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Resources

Donors Forum connects you with current resources on foundations, individual giving, and nonprofits. Here are some resources from the field.

For Donors
  • Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Relief Resource Center
  • Midwest Flood Relief Resource Center
  • China Earthquake Relief Resource Center
  • Myanmar Cyclone Relief Resource Center
  • Avian Flu Resources
  • Grantmaker Tools
  • Guides for Individual Donors
  • Hurricane Relief Resource Center
  • Periodicals for Grantmakers - journals and papers

  •   For Grantseekers
  • Watch videos of "The State Budget: Priorities and Pressures," presented in Carbondale on April 23. The event was co-sponsored by Donors Forum, the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, and the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. Note: clicking either link will open Widows Media Player or your default video program.
          Keynote speaker, Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes
            Panel discussion
  • Chicago Lawyers' Committee Nonprofit Legal Assessment Program
  • Chicago Area Grant Application
  • Grantseekers Toolbox - step-by-step guide
  • Illinois Funding Source - online funders database
  • Nonprofit Technical Assistance Providers(pdf)
  • Public Trust Initiative - governance tools
  • For Professional Advisors
  • Resources
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    Other Sources of Information

  • NEW - The Illinois Cultural Data Project
  • The Libra Foundation surveyed its grantees to better understand its role in furthering a broad-based human rights movement. The result, Growing the Movement for Human Rights, reports several signs of progress in the use of human rights as a tool for social change, and underscores the importance of working on multiple fronts simultaneously.
  • MacArthur Advisory Services: Through this initiative, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation provides advice without charge to other foundations, corporate donors, and individual donors who wish to make gifts in fields in which MacArthur works, and helps identify other resources, including technical and other advisors, that might be helpful to the donor.
  • BoardSource
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • Foundation Center
  • Greater Chicago Nonprofit Gateway
  • Independent Sector
  • National Center on Family Philanthropy
  • Nonprofit Sector Research Fund of the Aspen Institute
  • General Resources
  • NEW - The 2010 Census Resouces
  • Donors Forum's Illinois Nonprofit Economy Report (pdf)
  • Research, Trends on Foundations and Nonprofits
  • Does Being Ethical Pay? - from The Wall Street Journal online
  • Annual Reporting Requirements for Charitable Organizations
  • About Philanthropy in Illinois
  • Anti-terrorist Financing Guidelines for U.S.-Based Charities
  • How to Start a Nonprofit Organization (pdf)
  • Illinois Nonprofit Principles and Best Practices (pdf)
  • Join our E-newsletter Mailing List - Free!
  • Public Trust Initiative
  • Racial, Ethnic, Tribal Philanthropy Knowledge Center
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