Communications and IT Development
Green Media Toolshed is a national nonprofit that builds and strengthens the communications infrastructure for the environmental movement. GMT provides its members with online training, online resources, media contact software, online artwork and other tools vital to effective public communication.
Innovation Network is a national nonprofit working to share planning and evaluation tools and know-how. Innonet provides consulting, training, and online tools for nonprofits and funders.
Power, Greater D.C. Region is a local nonprofit providing technology support across the Washington, D.C. region to a broad range of nonprofit organizations to ensure they have access to the best technology resources and know-how. Power offers assessments, discounted hardware and software, web site design, training and much more.
Fundraising Assistance
Environmental Support Center is a national nonprofit promoting the quality of the natural environment, human health and community sustainability by increasing the organizational effectiveness of local, state and regional organizations working on environmental issues and for environmental justice. The Environmental Support Center offers small capacity building grants to nonprofit organizations.
Foundation Center is a national nonprofit that strengthens the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. It does so by providing public and online access to information about philanthropy, including a database of foundation and corporate grantmakers, by conducting and facilitating research on trends in the field, and by offering education and training on the grantseeking process.
GuideStar is a nonprofit organization promoting a transparent and accountable nonprofit sector. They offer a ranking system commonly used by donors searching for reliable and effective nonprofit organizations. GuideStar offers additional online resources and articles for nonprofit groups.
General Capacity Building Information
Alliance for Nonprofit Management is a national organization that supports nonprofits, state associations and consultants with research and education about nonprofit management issues. They publish a monthly e-newsletter, PULSE! and convene a national meeting on nonprofit issues.
Canaan Valley Institute is a nonprofit, non-advocacy organization committed to helping communities in the Appalachian highlands of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and all of West Virginia build their capacity to address environmental or economic problems by implementing locally determined solutions. CVI provides assistance to watershed and other volunteer groups.
Clearinghouses and Links to Online Resources and Websites
University of Wisconsin Nonprofit Management Education Center offers wide range of links to topics and resources on such topics as cultural diversity, planned giving and grantwriting, strategic alliances and collaboration, and others.
Washington Area Grantmakers provides an excellent website on organizational effectiveness that provides their "top fives" for a variety of capacity building tools and topics such as resources on organizational development, journals, capacity building reports, and research-to-practice information and additional resources.
Leadership and Board Development
Board Source is a national nonprofit dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening their boards of directors. Board Source offers publications, training and consultation for nonprofit boards in the areas of board development, fundraising and leaderships.
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits is a California based organizations dedicated to fostering highly effective leadership through best practice exchanges focusing on board training and leadership development, a Leadership Institute, Executive Director Roundtable, and offering resource library.
Regional Associations of Nonprofit Agencies
Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies is committed to the strengthening of the nonprofit sector in Delaware for the benefit of the whole community. DANA offers trainings, information and referrals, advocacy and cost saving programs for items like D&O Liability Insurance.
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations is dedicated to strengthening individual nonprofits, as well as the entire nonprofit sector. MANO offers assistance to all nonprofits in the state of Maryland in organization development areas through training and consultation.
Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations is the statewide membership organization serving and advancing the charitable nonprofit sector through leadership, advocacy, education and services in order to improve the quality of life in Pennsylvania. PANO provides training, insurance, advocacy and a host of other services for Pennsylvania nonprofits.
Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations is a statewide organization working to help Virginia nonprofits pool their expertise, energy and experience to meet common challenges. VANNO offers training, technical assistance and group purchasing.
Washington Council of Agencies is a local nonprofit that has as its mission to strengthen, promote and represent nonprofit organizations in metropolitan Washington in order to help them better meet the diverse needs of their communities. To do this, the Center provides the region's nonprofit community with the information, tools and resources they need to succeed, including education and training, networking, advocacy, and group buying programs.
Waterkeeper Alliance is a national nonprofit that strengthens the impact of individual water keepers by providing a centralized source of scientific, legal, media and capacity-building resources. In the Chesapeake Region, a full-time Coordinator helps local water keepers 1) enhance public awareness of individual and common presence; 2) create a common and consistent Water keeper voice for Bay-related issues; and 3) share and learn from each other's work.
Organizational Development
Institute for Conservation Leadership is a national nonprofit that strengthens leaders, organizations and networks that protect the Earth. ICL offers assistance to environmental nonprofits in organizational development through training, consulting, research and meeting facilitation.
Compass Point Services is a consulting, research, and training organization that provides nonprofits with management tools, strategies, and resources to lead change in their communities.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is a membership based organization that offers networking opportunities through an annual conference, list serve with member publications, research, and tools focusing on organizational learning and leadership development.
River Network is a national nonprofit that helps people organize to protect and restore rivers and their watersheds. RN specializes in helping river and watershed-based nonprofits with organizational development as well as with technical subjects such as monitoring and assessment and using the Clean Water Act. Service delivery is through publications, a website, trainings, one-on-one consulting, an annual meeting for partners and peer sharing.
TCC Group is a consulting firm based in New York that assists non profit organizations in services areas of planning, evaluation, grantmaking assistance, program and strategy development, needs assessment, and organizational development.
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