Resources tagged with term(s) "Community-Based Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations"

  • National Conference on Volunteering and Service
    The 2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service will be June 18 - 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois! A program of Points of Light Institute, this annual event provides attendees with an...
  • Jayne Cravens Blog
    Welcome to the Jayne Cravens Blog, on nonprofits/ngos, communications, community engagement, volunteerism, aid & development, women's empowerment, & Jayne's random thoughts. This is the...
  • Foundation Center - PubHub: Sharing Knowledge to Build a Better World
    6,545 Research reports, annual reports, best practices, literature reviews, surveys, etc. from grant-making foundations and their grantees.
  • Help and Contact Information
    This page on the AmeriCorps.gov website lists contact information for service programs that want to work with AmeriCorps.
  • Which Program is Right for You? Selector Tool
    The interactive program selector requires the answers to four basic questions — “Who are you?” “What do you want to do?” “What types of resources are you seeking?” and “How long would you like to...
  • Interactive Program Selector for Organizations
    This page provides a link that launches an interactive program selector for help in determining which of the Corporation’s seven AmeriCorps programs best fits an organization's needs.
  • What You Need To Know about Funding and Sponsoring Projects
    This page on the AmeriCorps.gov website provides a brief overview of the differences between AmeriCorps State, AmeriCorps National, AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps NCCC. Includes links to the...
  • How Can AmeriCorps Help our Organization?
    This page on the AmeriCorps.gov website explains how AmeriCorps members can benefit national or community-based organizations by improving and expanding the quality of services, raising awareness of...
  • Resources for Volunteer Managers
    Information on all aspects of volunteer management, including getting your organization ready to involve volunteers, volunteer screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, legal issues/risk...
  • Other Organizations
    The Resource Center is funded by the Corporation for National & Community Service to provide tools and training to volunteer and service programs. Our online publications, courses, effective...
  • Financial Management
    Organizations need to handle funds wisely. This may include developing written policies and procedures, internal controls, and budget controls. Corporation grantees will also need to be familiar with...
  • Finding ways to help during a disaster
    Disasters of all kinds - natural, manmade, and technological - happen every day somewhere in the world. Whether disasters are close to home or in a far away place, it is not always clear what the...
  • Community Tool Box
    The goal of the Community Tool Box is to support your work in promoting community health and development. The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250...
  • Helping youth use technology for social change
    Technology access to youth in underserved areas has long been a concern for those seeking to bridge the digital divide. An organization in San Diego teaches "technoliteracy" so that youth can use...
  • Talking to community gatekeepers about becoming AmeriCorps program partners
    A community gatekeeper is a nonprofit or government agency that has access to potential AmeriCorps members that are not within the Corporation for National and Community Service family. These...
  • Holding a celebrity waiter fundraising event
    An annual fundraiser can be a boon for any nonprofit. Soroptimist International of Santa Cruz has held a celebrity waiter fundraising dinner since 1991. Each year the event has generated increased...
  • Connect Richmond: Information for a Stronger Community
    Connect Richmond helps nonprofits, local funders and local government to determine community needs and assets, and is a source of information that can guide public decisions. It is an excellent...
  • Regenerating Community: The Recovery of a Space for Citizens
    A lecture by John L. McKnight from the IPR Distinguished Public Policy Lecture Series, May 2003. Considers how policy can strengthen community by placing citizens at the center — surrounded by their...
  • Operating a program that provides reliable used cars to low-income families
    Lack of dependable transportation presents a significant barrier to consistent employment for many low-income workers. Wheels to Work, a joint venture of Rockingham Community Action and Good News...
  • Enlisting businesses to adopt home meal routes
    Faced with a growing homebound senior population, the Volunteer Center of Orange County needed more volunteers to deliver meals to seniors' homes. Asking local businesses to "adopt a route...
  • Starting an HIV/AIDS peer education program in your community
    Youth are strongly influenced by their peers, but often do not accept or retain information presented by education or health professionals. Consequently, peer educators can help spread important...
  • Operating a program that provides transportation to low-income families
    Lack of reliable transportation can be an insurmountable barrier for individuals who want to move off welfare into the workforce. Without transportation, it's difficult to search for jobs, get to...
  • Using art to raise funds and awareness for hunger relief
    An Empty Bowls event can raise funds to support organizations that provide hunger relief while educating attendees about the social issues related to hunger, poverty, and homelessness. Fundraisers...
  • Enlisting gardeners to help feed the hungry
    Across the country and in Canada, volunteer gardeners are helping to feed the hungry by dedicating a row of their fresh garden produce to food banks and soup kitchens. The Garden Writers Association...