ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES

• Community Organizations
• Nonprofit Resources
  • Nonprofit Articles
• Cultural Resources

Community Organizations

• APIAVote

• API Resources

• Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund

• Asian Nation

• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)

• Boat People S.O.S.

• Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL)

• Hmong National Development, Inc.

• IMDiversity

• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

• Montagnard Foundation

• Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF)

• National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP)

• National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies (NAVASA)

• National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)

• National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development

• National Council of Asian Pacific Americans

• National Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Advocacy Task Force

• The National Conference for Community & Justice

• Southeast Asian Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

Nonprofit Resources

• Developing Quality Federal Grant Proposals

• Getting the Word Out

  • Crafting an Effective News Release

  • Distributing Your News Release

• Guidance to Faith-Based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government

• Nonprofit Advocacy

• Strategic Planning

• Strategic Planning: Cutting Through the Buzz

• About.com
  Provides resources and information for nonprofits.

• Alliance for Nonprofit Management
  A professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits - to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.

• Association of Volunteer Administration
  Offers a listing of resources for mobilizing and managing volunteers.

• Bay Area Video Coalition
  Offers computer/media classes as well as workshops for video, graphics, and web development.

• BPM
  Free seminars for nonprofits in preparing for audits, buying insurance, influencing public policy, technology planning, and other topics.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  Developing and writing grant proposals - guidance on submitting grant proposals to federal agencies.

• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
  Offers a wide range of nonprofit consulting, training services, and seminars.

• CompuMentor
  Helps nonprofit organizations use technology more effectively to achieve their missions.

• Congress.org
  Take action on issues.

• The Foundation Center
  Provides education, information, and training on the grantseeking process.

• Gifts in Kind
  Offers nonprofits (with 501 (c)(3) federal tax exempt status) donations of office supplies, equipment, consumer products, and building materials (including used computers).

• Internal Revenue Service
  IRS website has 990 tax return forms and a broad range of tax information.

• The Management Center
  Resource for nonprofit management support in Northern California.

• Media Alliance
  Offers computer and media classes and resources on media issues.

• Nonprofit Manager Library
  Offers a library for nonprofits on categories such as volunteers, fundraising, and creativity and innovation.

• Northern California Grantmakers
  Provides short-term loans to nonprofit human service organizations experiencing cash-flow problems that place their services in jeopardy.

• Points of Light Foundation
  Offers a searchable database by ZIP code or state to find local volunteer centers.

• TechSoup
  Technology news, resources for nonprofits, and offers discount technology for nonprofits through DiscountTech.

• TouchDC
  A web-based initiative of Washington, D.C. Grantmakers to help donors find out about local nonprofits serving the Greater Washington region.

Nonprofit Articles

• Basics of Nonprofit Marketing

  • Nonprofit Media Tour: Free Press Makes Cents!

• How Ethical Is Your Nonprofit Organization?

• Nonprofit Directors & Officers Insurance

• Key Characteristics of Donors Who Give Less Than $1,000

• Other Tips

Cultural Resources

• Southeast Asian Archive

• The Vietnam Project