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Employment Opportunites
Free Web Pages or Listings at These Sites
Free or Low Cost Web Site Hosting at These Sites
Fundraising and Grants
General Information
Government
Online Credit Card Contributions
Register With Some of the Top Search Engines
Special Interest Sites
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Animal Related
Human Services
Technology and Internet Services
Volunteers -- Need One or Want To Be One
Fun and Other Miscellaneous Stuff
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DeepSweep.com is a free nonprofit job board. DeepSweep includes job postings from all walks of the nonprofit sector. Positions advertised include entry-level vacancies and career opportunities for seasoned, nonprofit staff, as well as senior-level executives.
WomensJobSearch.net offers career advancement for professional women, with free, anonymous resume posting. Their site also provides links to a number of other resources of interest to women looking to advance their careers.
These sites offer free web pages or listings to not for profit groups. Please understand this is not the same as hosting a web site. Rather, the service offered by these sites is a way to get exposure while you develop a web site of your own or to increase your organization's web exposure if you already have a web site.
The sites may also provide other services and/or links to other sources of useful information to the not for profit community.
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WeCareToo This is our site. We offer a free web page to not for profit
organizations. The page includes all contact information, links to
the organization's e-mail and own web site (if they have these features)
and a 400-500 word message about the organization and its activities.
In addition, our site provides a free search engine registration form
and various fund raising programs that may be of interest to a non-profit
group and its supporters.
Action Without Borders offers free listing pages on their site and provides links to a number of other resources for the NPO community. The listings are on separate web pages similar to what is offered on our site. They are also know as The Idealist.
Charity Village is a Canadian based site. They offer listings on their site. The listings are short and are not on a separate page for each group. They will provide a link to your own web site, if you have one. They also have links to a large assortment of other sites and resources.
GuideStar offers free listings. They are on separate pages for each group and can include general information about your organization. They do not provide links to your own web site and e-mail. They do have a feature by which you can provide financial information about your group and indicate your status in terms of being able to receive tax deductible contributions.
While the above sites provide you with a free listing on their directory, this does not take the place of having a web site of your own. Following are places to go to learn more about free and / or low cost hosting of a complete web site for your organization. Some of these will require that you allow the service provider to run ads on the pages your visitors will view when visiting your site. You need to evaluate what is within your group's budget and best meets your needs.
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Angelfire (Affiliated with Lycos) and Geocities (Affiliated with Yahoo) -- these sites and ones similar to them are examples of providers that will give you a web site in return for having their ads appear on your pages. The following sites offer listings of a number of other service providers that offer free and / or low cost hosting to not for profit organizations. Some of their listings may be better suited to your needs and worth looking into.
The following sites offer general information, links to other resources and some tools that may be useful to your organization.
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Charity Channel provides general information,
various "forums" for sharing information, a way to share
documents with others, a listing of not for profit consultants,
job posting in the NPO sector and links to "VolunteerMatch" where
you can find volunteers or offer your volunteer support.
Nonprofit Genie contains opinions from experts, publications, links and answers to questions about not for profit groups and their operation.
Independent Sector is a site for a membership organization of foundations, nonprofit groups and corporate giving programs to support philanthropy, volunteering and citizen action. They provide information about these activities via their site.
Internet Nonprofit Center may be one of the best sites for finding the answers to not for profit related questions. They can also help in finding a not for profit group and provide an online library of articles and bulletins of special interest to the NPO community.
National Center For Nonprofit Boards states they are the only nonprofit organization dedicated to building stronger nonprofit boards and stronger nonprofit organizations. In addition to publishing booklets, videos and audiotapes they also sponsor workshops and use their web site in other ways to strengthen the boards of nongovernmental organizations throughout the world.
The Nonprofit Resource Center is a resource site for managers, board members and volunteers of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and anyone considering forming a nonprofit organization. They provide information in a number of different areas and links to more sites offering additional information.
Techportal is a resource site put together by a group called TeamTech working with the Northern California Council for the Community. The site provides information and links to a number of other sites that may be of interest to your organization. It is searchable by category, location and key word. They have a lot to offer and are working to add even more.
These sites provide information relating to general fund raising and grants. They also include other information of interest to the NPO community and links to even more sites that may contain further information of benefit to your group.
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Fundsnet offers a lot of information. We particularly like
this alphabetic listing section of their site that helps you navigate
to the geographic or subject listing that may be of most interest.
Internet Prospector is maintained by a network of volunteers who "mine" the Internet to find research nuggets about funding sources and what other groups are doing to raise needed funds. Their "mining" results are shared via their web site and an electronic newsletter that is free for the asking.
TGIC=the grantsmanship center offers a free magazine to the staff of nonprofit organizations or government agencies and online access to recent articles. The material covers fundraising, grant seeking and related areas. They also offer training workshops in grantsmanship, proposal writing and fundraising.
The Foundation Center map page provides you a large amount of information about what they offer and will help you move around their site to find what you need to possibly help you in your fund raising activities.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy site map shows you just what you will find at this site. Topics include Gifts & Grants, Fund Raising, Managing Non-Profit Groups and Technology. A lot of what they offer is free, but you will need to become a subscriber to gain access to all they offer.
Biz Opportunities Guide.com provides discussions on fundraising and links to various fundraising program sites that may be of help to your group.
Once you have a web site (or a dedicated page on another web site such as WeCareToo) you need to register with at least the major Internet search tools. This is the way to help people "surfing" the world wide web find you. The best way to do this is by going to each search site and completing its submission information. An alternative is to at least register with the major sites using a submission service.
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WeCareToo's Free Submission Tool allows you to submit your
site/page to a number of the top search tools.
Animal Related
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Humane Link is a virtual community of professionals and
volunteers in the humane field seeking uncommon solutions to common problems. Go to Humane Link to
link up with your peers and to access the best collection of links on the web for the humane
professional.
Pet-Abuse.com is a site dedicated to news about animal and environmental issues around the world. They have a lot of information and links to many other sources.
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FindCareNow - a site that provides users with quality
child care information and the web's finest childcare search engine.
General Technology
Computer technology keeps changing. These sites can help keep you aware of what is happening in the areas of hardware, software and the Internet itself. Some offer aid in troubleshooting problems you may encounter or suggestions as to how to maximize the benefits of the computer age.
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Benton Foundation site offers a large selection on online tools
to help not for profits effectively use the Internet. While at their
site, be sure to check out the other resources they provide including
Virtual Library, Discussion Lists and Electronic News Services.
The Gilbert Center provides general information and both free and fee based services to help not for profit groups achieve whole system Internet design.
HandsNet offers a range of hand-on classes, strategic planning workshops and management seminars to help in achieving effective integration of online technology.
nonprofit Tech provides a large selection of tools and resources for use in troubleshooting and more effectively using computer technology. They cover a broad range of technology matters not just the Internet, but computers and software as well.
Philanthropy News Network offers a web site, e-mail based newsletter and free hard copy newspaper all aimed at keeping you informed of technology advances and ways for you to make effective use of this rapidly changing area.
TechSoup focuses on technology assistance for the small to mid-sized nonprofit, particularly those for whom technology may not be their primary area of expertise. They attempt to spell out the answers to complex technical questions in accessible and sometimes saucy language. A panel of expert guides are available to answer daily questions posed by users. Specific topic areas are provided with articles and links to help nonprofits quickly get the technical information they need.
The following sites offer free and low cost web services to qualifying non-profit groups.
- InterConnection's motto is
"Weaving a Web of Support Around the Globe". InterConnection is a pioneering,
nonprofit organization that donates Web sites, computers and provides Internet
training to organizations dedicated to benefiting the local community or
environment in developing countries. Not all sites may qualify for their services. Take
a look to see if yours does. They offer a variety of services beyond hosting.
- The Natural Resources Database is a free software tool for developing and distributing environmental databases. Its aim is to assist communities in managing their own mapping and information system to assist in planning and advocacy work.
Following are several US government web sites that contain information of interest to nor for profit groups and links to other government resources.
- The official US Government
web site is found here. It provides general information and
links to the vast array of other government information.
Internal Revenue Service This site provides tax related information including how to become a registered not for profit, tax forms you will need to file and answers to other questions relating to operating a not for profit organization. Unfortunately, the site gets a lot of traffic and may be difficult to connect to.
NonProfit Gateway, as the name implies, is a site that provides you with a way to find and link to other information that is of interest to not for profit groups.
A potentially very beneficial way to receive contributions is by allowing your supporters to make a donation by credit card. There are a number of sites that offer this service to not for profit groups so that your supporters can contribute by credit card online. You can also provide this service through your own site. Most of the sites that offer the service charge a fee for doing the processing. We have seen fees as high as 15%. Accepting credit card contributions through your own site can be far cheaper, but there are still significant costs involved and the need to administer and maintain the service. There is, however, an alternative that we recommend you study.
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Helping.org is a service started by
American Online (AOL) in cooperation with Guidestar.org, Benton
Foundation, Action Without Borders and several other "partners".
If your organization qualifies, Helping.org and Guidestar work
together to set up a secure donation page for your group. Your
supporters can contribute by credit card online using either VISA or
MasterCard. The only fee charged is about 2% of the contribution
amount that is paid to the credit card company. AOL covers all other
costs through the AOL Foundation. Our only tie to Helping.org is to
be listed as one of the non-proft resources on their site. We added them
to our resource page because we think you should consider them if you currently
accept credit card contributions or wish to begin doing so. Visit
the Helping.org to learn more
about the program. You may also be interested in the other not for
profit links provided on their site.
PayPal is a commercial service that allows you to receive credit card payments. The service is "free" for credit card payments made to you and also allows you to make credit card payments for a reasonable per transaction fee. Click on the PayPal logo to go to their site to learn more and sign up for their service.
The issue of whether or not an organization needs to be registered in every state in which they solicit contributions is not clear. Some experts say this is required. Others say an organization only needs to be registered in the state in which they are organized. We and Helping.org both recommend that you review this issue with your legal advisor before using this or any other service to solicit online credit card contributions.
- VolunteerMatch is a
place to go if your organization needs volunteers for general or
specific project programs or if you are an individual looking for a
group that can use the skills you have to offer.
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