Nonprofit Watchdog Sites

Guidestar
The National Charities Information Bureau
Council of Better Business Bureaus

Their mission is "to promote informed giving and charitable integrity, to enable more contributors to make sound giving decisions and to do all we can to encourage giving to charities that need and merit support. NCIB believes that donors are entitled to accurate information about the charitable organizations that seek their support. NCIB also believes that well-informed givers will ask questions and make judgments that will lead to an improved level of performance by charitable organizations."

Best Resource Sites

Benton Foundation's Best Practice Toolkit
Tools to help nonprofits make effective use of communications and information technology. Check out the toolkit link under "Practice."

Foundation Center
Redesigned with improved navigation, the Foundation Center's site offers a digest of fundraising news, grantmaker information, an online library, and a marketplace of fundraising-related books, CD-ROM's and seminars.

Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
An updated collection of interesting nonprofit links and articles.

Nonprofit Managers' Library
Great source of templates and materials for nonprofit managers.

Nonprofit Online News
The closest thing the nonprofit sector has to its own technology wire service. Editor Michael Gilbert serves up one-line summaries of the latest news, interviews, links, and tech trends.

Philanthropy Journal
Philanthropy news updates daily.

Putnam Barber's Nonprofit Info
Monthly topics of interest and "The Nonprofit Files," a collection of useful FAQs.

The Nonprofit GENIE FAQs

Internet Nonprofit Center
Edited by Putnam Barber, Cliff Landesman, and Michael Gilbert, this site is packed with news and innovative programs. Search IRS files with the Nonprofit Locator, and find answers with the Nonprofit FAQ.

National Center for Charitable Statistics
The National Center for Charitable Statistics is an organization that gathers, and trakcs data on nonprofit organizations.

National Center for Nonprofit Boards
Resources for board members and organizations, including a large bookstore.

Proposal Writing Internet Resources
This short list of links focuses on the proposal writing process. Although somewhat academically oriented, these hints, guides, and sample proposals will help first-time grantseekers of all kinds get the ball rolling.

Who Cares
Toolkit for Social entrepreneurs.

The Alliance for Nonprofit Management
A collection of useful FAQs and information.