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Charities Bureau - Office of the NYS Attorney General - http://www.charitiesnys.com/about_new.html

The Attorney General's Charities Bureau is responsible for supervising charitable organizations to protect donors and beneficiaries of those charities from unscrupulous practices in the solicitation and management of charitable assets. The Charities Bureau also supervises the activity of foundations and other charities to ensure that their funds and other property devoted to charitable purposes are properly used, and protects the public interest in charitable gifts and bequests contained in wills and trust agreements. The Bureau also maintains a registry of charities and fundraising professionals.

 

Chronicle of Philanthropy - http://philanthropy.com/
The Chronicle of Philanthropy provides news and information for executives of tax-exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, social services, and other fields, as well as fund raisers, professional employees of foundations, institutional investors, corporate grant makers, and charity donors. Along with news, it offers such service features as lists of grants, fundraising ideas and techniques, statistics, reports on tax and court rulings, summaries of books, job postings and a calendar of events.

This subscription-based journal is published 18 times per year and is available on-line. 

Foundation Center - http://foundationcenter.org/
A treasure trove of information about corporate and foundation funders, fundraising and trends in philanthropy.  Its popular Philanthropy News Digest is detailed separately below.  Access to the Foundation Center on-line is fee-based.  You can visit the Foundation Center and use its materials for free.  Classes are also offered.

Grants.gov - http://www.grants.gov/
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.

Gray Matters - http://www.graymattersnyc.org/
Gray Matters is an advisory and consulting group whose 16 members have professional experience in finance, real estate, law, public relations, medicine, education, government and architecture. Their advice and skills are offered free to the New York non-profit community. Read the Kiplingers Retirement Report article about them here.

New York Nonprofit Press - http://www.nynp.biz/
Monthly publication reporting on the human and social services community. Includes agency profiles, personnel changes, legal and budget issues, fundraising, job openings and a calendar of events.

Non Profit Coordinating Committee - http://www.npccny.org/
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc. publishes a monthly newsletter, offers workshops and roundtables on management issues, provides cost-saving vendor services, manages a Government Relations Committee that works on sector-wide government and legislative issues, and maintains a website loaded with information on operating a nonprofit. NPCC is a membership organization.

Philanthropy News Digest - http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/
Newsletter and blog of the Foundation Center with information on RFPs, nonprofit jobs, and other relevant philanthropy news.  Updated daily. 

ReServe - http://www.reserveinc.org/
ReServe connects New York City's retired professionals with compensated service opportunities that challenge them to use their lifetime skills for the public good.  ReServe serves retired professionals by placing them in part-time positions in nonprofit and city organizations throughout New York while offering their Partner Organizations access to a pool of talented, experienced workers at well below their market value.

The Nonprofit Quarterly - http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/
The Nonprofit Quarterly’s overarching editorial goal is to strengthen the role of nonprofit organizations to activate democracy.  NPQ highlights the best nonprofit practices from the sector's leading thinkers.

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