Resource Center: Help for Organizations
This page is devoted entirely towards providing information and resources to our friends and colleagues in the non-profit world, and is updated often. Enjoy!
The Seacoast Women's Giving Circle
Each year the Seacoast Women's
Giving Circle focuses on a specific community need or issue. During our
fourth giving cycle, which will culminate in a collective gift in June 2010,
we will focus on women's economic security. In prior years, we have tackled
environmental issues, housing and homelessness, and children at risk. Our
members and supporters have invested over $70,000 in local community organizations
and volunteered countless hours for causes that spark our passions and address
the needs of the Seacoast community.
Since our founding in 2006, many of you have shared your expertise with
us, helping to unravel and explain the complicated issues facing our community.
Thank you all for your guidance, ideas, patience and most of all for your
personal commitment to improving the quality of life on the Seacoast for
all who live here.
We are now seeking proposals for our 2010 gift from non-profit organizations.
To be eligible for the 2010 grant, organizations must address the issue
and population selected by the Seacoast Women's Giving Circle this giving
cycle. We are seeking proposals that help single mothers and/or working
mothers overcome obstacles to achieving economic security by addressing
one or more of the following areas: childcare, job training and education,
mental health support, domestic violence support and transportation.
Our 2010 grant application form, which explains our process and priorities
in more detail, can be downloaded here. The grant application is posted
on the Giving Circle's website and will also be on the NH Center for Non
Profits website. We encourage you to forward this email to organizations
that might be interested in applying or to apply on behalf of your own organization
as appropriate.
The key details are summarized below:
Deadline: Electronic version of grant application must be emailed to info@seacoastwomengive.org
by Friday, January 22nd
Eligible organizations must provide services in some or all of the following
Seacoast towns of New Hampshire and Maine: Seabrook, Hampton, Hampton Falls,
North Hampton, Rye, Portsmouth, New Castle, and Kittery.
Proposals should be based on a projected grant of $20,000, although the
amount of the grant varies annually based on the contributions of Giving
Circle members.
Thank you again for your support and guidance this fall and over the last
three years. We are so lucky to count all of you amongst our friends and
mentors in the community.
Samuel P. Pardoe Foundation Grants
The Samuel P. Pardoe Foundation has dedicated a major portion of its funds to develop and support the Prescott Farm Audubon Center and the new Sam Pardoe Education Center in Laconia. With the completion of the foundation's major commitment to the new education center, its general grantmaking budget has increased. The foundation will direct its grantmaking to Lakes Region organizations that focus on education, land and resource management and social services.
A new funding cycle begins in January 2009. Guidelines and application forms
are available at www.grantsmanagement.com/Pardoe/pardoeguide.html
Please feel free to contact Michelle Jenney or Mary Phillips if you have
any questions about the foundation or the application procedures.
Mary Phillips, Samuel P. Pardoe Foundation
c/o Grants Management Associates
77 Summer Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1006
617/426-7080, Ext.306
Masse Electrical Contractors
197 N. Main Street, Boscawen, NH 03303
603-753-4466 or 800-640-0720
New to the Concord area, Vicky Merrill and Brian Chase of Masse Electrical Contractors would like to extend to all Concord Chamber of Commerce members a $5.00 per hour discount on labor charges for your electrical needs within their service area. Just show your Chamber card to the electricians when the service is provided.
The Fund for Women Artists
Founded to make funding available to women artists and women's art organizations. The Fund for Women Artists was created in the belief that women artists have the power to change the way women are perceived in our society. They strive to make sure that artists have full access to the financial and other resources they need to do this crucial work. The Fund for Women Artists focuses mainly on women in theatre, film, and video.
The Fund for Women Artists web site offers in depth information on funding opportunities for women in the arts and women's art organizations.The WomenArts Network, available on their web site is designed to make it easy to contact women who have artistic work or skills to share. Artists in all mediums may participate. Visit the Fund for Women Artists at http://www.womenarts.org
The Fund for Women Artists
P.O. Box 1236
Northampton, MA 01061
Phone: (413) 585-5968
Website: www.womenarts.org
Email: info@womenarts.org
Donation Networks
Donation Networks is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving schools, home schools, after-school programs, and non profits by providing them with equipment and supplies they need in order to succeed. Our mission is to provide every person, despite their means, with the tools and support they need to achieve their dreams. We strive to make available the necessary tools for children to stay in school and for humanitarian agencies to continue their efforts to help the community. http://www.donationnetworks.org
Donation of Yogurt Products Available to Nonprofit Organizations
Deadline: Ongoing - Stonyfield Farm provides complimentary yogurt products to charitable organizations whose missions are in the following areas of advocacy: environmental stewardship and sustainable agriculture, children's education and healthful eating, and women's wellness and illnesses related directly to diet and nutrition. A minimum of 6 weeks notice is required to be able to accommodate requests. Preference is shown for organizations filing their first request. http://www.stonyfield.com/Donations/Guidelines.cfm
Google Grants Program Provides In-Kind Advertising for Non-profit Organizations
Deadline: Ongoing - Designed for non-profit organizations, the Google Grants AdWords program awards advertising on the Google.com site for organizations whose missions range from animal welfare to literacy, from supporting homeless children to promoting HIV education. Google Grants has awarded AdWords advertising to hundreds of non-profit groups in community service areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Grant recipients use their award of free AdWords advertising on Google.com to raise awareness and increase traffic. Each organization awarded a Google Grant receives at least three months of in-kind advertising. http://www.google.com/grants/
Funds for Fresh Ideas to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations
Deadline: Open - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Vulnerable Populations Portfolio is seeking new community-based approaches to health and health care problems that intersect with social factors—such as inadequate housing, poor education and poverty.
They are interested in projects that serve hard-to-reach individuals and families, especially new immigrants and refugees, frail older adults and at-risk adolescents and are especially interested in providing support to organizations that are outside the formal network of health care providers, such as grassroots organizations, faith-based organizations and advocacy organizations (rather than traditional providers such as hospitals and medical clinics). Grants up to $300,000 for up to three years in duration are currently available. All applicants must use the RWJF Brief Proposal Form to apply for this program. Proposals are accepted at any time. For details go to http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480
Gifts In Kind
This site is an excellent resource for computers, software, etc. Some of the items require the non-profit organization to pay for shipping and handling, but in most cases, they are completely free. www.giftsinkind.org
Tech Soup
This is a great source of information for donating used computers, purchasing software as well as training resources. www.techsoup.org
FREE RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE IN GRANTMAKING
AGM
AGM is a regional association of grantmakers, making grants in Massachusetts
and throughout New England.
Dollars for Change is a resource booklet available to non-profits that provides information about funding resources. This booklet is published by The Commission on the Status of Women.
Girl Scouts of America Research Institute
Provides helpful and informative links to organizational sites that provide research and statistics on children and adolescents, as well as information and guidance on outcomes studies and program evaluation.
Guidestar
Guidestar offers basic nonprofit data services. This online resource provides
a searchable database for organizations seeking funding from foundations.
Donors can also search for and evaluate nonprofits to find those that match
their giving plan.
Internet
Nonprofit Center
A resource of information provided by partcipants in many online discussions
about nonprofits and their work.
New
Hampshire Center for NonProfits
The New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits (NHCN) is a member-based association
of over 400 diverse New Hampshire nonprofit organizations of all types and
sizes serving every community in New Hampshire.
New
Hampshire Charitable Foundation
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is a statewide community foundation.
The mission of NHCF is to improve the quality of life in our communities.
They help steward the dreams and legacies of New Hampshire’s most
generous citizens. Their job is to unite the generosity of our donors with
the needs of our communities. This is a collective enterprise of many people,
past and present, whose vision, leadership and generosity serve New Hampshire
today and in the future.
Idealist.Org
Provides a wealth of resources to nonprofits, as well as listings for jobs
and events.
The Foundation Center: Update on Funding Priorities. Report identifies year 2000 trends in charitable giving and includes data on giving by topic area (health, education, environment, etc.), regional trends, and support for specific demographics, such as children and the poor. Available free in PDF from the Foundation Center website.
The
Grantsmanship Center
The world's leader in grant information.
The
Grantsmanship Center Magazine
TGCI Magazine contains articles on how to plan, manage, staff, and fund
the programs of nonprofit organizations.
The
Grants Information Center
Find books, periodicals, pamphlets and a sampling of videos on fundraising,
proposal writing and philanthropy.
HELPFUL WEBSITES
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Board Source is an excellent reource for board development materials and trainings.
Continuing Education in Fundraising offers conferences and workshops targeting issues and questions facing development professionals in New Hampshire.
www.nationalpriorities.org/database
This website provides information and a searchable database regarding the amount of federal spending devoted to any issue in the United States for the past 20 years. This information could be very helpful when writing grant proposals!
This website is a wonderful resource for nonprofits in New Hampshire. The mission of the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits is to serve as an advocate, information and education center, and networking resource for NH nonprofits.