Webinars
Webinars are seminars held on the web on serving survivors of torture. To see lists of webinars by topic please review the left-hand side of the page.
Some of the webinars are available to members only, and you will have to log in to see all the webinars.
A list of upcoming webinars is available here.
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All Webinars in Chronological Order
How to Build Relationships with Local Resources for Funding (click to play)06-13-2007
Internet Resources
Board Café (http://www.compasspoint.org/boardcafe/index.php)
Board Café is the electronic newsletter exclusively for members of nonprofit boards of directors. Board Café offers a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service. There are over 70 issues in the archive. Board Café is published by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (www.compasspoint.org)
Charity Channel (http://charitychannel.com/enewsletters/)
The CharityChannel community is comprised of nonprofit sector professionals from around the world who volunteer their time, advice, information, tips and articles for the benefit of the community. CharityChannel directs the information through this vast network, approves, edits and/or packages it up, and directs it back out through: Forum discussion lists, enewsletters, updated news links, book reviews, interviews, job postings, consultants listings and product/service listings.
Community Foundations by State (http://www.tgci.com/funding.shtml)
Council on Foundations (www.cof.org)
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide. They provide leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities - among other services - to their members and to the general public.
The FoundationCenter (www.fdncenter.org)
Established in 1956, the FoundationCenter is today supported by more than 600 foundations. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level. The Center's web site receives more than 47,000 visits each day, and thousands of people gain access to free resources in its five regional library/learning centers and its national network of more than 325 Cooperating Collections.
The Foundation Directory Online (www.fconline.foundationcenter.org)
The FoundationCenter provides an online directory of foundations with a summary of the foundation’s contact information, areas of funding interest, grant recipients, grant amounts and regional areas of giving.
Online (www.fundersonline.org)
Funders Online is an initiative of the European Foundation Centre. The mission of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) is to promote and underpin the work of foundations and corporate funders in the New Europe. The Information and Communications programme of the EFC provides a public record and a public information service on foundations and corporate funders active in Europe.
Fundsnet Services: Nonprofit Center (www.fundsnetservices.com/nonproct.htm)
Extensive directories in the areas of grantmaking foundations, corporate philanthropy, computer and technology, fundraising, international grantmaking, scholarships, and financial aid.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (www.gcir.org)
GCIR seeks to move the philanthropic field to advance the contributions and address the needs of the world's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and refugee populations.
The GrantsmanshipCenter (www.tgci.com)
TGCI offers grantsmanship training and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. TGCI conducts workshops in grantsmanship and proposal writing.
Grants.gov (www.grants.gov)
Grants.gov is your source to find and apply for Federal government grants. There are over 1,000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant making agencies.
International Human Rights Funders Group: Funders Directory (http://www.hrfunders.org/funders/index.html)
The Funders Directory is designed to serve grantseekers and grantmakers alike. The goal is that grantmaking information will help human rights groups find new funding sources and funders to learn more about each other.
Minnesota Council of Foundations (http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/index.html)
Grantseeking resources.
The Resource Alliance http://www.resource-alliance.org/
The Resource Alliance is a UK registered charity whose mission is to build the fundraising capabilities of the non-profit sector worldwide. Their Web site contains information with the latest news on resource mobilization, fundraising courses and events, case studies, useful contacts and links.
Email listservs
Philanthropy Journal http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/
FoundationCenter RFP Bulletin http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/
Grants.gov online updates http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp
MCN http://mncn.org/subscribe.htm
Grantstation Insider http://www.grantstation.com/insidersignup2.asp
Michael Gilbert Nonprofit Online News http://news.gilbert.org/
Global Giving Matters http://www.synergos.org/globalgivingmatters/
Sample Tools
Sample Fundraising Letter to Law Firms
Sample Time Line for Fundraising Letter to Law Firms
Sample Time Line for Annual Benefit
An Additional Tool
This document is offered by Pamela Barnes after the completion of the webinar. She noted in her email that her organization raised $800 with this tool. The tool was developed specifically to raise money from local Christian churches. There are two links below. One is the file in Microsoft Publisher; if you have publisher you can use it to edit the file. If you do not have Microsoft publisher, there is a .pdf version of the document so that you can read it and use it as inpiration for your own local funding tools.
Who is My Neighbor? (Microsoft Publisher)
Who is My Neighbor? (.pdf)
