PUBLICATION DOWNLOADS

• Starting a Nonprofit from BoardSource
• Colorado’s Common Grant Application and User’s Guide
• Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Colorado from Colorado Nonprofit Association
• All Hands On Board: The Board of Directors In An All Volunteer Organization from BoardSource
• Sample Board Matrix
• Achieving Excellence In Nonprofits from Harvard Business School
• Principals of Good Governance and Ethical Practices: A Guide for Charities and Foundations commissioned by The Independent Sector
• The Top Giving Foundations in Colorado from the Grantsmanship Center

ORGANIZATIONS

• Colorado Nonprofit Association: A statewide nonprofit membership coalition connecting nonprofits of all sizes, missions and geographic locations. Provides tools for communication, networking and administration.
• Providers’ Resource Clearinghouse: Solicits and accepts donations of high quality new and used office furniture, household furniture and office and household supplies. PRC brings them together at a central point and make them available to nonprofit organizations through paid memberships.
• The American Society for Association Executives (ASAE): The world’s leading membership organization for the association management profession.
  The Council on Foundations: A nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations whose mission is to promote responsible and effective philanthropy.
• GuideStar: Published by Philanthropic Research, Inc., has information on the finances of over 600,000 nonprofits.
• Independent Sector: A national leadership forum working to encourage philanthropy, volunteering, not-for-profit initiatives and citizen action to help better serve people and communities.
• The IRS online: A link to information from the IRS on tax-exempt organizations. The IRS also has a toll-free number to answer specific questions about tax-exempt organizations: 877-829-5500.
• The Internet Nonprofit Center: Materials related to nonprofit accountability and a searchable Nonprofit Locator database.
• BoardSource: The publisher of more than 100 other governance-related resources.
• The National Council for Nonprofit Associations: An umbrella, state-based network of associations of nonprofits that collectively represents more than 20,000 community nonprofits.