nonprofit boards and staff, from publications and web sites to consultants, academic programs and more. As a service to the nonprofit field, The Forbes Funds has assembled what we regard as the best and most useful links to these resources. Our listings certainly are not exhaustive; rather, we have refined our listings so that boards and staff can access meaningful information with relative ease.

Additionally, there are many private consultants and firms with whom nonprofits often contract for assistance with marketing, strategic planning, financial management or fundraising. For more information, please check out our Consultant Directory.  The Directory is not an endorsement of the consultants or technical assistance providers but, rather, a portal to connect nonprofits to a network of services.

Click on a resource topic below to see a list of related organizations and associated Web site addresses.

Advocacy

Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest
National Council of Nonprofits
Pew Partnership for Civic Change

Capacity Development

Nonprofit Clinic at the Graduate School of Public & International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh
Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise

Community Design/Development

Community Design Center of Pittsburgh
Community Technical Assistance Center
Local Initiatives Support Center
Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development

Ethics

BBB Wise Giving Alliance
Ethics Resource Center
Standards of Excellence Institute

Evaluation

Center for What Works
Innovation Network
Office of Child Development, University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh

Faith-Based Organizations

The Faith and Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN)

Financial Infrastructure

Urban Institute - National Center for Charitable Statistics - Unified Chart of Accounts
Budgeting Calendar

Financial Reporting

Financial Planning Assessment
Sample Board Packet/Financial Statements
Cash Flow Projection
Contingency Budget Template

Fundraising

The Association of Fundraising Professionals
Giving Institute — Giving USA, formerly the American Association of Fundraising Counsel (AAFRC)
Hartford Foundation/Kim Klein videos on fundraising

Governance

Board Source
Nonprofit Good Practices Guide

Internal Financial Controls

Internal Controls Checklist
Sample Table of Contents for Policies & Procedures Manual
Example Table of Contents for Accounting & Financial Policies and Procedures Manual
Managing Restricted Funds

Grants

Foundation Center at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Grant Proposal
Grantmakers of Western PA

Leadership

Coro Center for Civic Leadership
Leader-to-Leader Institute
Leadership Pittsburgh
Nonprofit Leadership Institute

Lobbying

Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest

Management

Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide

Mergers/Collaboration

Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Mergers
Edward Charles Institute for Nonprofit Mergers & Acquisitions
Nonprofit Collaboration & Merger (PDF)

Risk Management

Nonprofit Finance Fund
Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Social Enterprise

The Institute for Social Innovation at The Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
The Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship
The Social Enterprise Alliance

Technology

The Tech Foundation
Tech Soup

Volunteers

Community College of Allegheny County’s Institute of Volunteerism
Network for Good
Pittsburgh Cares
Points of Light Institute
Volunteer Match

Other Sources

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
The Nonprofit Quarterly
The Nonprofit Times
The Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Forbes Funds   |   Five PPG Place, Suite 250   |   Pittsburgh, PA   |   15222-5414   |   Phone: 412-394-4271   |   Fax: 412-391-7259