Sedrat Arts Nonprofit Reference Library:
By following these links
and exploring these documents, you will find other resources which will help
you become a better prepared board member and help further your organizational
resources and mission. Be sure to see City of
City of
Office
of Arts & Cultural Affairs http://www2.seattle.gov/arts/
Arts
Resource Board http://talk.seattle.gov/~arts
Seattle Office of Arts and
Cultural Affairs Resources Video http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/Media/ram_sc.asp?ID=3286
Arts Resource Network http://www.artsresourcenetwork.org/
State Of
Volunteers:
Measuring Outcomes From
Volunteers http://www.energizeinc.com/download/Measuring_the_Difference2003.pdf
Value of Volunteer Time http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/volunteer_time.html
The primary source page
for the majority of the articles below was:
University of Wisconsin
Learning Institute
http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/suppread.htm#Board Governance
Events:
Top Ten Tips For Planning a
Fundraising Event http://www.boardbuilders.com/pdfs/MarketingSpecialEvents.pdf
Financial:
Understanding Form 990 http://www.npccny.org/Form_990/990.htm
Guidestar www.guidestar.com
Sample
Budget Summary http://www.nfconline.org/main/info/guides_budget_sum.htm
Fundraising:
How
Board Members Can Become Effective Fund-Raisers http://www.raise-funds.com/111203forum.html
Nonprofit Fundraising Library http://www.mapnp.org/library/fndrsng/np_raise/np_raise.htm
(has some dead links)
How Can We Use the Internet for Fundraising? http://www.nonprofits.org/misc/981027em.html
Asking For The Money Is The Job Of The Leadership
http://www.raise-funds.com/c98forum.html
Asking
For The Money: "If You Don't Ask You Don't Get"
http://www.raise-funds.com/299forum.html
Non-Profit Fund-Raising Demystified http://www.raise-funds.com/121603forum.html
Governance &
Development:
Prospective Board Member
Expectations:
http://www.boardbuilders.com/pdfs/HowMuchPaid.pdf
Board Governance reference
http://www.boarddevelopment.org/
Board and Nonprofit
Management
http://www.managementhelp.org/
http://www.allianceonline.org/
Ostrom’s Principles of Organization
http://www.users.qwest.net/~hdon7/sedrat/ostrom.htm
Grants:
Application
Developing A Proposal http://www.cfda.gov/public/cat-writing.htm
Writing a Successful Grant Proposal http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
The
Follow
up (what to do after you get the $ and why its
important)
Measuring Outcomes http://national.unitedway.org/outcomes/library/ndpaper.cfm