Resource Library

Crisis prevention is doubly important for small public entities, companies and nonprofit organizations. Small organizations often have fewer resources to draw on when a crisis erupts, and insurance and other risk financing tools may not be an available due to the organization’s meager financial resources. But every organization, from the smallest to the largest can and should take steps to prevent the preventable and prepare for the unavoidable.

Conferring the honor of Emeritus to a board member should be a rare event. Read some of the things to consider before making this decision.

A sample succession plan should your organization be faced with an emergency situation.

Google Analytics offers valuable insights into your website activity to help you make informed decision on your communications, marketing, and engagement.

The Buyer's Guide to Fundraising Software can help you determine which donor database it best for your organization and fundraising strategy. 

TechSoup offers some basic considerations for each phase of the Request for Proposal process. 

Whether you are just starting out with social media or you've been using it for a while, NonprofitMarketingGuide offers tips and advice on mastering it.

Idealware highlights several affordable tools that can be used by all sizes and types of nonprofits to track, assess outcomes, and report on the information your organization needs to work with a client.

TechSoup provides tools and ideas for building a simple, attractive website without breaking the bank.

Idealware shares insight from nonprofit internet specialists on the web hosting providers that have worked well for them, and tips for hosting everything from a basic website to a powerhouse web application.

The M Word: A Board Member's Guide to Mergers from CompassPoint is a practical guide to help nonprofit board members, executives, and funders think through a merger.

TCC Group's paper offers ten keys to succession strategic planning for nonprofit and foundation leaders, and how it's both remained the same and changed over the past ten years.

Does your organization need a strategic plan or a refresh of your current plan? Use this framework for a basic strategic plan to craft a goals-based document.

Stage-based Nonprofit Lifecycles (based on the book Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity) walks through the various stages of a nonprofit lifecyle and helps organizations determine where they fall.

Social enterprise is about using a market-driven business model to address key social and environmental issues. Often, nonprofits apply ideas and practices from social entrepreneurship to advance their missions.