Resources

Resources for Individual & Business Givers

Learn more about nonprofit organizations: mission, finances, impact, evaluation

• Charity Navigator  - Online charity evaluator assessing financial health of America’s largest charities
• Guidestar – Database of nonprofit information from throughout the United States
• Network for Good  – National online giving portal

Find additional information about volunteering in the Triangle

• Executive Service Corps of the Triangle  – Connecting professionals with opportunities to volunteer as nonprofit consultants
• Kids Connect NC – Identifying opportunities for young people to do and care in their local community and beyond
• ME3 – Promoting volunteerism in Wake County, NC 
• Triangle Board Connect – Matching individuals interested in nonprofit board service with organizations that need new board members
• Triangle Impact - Making volunteering possible for everyone
• Volunteer Center for Durham – Connecting people with meaningful opportunities to help the community in Durham, NC

Discover how giving back is good for your business

• Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship – Education, research, & analysis on corporate citizenship
• Bull City Forward – Durham social enterprise community
• Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy – Network of global CEOs committed to giving
• NCNG Corporate Funders Network – North Carolina’s statewide membership association for grantmakers from across the philanthropic sector
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center – Promoting better relationships between business and society to improve long-term social and economic conditions

Resources for Nonprofit Organizations

Learn how to increase your impact, improve your efficiency, raise more money, and retain great volunteers

• Duke Surplus Property Schedule - find out when Duke will be donating away surplus property
• Executive Service Corps of the Triangle  – Low cost, high quality consulting services for Triangle nonprofit organizations
• Idealist.org – Tools for nonprofit managers
• Green Plus - green and sustainable certification and education program for small businesses & nonprofit organizations
• Healthy Community Institute (BlueCross BlueShield of NC) - training to strengthen the organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations in North Carolina
• Institute for Nonprofit Research, Education, and Engagement – NC State University institute enhancing the capacity and leadership of nonprofit organizations
• Kenan-Flagler Nonprofit Board Fellows Program - The Nonprofit Board Fellows program will place MBA students on nonprofit Boards of Directors as non-voting members for six months.
• Micro-Consulting for North Carolina -  Connects student consultants with nonprofits to create sustainable solutions and build technical skills
• NC Center for Nonprofits  – North Carolina’s statewide nonprofit membership association
• Philanthropy Journal  - Nonprofit news and resources from throughout the United States

Apply for upcoming funding opportunities

• HIP Funders' Collaborative Org Assessment and Application - The HIP Funders’ Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities is a cross-sector initiative of funders that seeks to strengthen the knowledge of funders about Latino communities and to enhance the capacity of Latino nonprofits to become more effective organizations and advocates.
• Leadership Raleigh 26 and NC Youth Advisory Council Mini-Grant - applications due October 11
• Triangle Community Foundation Borchardt Fund - The Borchardt Fund was created to support the advancement of education through international exchanges in the field of technology as it applies to education.  Letter of intent due September 17, 2010.