General Information

About.Com
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/resources
Links to resources for nonprofits

Alliance For The Arts
http://www.allianceforarts.org/index.htm
Provides information on New York City and the States's cultural resources and compiles and analyzes data on cultural industries.

The Alliance for Independent Motion Media (AIMM)
http://motionmedia.org
A network of media arts organizations determined to stimulate and sustain growth of independent motion media production in Massachusetts.

Arts Alliance of NYS
http://www.thealliancenys.org
Information on infrastructure, consultants, organizational capacity, board, planning, finances, human resources

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
Resources lists by agency; fundraising and outreach, grants, laws and regulations, management and tax information, plus a consultant directory

Internet Nonprofit Center
http://www.nonprofits.org

Literature of the Nonprofit Sector
http://lnps.fdncenter.org/
A searchable database of the literature of philanthropy that incorporates the contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries.

National Center for Charitable Statistics
http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/
National clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. NCCS is a program of the Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
http://www.namac.org
The resources area has information about management, funding resources and community building; also offers National Peer Technical Assistance for non-profits*

National Association of State Arts Agencies
http://www.nasaa-arts.org
A membership organization representing the nation’s arts agencies; the website has a list of publications concerning advocacy, arts education and accessibility

National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.nea.gov
Has an online resources area concerning accessibility, funding, health insurance, and discipline-specific resources

New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org
In the Organizations Section has management, fundraising and capacity building areas

New York State Council on the Arts
http://www.nysca.org
Includes general resources, discipline-specific, individual artists’ funding and detailed information on accessibility
  
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/
Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Resources on Accountability, evaluation, marketing, grants, governance, staff development and organizational capacity.

Nonprofit Resource Center
http://www.not-for-profit.org

Support Center For Non-Profit Management
http://supportctr.org
Provides Management training and consulting, disseminates information and practical information and practical resources, and works to build strategic alliances.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
http://www.vlany.org

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Legal Requirements for Non-Profit Organizations

IRS 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Organizations
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96109,00.html

New York State Charities Bureau
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/charities/forms/charindex.html

NYS Certificate of Incorporation Under Section 402 Not-For-Profit Law
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/pdfs/dos1511.pdf

Non Profit Charitable Organizations
http://nonprofit.about.com/
Legal issues, how to form non-profit corporations

NonProfit Coordinating Committee of New York
http://www.npccny.org/databank.htm

Pro Bono Partnership
http://www.probonopartnership.org/publications/index.htm#state
Extensive list of links to resources for non-profits, especially legal issues surrounding establishing and maintaining a non-profit organization and governance

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Leadership & Transition

Center for Creative Leadership
http://www.ccl.org
An international resource for increasing the leadership capabilities of individuals and organizations from across the public, private and nonprofit sectors

NAMAC  Leadership Development
http://www.namac.org/community_sub.cfm?catid=12

Non-Profit Leadership Program
http://www.dal.ca/~henson/nonprofit/whoWeAre.html
Continuing education program based at Canada’s Dalhousie University's College of Continuing Education. Best Practices for non-profits; governance and board development; management, Information Technology; Public Policy

Transition Guides
http://www.transitionguides.com
Management of leadership transition and related organizational development

Readings
Belenky, Mary Field, Lynne A. Bond & Jacqueline S. Weinstock.  A Tradition That Has No Name: Nurturing the Development of People, Families and Communities, Basic Books, 1997.

Bennis, Warren and Joan Goldsmith. Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader, Addison-Wesley, 1997.

Conger, Jay A. and Robert M Fulmer. Developing Your Leadership Pipeline. Harvard Business Review. Boston: Dec 2003.

Gardner, Howard, with Emma Laskin. Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership, Basic Books, 1995.

Kaner, Sam. Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. New Society Publishers, 1996.

Liteman, Merianne. Planning for Succession: A Toolkit for Board Members and Staff of Nonprofit Arts Organizations. Published by the Illinois Arts Foundation and Arts & Business Council of Chicago. 2003. http://www.artsalliance.org

Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Doubleday/Currency, 1990.

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Board Development

Boardsource http://www.boardsource.org/
Resources for strengthening Boards.

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
http://www.mncn.org/info_govern.htm
Governance  - Basics of a Board of Directors.

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Consultants

Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits    http://www.mapnp.org/library/misc/smplcntr.htm
A non-profit resource in the Twin Cities, has a sample contract for consulting services on site

NAMAC
NAMAC Consultant Network   http://www.namac.org/community_consultant.cfm?catid=9
How to Work with Consultants  http://www.namac.org/sub_consultant.cfm?id=1&catid=9&subid=7

NYS Alliance for Arts Organizations     http://www.thealliancenys.org/inside/buildingorgs.html
Building Organizational Capacity - A toolkit with specific resources concerning non-profit structure, human resources issues, budgets and audits, and professional consultants along with a consultant directory

Non Profit Charitable Organizations 
Using Consultants for Fun and Profit   http://nonprofit.about.com/library/weekly/aa010201a.htm
Contracts for Consultants   http://nonprofit.about.com/library/weekly/aa081601a.htm

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Strategic Planning and Assessment

Alliance for Nonprofit Management   http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/strategic_planning
Basic overview of strategic planning

Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Lessons/index.html
National Endowment for the Arts - a compendium of planning advice from professional arts consultants, with an extensive linked recommended reading list

Performance Measurement Toolkit    http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/abou.shtml#toolkit
NASAA - provides basic information on measurement fundamentals and outlines a step-by-step approach to developing a performance measurement system.

Strategic Planning Toolkit
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/abou.shtml#toolkit
NASAA step-by-step guide to strategic planning

Readings
Allison, Michael, and Jude Kay. Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.

Barry, B.W. Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1998.

Lewis, Andrew. Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool. The Nonprofit Management Education Center. University of Wisconsin Extension. http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/assess6.htm

McNamara, Carter. Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation. Minneapolis: Authenticity Consulting, 2003.

Napier, Rod; Patrick Sanaghan; and Cling Sidle. High Impact Tools and Activities for Strategic Planning: Creative Techniques for Facilitating Your Organization’s Planning Process. McGraw-Hill, 1998.

Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World. New York: Doubleday, 1996.

Stevens, Louise. The Community Cultural Planning Work Kit. Amherst, MA: Arts Extension Service, 1987.

Warshawski, Morrie, and Kelly Barsdate, Jonathan Katz. A State Arts Agency Strategic Planning Toolkit. National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, 2000.

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Grants and Grantsmakers

Information for Grantsmakers
Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org
Support for Foundations

ePhilanthropy Foundation     http://www.ephilanthropy.org
Seeks to foster the ethical use of the Internet for philanthropic purposes

Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media (GFEM)
http://gfem.org

Grantmakers in the Arts     http://www.giarts.org/
A nonprofit membership organization comprised of private foundations, family foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations that make arts grants. GIA welcomes public sector grantmakers as affiliate members.

New York Regional Association of Grantsmakers
http://www.nyrag.org
Membership organization in the metropolitan NY area which offers programs and resources that support effective, s
strategic grantmaking

Information for Grants Seekers
The Grantsmanship Center
http://www.tgci.com/
The Center conducts workshops in grantsmanship, enterprise development and fundraising.

NAMAC Funding Toolkit     http://www.namac.org/community_sub.cfm?catid=10

Online Fundraising Resource Center  http://www.fund-online.com
Resources, essays, analysis of online fundraising trends; using the web for fundraising

Listings of Granting Agencies
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html

The Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org

Grants.Gov
http://www.grants.gov/
Database of federal grants

Federal Grants Wire
http://www.federalgrantswire.com/

Granting Agencies with an Interest in Media Arts
Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts  
http://www.warholfoundation.org/

Arts Link
http://www.cecartslink.org/

Creative Capital
http://www.creative-capital.org/

Experimental Television Center Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund   http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org

Ford Foundation
http://www.fordfound.org

Funding Exchange   http://www.fex.org

Guggenheim Fellowships
http://www.gf.org

Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/applicants.shtm

Jerome Foundation
http://www.jeromefdn.org/

Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
http://mapfund.org

Meet the Composer
http://www.meetthecomposer.org

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
http://www.midatlanticarts.org

NAMAC
http://www.namac.org
Offers capacity building support, peer coaching, professional development fund

National Endowment for the Arts
http://arts.endow.gov

National Endowment for the Humanities   http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html

National Video Resources
http://www.nvr.org

New York Foundation for the Arts  http://www.nyfa.org

New York State Council on the Arts       http://www.nysca.org

Nonprofit Finance Fund     http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/
Provides capital and advice to help non-profits achieve their mission, improve capacity and strengthen communities

Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.rockfound.org/iandr/ArtsAndCulture

Wallace Foundation   http://www.wallacefunds.org/

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Fiscal Sponsorship

Foundation Center  http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/section_5c.html
Information and links for organizations acting as a fiscal agent

Readings
Abshire, Michael. Sponsorship Revisited. Corporate Philanthropy Report Vol. 14, May 2000.

Blum, Laurie. The Complete Guide to Getting a Grant: How to Turn Your Ideas into Dollars. New York, NY: Poseidon Press. 1993.

California Management Assistance Partnership. Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement. http://www.compasspoint.org/askgenie/index.php

Colvin, Gregory L.  Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways To Do It Right. San Francisco: Study Center Press, 1993.

Goldman, Debra and Laura R. Green, Sponsors: A Guide for Video and Filmmakers. New York, NY: Clearinghouse for Arts Information. 1987.

Margolin , Judith B. The Individual's Guide to Grants. New York: Plenum Press, 1983. Portions available online as the Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship and Affiliation http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/individuals/fiscalsponsorship/affiliation_continuum.html

Martin, Patricia. Made Possible By: Succeeding with Sponsorship. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 2003.

Yarvis, Lori. Fiscal Sponsorship Arrangements. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Lawyers Alliance for New York. 1995.

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Financial Management

Arts and Business Council
http://www.artsandbusiness.org

GrantsPlus
http://grantsplus.org
A not-for-profit part of the Research Foundation of CUNY, dedicated to serving the non-profit sector through providing an efficient and effective means for grant administration and general administrative burden reduction. They offer a comprehensive array of services for sponsored programs incorporating general administrative burden reduction that includes fiscal management and reporting, sponsor liaison and compliance management, payroll, fringe benefit administration, purchasing, contracting and data input among others.

Idealist.Org
http://www.nonprofits.org
National Council of Nonprofit Organizations has a Sample Financial Policies Manual. http://www.ncna.org/_uploads/documents/live/Sample_Fiscal_Operations_Policy.doc

Minnesota Council of NonProfits
http://www.mncn.org
Unified Chart of Accounts  http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/FAQ/index.php?category=77
Authored by The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) in conjunction with the Support Center of Washington, the California Association of Nonprofits (CAN), CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and the California Society of CPAs.

Sample Financial Procedures  http://www.mncn.org/doc/Sample%20Financial%20Procedures%20Manual.PDF

Nonprofit Financial Center
http://www.nfconline.org
Practical financial management, handbooks and tools; sample forms for reporting, budgeting, bookkeeping and software, accounting rules

Readings
McLaughlin, Thomas A. Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers. John Wiley and Sons. 1995

Ryan, William P. Nonprofit Capital: A Review of Problems and Strategies. The Rockefeller Foundation and Fannie Mae Foundation.

Wassall, Gregory and Douglas DeNatale. New England’s Creative Economy: The Non-Profit Sector/2000. New England Foundation for the Arts. 2003. http://www.nefa.org/pdf/The_Nonprofit_Sector_2000.pdf

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Technology

Build Your Own Website   http://build-website.com/

CompuMentor http://www.compumentor.org
A nonprofit organization specializing in technology assistance for community-based organizations and schools. Through our consulting practice, we offer technology planning, implementation, and support services.

Fund for the City of New York
http://fcny.org
The Fund's Nonprofit Computer Academy helps small to mid-size NYC-based organizations improve services and streamline operations through the effective use of technology. Services include computer and internet training in labs, specialized courses, and moderately proced consulting services.

Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network
http://www.nten.org/
Searchable database for technology products and services to the nonprofit community

OnPhilanthropy
http://www.onphilanthropy.com
A global resource for non-profit and philanthropy professionals, including articles focused on technology with best practices for fundraising, website development and electronic communications.

Open Source Initiative    http://www.opensource.org/
dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community

Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/

TechSoup     http://www.techsoup.org
Technology resources for non-profit organizations. The TechSoup site is divided into 5 main content areas: How-to, Community Discussions, Products, Service Directory, and News and Views. Information on discounted software, technology planning and training, consultants and assessment tools.

Groundspring https://www.groundspring.org
Provides information technology solutions that facilitate and enhance communication between nonprofit organizations and their stakeholders

Readings
Century, Michael. Pathways to Innovation in Digital Culture. Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions, McGill University, 1999. http://www.nextcentury.ca/PI/PImain.html

Jackson, Maria-Rosario et. al. Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structure for US Artists. 2003. The Culture, Creativity and Communities Program at the Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org/publications/411311.html

Jennings, Pamela. New Media Arts/New Funding Models. Rockefeller Foundation, 2000. New Media Arts/New Funding Models http://www.rockfound.org/Library/New_Media_Arts_-_New_Funding_Models.pdf

Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media. The MIT Press, 2001.

Morris, Susan. Museums and New Media Art.  Rockefeller Foundation, 2001. http://www.rockfound.org/Library/Museums_and_New_Media_Art.pdf

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Management & Organizational Development

Access to Health Insurance / Resources for Care http://www.ahirc.org/  By state for artists. Rights, insurance guides, appeals

Arts Lab     http://www.artslab.net
A project to study the feasibility of building a new kind of arts and research laboratory, structured as a not-for-profit corporation and managed with the discipline of a commercial enterprise; archive of publications relating to non-profit organizational development

ArtsNet    http://www.artsnet.org
Database of arts management information

Center for Non-Profit Management http://www.cnmsocal.org
Improving the performance of nonprofit organizations addressing critical issues and serving underserved populations.

Free Management Library    http://www.managementhelp.org/
highly integrated library for nonprofits, with courses and toolkits; includes Basic Guide to Non-Profit Financial Management  http://www.managementhelp.org/finance/np_fnce/np_fnce.htm

Governance Matters
http://governancematters.org
Works to raise the standards of governance of nonprofit organizations, particularly in New York State. It maintains an online directory and organizes a number of forums directed to the professional needs of boards and trustees.

Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
http://www.managementhelp.org/np_progs/org_dev.htm
online organizational development program

Support Center for Non-Profit Management   http://www.supportctr.org

Readings
Bernstein, Philip.  Best Practices of Effective Nonprofit Organizations: A Practitioner's Guide. 1997.

McCarthy, Kerry. New York State Artist Workspace Consortium. NY, NY, 2004. www.nysawc.org

McKinsey and Company. Effective Capacity Building in Nonprofit Organizations. http://www.vppartners.org/learning/reports/capacity/capacity.html

The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool: Process Guide. 1999. http://pfdf.org/leaderbooks/sat/mission.html

Weisbord, Marvin R., and 35 international co-authors. Discovering Common Ground: How Future Search Conferences Bring People Together to Achieve Breakthrough Innovation, Empowerment, Shared Vision, and Collaborative Action. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1992.

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Policy

Center for Arts & Culture
http://culturalpolicy.org
This national arts policy organization maintains a listserv covering a number of arts-related topics, approached from the practical to the abstract, from tracking federal action and funding, to update on access issues, culture in communities, creativity and the law, heritage and preservation, and globalization.

Readings
Bedoya , Roberto. U. S. Cultural Policy: Its Politics of Participation, Its Creative Potential.  National Performance Network, 2004. http://www.npnweb.org/files/public/CulturalPolicy.pdf

Blau, Andrew. Deep Focus: A Report on the Future of Independent Media. NAMAC, San Francisco, CA. 2004

Center for Social Media. Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use. Nov. 2005
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/backgrounddocs/bestpractices.pdf

Irvine Foundation and AEA Consulting. Critical Issues Facing the Arts in Califronia: A Working Paper from The James Irvine Foundation. 2006. http://irvine.org/publications/new_pubs.shtml

Jakson, Maria-Rosario. Invesing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structure for U.S. Artists. 2003. http://www.irvine.org/publications/by_topic/arts.shtml

Markusen, Ann and David King. The Artistic Dividend: The Arts’ Hidden Contributions to Regional Development. University of Minnesota, 2003. http://www.hhh.umn.edu/img/assets/6158/artistic_dividend.pdf

McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje. From Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World. Rand Corporation, 2002. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1552/

McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje,, Laura Zakaras and Arthur Brooks.  Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts. Rand Corporation, 2004. http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG218/

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Professional Development

Americans for the Arts
http://www.artsusa.org
Arts industry research and information for community arts leaders via specialized programs and services

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Capacity

New York State  Alliance for Arts Organizations   http://www.thealliancenys.org

Readings
Building Organizational Capacity - Developing Community Through the Arts. toolkit and directory of consultants by the Ohio Arts Council.  http://www.oac.state.oh.us/grantsprogs/2003seminarsintro.asp

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday, 1990.

Stevens, Susan Kenny. Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. Long Lake, MN: Stagewise Enterprises, 2001.

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Accessibility

Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education     http://aware.hwg.org/
Resources include toolkits, news, online tutorials and information about the Web Accessibility Initiative

Disability.Gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do%3fparentFolderId=500

Dive into Accessibility http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/ Downloadable book about more accessible websites

Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Readings
Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Planning/AccessibilityPlanningAll.pdf

Accessibility Resources http://www.nysca.org/public/resources/access.htm
General Resources, Architectural Resources, Programming, Websites by New York State Council on the Arts

Americans with Disabilities Act http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/ADALinks.html
Statute, Compliance Guide and links

Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator’s Handbook
http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/

Some Simple Techniques for Web Accessibility  Access. Disabled Assistance Program for Tech Students.
http://www.adapts.gatech.edu/general_resources/webaccess.htm

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Discussion Boards, Blogs, Listservs

Empyre
http://www.subtle.net/empyre/
facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -key new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others to participate in thematic discussions.

Flicker http://www.hi-beam.net
A resource for media artists, cinephiles, researchers, programmers, educators, media literacists, and disaffected elements of the mainstream media technocracy. Features Pages: Artists, Venues, Resources, Images, and a link to the Frameworks Archives.

Frameworks    http://www.hi-beam.net/fw/index.html
Archive and international discussion forum on experimental film

Institute for Distributed Creativity  http://distributedcreativity.org/
Focuses on collaboration in media art, technology, and theory with an emphasis on social contexts. The iDC is an international network with a participatory and flexible institutional structure that combines advanced creative production, research, events, and documentation. While the iDC makes appropriate use of emerging low-cost and free social software (i.e., peer-to-peer technologies, blogs and mailing lists) it balances these activities with regular face-to-face meetings.

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