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Organizational Development & Capacity Building
Leadership Development
Governance & Board Development
Social Innovation & Change
Operating a Charity in Canada, Legal Issues
Fundraising & Resource Development
Internet & Information Technology Tools
Charitable Sites of Interest
Organizational Development & Capacity Building
Charity Village: Overview of feasibility studies for capital and endowment campaigns
Blackbaud: Free on-line tool to show gifts (amount and number) and number of prospects needed to achieve campaign goal
Fundraising Assessment Tool: Developed for women’s organizations by Suzanne Gibson & Associates
Enterprising Non-Profits: Tools and resources for social enterprises
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Leadership Development
Leadership Learning Community: On-line resources and blogs
Leadership for a Changing World: Leadership profiles and dialogues
Leadership Solutions: Building Leadership in Toronto’s Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector by Suzanne Gibson & Associates
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Governance & Board Development
Primer for Directors: Duties, liabilities and powers of non-profit directors
A-Z Directory for Board Governance: Articles on diverse aspects of governance
BoardSource: Tools for building effective non-profit boards
Board Development: United Way sponsored governance resources and training
HR Council for the Non-Profit Sector: Rich site filled with human resource tools, resources, and information
The Institute on Governance: Governance effectiveness survey
John Carver: Website on Policy Governance
Voluntarygateway.org: Information and resources of general interest to volunteers
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Social Innovation & Change
Centre for Social Innovation: Low-cost meeting and event space
Social Innovation Generation (SIG): Collaboration and training
Tamarack: Cross-sector collaboration
Chardon Press: Fundraising for social change
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Operating a Charity in Canada, Legal Issues
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Federal guidelines and resources for operating a charity in Canada
The Association of Fundraising Professionals: Frequently Asked Questions about PIPEDA (Protection of Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act)
Carter & Associates: Laws impacting charities
Charity Central: Laws impacting charities
ManagementHelp.org: Free management library
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Fundraising & Resource Development
Fundraising Guidelines
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Gifts and official donation receipts
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Registered charities newsletter
Government Resources
Human Resources & Skills Development Canada: Funding and labour market Information
Statistics Canada: Demographic information
The Daily: Statistics Canada daily e-news service
Voluntary Sector Initiative: Research on Voluntary Sector
Department of Canadian Heritage: Funding for aboriginal, art and cultural initiatives
Proposal Writing
Grant writing booklet: Written by Alan November
Grant Proposal.com: Tips for writing inquiry letters and full proposals
Funding Research
Imagine Canada (Formerly Canadian Centre for Philanthropy): Foundation and corporate funding databases (subscription required)
PRO (Prospect Research Online): Prospect research (subscription required)
Fundsnet: List of Canadian foundations and grants
Community Foundations of Canada: Canadian community foundations
BIG ONLINE: Funder database (subscription required)
Charity Village: List of corporate, foundation and government funders
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA): View financial information and contact information for registered charities and foundations
Sponsorship Report: Information on Canada’s sponsorship community
EthicScan: Directory of social and environmental performance of Canadian companies
Canada Council for the Arts: Funding for the Arts
The Foundation Centre (USA): US grant-makers database
Canada Newswire: Corporate and organization news/press release database service
Report on Business: Annual lists including top companies by profit and CEOs by compensation
Profit 100: Link to annual listing of Canada’s fastest growing companies
Canadian Business: Link to annual list of Canada’s 100 richest people
SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval): Corporate securities filings
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System) (USA): US corporate securities filings
Hoover’s (USA): Profiles of US corporations
Volunteer and In-Kind Resources
Volunteer Toronto: On-line postings for volunteer opportunities
Go Volunteer: Volunteer opportunity postings
In-Kind Canada: Access to gifts in kind (subscription required)
Fundraising Newsletters, Discussion Groups, Listserves and other On-Line Tools
Canada Helps: Processes on-line credit card donations for a small fee
Charity Channel: How to create lists and discussion groups
Canadian Fundraiser & Philanthropy (formerly Canadian Fundraiser): newsletter
Philanthropy.com: On-line source for current and back issues of The Chronicle of Philanthropy newspaper.
Charity Channel: On-line forums and professional documents
Network for Good: On-line fundraising (USA)
UK Fundraising (United Kingdom): Library services and in-depth coverage of events, jobs, news, grants and funding, content not limited to the UK
Donor Information Management Database Systems
Raiser’s Edge
GiftMaker Pro
Income Manager
DonorPerfect Fundraising Software
Sage Software
Fundraising Training
The Gilbert Centre: On-line training courses
GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training): Fundraising for social justice
The CharityVillage® Learning Institute: On-line courses and resources
The Grantsmanship Centre: Training for grant seekers (USA)
Georgian College: Graduate level full- and part-time on-line courses
Humber College: Fundraising and volunteer management courses
Ryerson University: Fundraising management program
George Brown College: Fundraising and volunteer management certificate
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Internet & Information Technology Tools
Website Creation
Network Solutions: Domain name search and registration, website creation
Useit: Effective writing for the Web
Canadian Domain Name Registration: Register .ca domain names
Web.net: Not-for-profit web service dedicated to social change
On-Line Networking
Twitter: Social networking and blogs
Linkedin: Professional networking
Facebook: Social networking and event management
Information Technology Resources for Non-Profits
reboot Canada: Computer hardware, training and other IT services to non-profits
techsoup Canada: Free computer software for non-profits
Adobe Software: Software donation program
Microsoft: Open license program for non-profits
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Charitable Sites of Interest
GuideStar: Database of non-profit organizations
Non-profit Career Network: Non-profit career postings
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