Nonprofit Resource Library

As part of the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program, the Nonprofit Resource Library's print and electronic holdings have been expanded and updated. Housed at the Nonprofit Community Resource Center, additional computer work stations have been added and an online database of library holdings, that can be searched either on-site or via the Internet, has been created.

Information on the following topics and subcategories are found in the library:

Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Advocacy

• lobbying
• federal laws
• federal regulations
• IRS
• payments in lieu of taxes
• state laws
• state regulations

Board of Directors

• board development
• board management
• board-staff relations

Computers, Internet, Web

• technology
• tools & services
• web directories
• applications
• e-commerce

Cousulting / Consultants

Education

Evaluation

• customer service/ satisfaction
• program evaluation
• organizational performance

Financial Management

• audits
• budgeting
• contracting
• accounting
• financial reporting
• sample forms

Fundraising / Development

• foundations
• grants/grant writing
• planning
• writing aids
• applications
• successful grants
• mailing lists
• special events
• canvassing
• capital campaigns
• celebrities
• conferences/convention
• direct mail
• donations
• earned income
• membership programs
• planned giving
• prospect & funder research
• sponsorship
• telemarketing
• volunteer recruitment

Health

• healthcare

Human Resources

• benefits/compensation
• career development
• chief executive role
• employee performance
• ethics
• interpersonal skills
• interviewing
• jobs
• performance management
• staffing
• supervision
• training

Human Services

• hunger & poverty
• housing & homelessness

Leadership

• innovation & creativity
• ethics
• leadership development
• organizational alliances
• systems thinking
• organizational change
• conflict of interest
• merger

Legal Issues

• regulations
• lobbying
• business activities
• taxation
• mailing (US Postal Service)
• charitable solicitation

Marketing / Communications / Media Relations

Newsletters / Periodicals

Nonprofit Management

• crisis management
• operations management
• policies
• product /service management
• program management
• project management

Nonprofit Start-up & Dissolution

• federal and state forms

Organizational Management

• organizational alliances
• organizational change
• merger

Research and Data Collection

• reports
• statistics

Risk Management

• insurance
• liability

Strategic Planning

Social Entreprenurism

Taxes

• tax deductions
• tax exemptions
• unrelated business income

Volunteerism / Voluntarism

• volunteer management
• service learning