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Civic Ventures program matching highly experienced professionals with nonprofit organizations in the Sacramento & Sierra regions - Generosity Project
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A leveraged media campaign to educate, connect and resource the community in support of the region’s nonprofit sector. - Website Development Project
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California Cultural Data Project
The California Cultural Data Project (California CDP) is a powerful online management tool designed to strengthen arts and cultural organizations. This project gathers reliable, longitudinal data on the sector.
Getting Started With Data-Driven Decision Making
A Workbook
Could you use more help thinking through how to use data to help your organization make decisions? If so, you’re not alone. NTEN’s recent report on how nonprofits are using data showed that although some organizations are relying heavily on data, a number were doing very little to actually measure their work or use the data to inform other decisions.
Free Management Library
Articles on all aspects of nonprofit managment
The Free Management Library provides free, easy-to-access, online articles to develop yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations (whether the organization is for-profit or nonprofit). This comprehensive resource, curated by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC, is a large, well-organized collection of articles and resources covering all aspects of management. The list below includes the most popular topics:
Wishlist of Books for Nonprofits
Recommendations from nonprofit professionals
You’ll find some excellent books on this list by Marion Conway, a nonprofit consultant. Good reading for the new year.
Business Planning Tools for Nonprofit Organizations 2nd ed
A guidebook from SCORE
This expanded edition of their initial guidebook Business Planning Tools for Nonprofit Organizations represents the second phase of an initiative by SCORE and The Office Depot Foundation to assist nonprofit organizations in building their capacity to serve their communities.
Local Forces for Good
Six practices of high-impact nonprofits for local and smaller nonprofits
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Ranking the health of nearly every US county
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ranks the health of nearly every US county. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation collaborates with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute to bring this program to cities, counties and states across the nation.
Nonprofit Strategy and Business Planning
A fresh look
Are nonprofit business plans just “strategic plans, with numbers?” This article from David La Piana et al., explores how strategic planning and business planning are two related – but distinct – tools in the nonprofit toolbox.
Daring to Lead
A national study of nonprofit executive leadership
Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
Data Resources
There are many excellent local, regional, statewide and national data resources available to you.
Looking for data to plan or evaluation your programs? Or to support your grant proposal? Need to better understand the community you serve or would like to serve? There are many excellent local, regional, statewide and national data resources available to you.
The Community Research Lab Toolbox from Healthy City
Make data meaningful and relevant to your work and your community
Are you interested in using online tools for community-based research?
Can research support your work in a specific neighborhood?
Are you interested in how to collect data from communities and map it?
Toolkits on Community Research, Participatory Asset Mapping and a Short Guide to Community Based Participatory Action Research are now available at Healthy City.
Nonprofit Collaboration Resources
Foundation Center
The Foundation Center has gathered a wealth of information about the ways that nonprofits can collaborate to achieve their missions — through mergers, joint programming, and other forms of collaboration. You’ll find interviews with experts, case studies, links to books, articles and websites, and a database of over 650 real life examples.
Real Estate Resources for Nonprofits
OrgSpaces.org provides real estate resources to nonprofits interested in buying, renting or managing their space needs Find local pro bono real estate services and check out OrgSpaces.org’s FREE space listing service for Northern California nonprofits.
Healthy Living Map of the Capitol Region
Zip code level health data in western El Dorado, south Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties
The 2010 Community Needs Assessment and the associated Healthy Living Map includes mapping of the latest health indicator data, zip code level data that can be aggregated and/or compared to county and state rates, and refinements that make the Healthy Living Map much more navigable. From any page on the Healthy Living Map a user can click on Zip Map to mine health indicator data; Provider Directory to locate health and mental health care services; Data Dictionary for a glossary of terms; and Links for helpful resources pertaining to healt