Non-profit Trade Publications
Compiled by: University of Wisconsin
2004?

Board Cafe
An electronic newsletter for members of nonprofit boards of directors. A publication of the CompassPoint of Nonprofit Services (formerly, the Support Center for Nonprofit Management), located in San Francisco, CA. Web Access: http://www.boardcafe.org
BoardSource
The newsletter of the organization formerly called the National Center for Nonprofit Boards. Association membership required. Web Access: http://www.boardsource.org/
Capitol City Publishers
Provides "news and resources for state and local government, law enforcement, schools and nonprofits." News and updates on funding and nonprofit news in arts and culture, criminal justice, faith-based initiatives, justice technology, and welfare-to-work. Web Access: http://capitolcitypublishers.com
Charity Village NewsBytes
A newsletter from the Canadian Web site, Charity Village. Includes a news archive. See also CV's Research Articles, a collection of full-text articles in 55 subject areas. Web Access: http://www.charityvillage.com/charityvillage/news.asp
*Chronicle of Philanthropy
Probably the best professional journal in this list. Offers summaries and full-text articles on workshops, fundraising and management issues, jobs, associations, technology for nonprofits, a free email update service, current deadlines for grants and awards, and more. Includes links to prominent Internet resources in the world of philanthropy. Links to Nonprofit Publications for Professionals is at http://philanthropy.com/free/resources/general/nppubs.htm. Web Access: http://philanthropy.com/
Common Wealth: Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
A project of the magazine, American Prospect and EPN, this site is to "allow interested users to access the archive of Prospect articles from past issues, important reports on issues affecting nonprofits and philanthropies, original articles written just for this site, and links to the Web sites of other organizations." Updated weekly. Web Access: http://movingideas.org/commonwealth/
Contributions
Includes selected current articles and others from back issues. Full coverage is by subscription only. Published six times yearly. Web Access: http://www.contributionsmagazine.com/
Don Kramer's Nonprofit Issues
An online newsletter on legal issues and rulings involving nonprofit organizations. Subscription only, but free trial offer. Web Access: http://www.nonprofitissues.com/
e-Volunteerism: the Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community
For volunteer leaders and managers, this is a quarterly online journal headed by volunteerism consultants, Steve McCurley and Susan J. Ellis. All articles are interactive and archived. Web Access: http://www.e-volunteerism.com/
501(c)(3) Monthly Letter
A twelve-page monthly newsletter on every topic and issue relevant to the nonprofit sector. Subscription required, but take a look at free "previews" of a few articles from past issues. Web Access: http://www.nishna.net/501c3/index.html
Food for Thought
Maintained by the CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (formerly, the Support Center) and focuses on San Francisco nonprofts. However, most news and online resources can benefit any organization.. Web Access: http://www.compasspoint.org/publications/food4thought/Food4Thought.html
*Foundations News and Commentary
An excellent full-text publication of the Council on Foundations. Web Access: http://www.foundationnews.org/
Fund$Raiser Cyberzine
A free online magazine for nonprofits. Includes full-text articles and FAQs for small as well as large organizations. Includes back issues. Web Access: http://www.fundsraiser.com
*Grantsmanship Center Magazine
Contains the full-text articles published by this quarterly newsletter, available free to members of nonprofits. Web Access: http://www.tgci.com/publications/magazine.htm
Grassroots Fundraising Journal
Selected articles are available online from this newsletter published by the Chardon Press., where full subscription information can be found. Web Access: http://www.chardonpress.com/
*GuideStar Charity News
Full-text articles which has Feature Articles, general news and events affecting philanthropy, and a second section, Headlines, features news on giving, philanthropy, and aid. Articles are retrieved from Lexis/Nexis service. Web Access: http://www.guidestar.org/news/ *
HandsNet WebClipper
timely news, research, funding notices, legislative and policy analyses and model program descriptions.
Ideas in Action
The free biweekly newsletter of Idealist, a project of the nonprofit organization, Action Without Borders,, which also publishes online News Updates from Around the World. Web Access: http://www.idealist.org/newsletter.html
Internet Prospector
Provides both a current monthly newsletter on all aspects of finding grantmaking prospects as well as a News Online site with business, international, and fundraising news, news-only search engines, and more. The Archives are particularly well-worth checking. Web Access: http://www.internet-prospector.org/
Join Together Online
An excellent Web site purporting to be a "national resource center and meeting place for communities working to reduce substance abuse ... and gun violence." Divided into sections, Top News, Valuable Resources, and What's Hot in Funding News. Web Access: http://www.jointogether.org/
Nonprofit Charitable Orgs: Articles
Current articles accessible by date and topic by an excellent staff of a major nonprofit information site of the Mining Company. Email service also available. Be sure to check for addtional articles at the Nonprofit Charitable Orgs home page. Access: http://nonprofit.about.com/jobs/nonprofit/library/weekly/mpreviss.htm
NAVSQ: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Sponsored by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). Titles and abstracts of past articles are available at this site. Subscription required. Web Access: http://www.evans.washington.edu.nvsq/
Nonprofit Nuts & Bolts
A publication from Oviedo, Florida, of nonprofit professionals Kevin and Lisa Beach. Web Access: http://www.nutsbolts.com/np-resources.htm
Nonprofit Online News
Full-text news and commentaries about online nonprofits. Focuses on news related to organizational renewal, outreach, and Internet strategies used by nonprofits. Includes analyses of Web sites, and has an archives of past issues. Weekly email version is available. Sponsored by the Gilbert Center. Web Access: http://www.gilbert.org/news/
Nonprofit Quarterly
An online publication of the Third Sector New England, Boston, Massachusetts. Web Access: http://www.newenglandnonprofit.org
*The NonProfit Times
Full text of partial contents of a leading monthly periodical on fund raising issues and management. Includes a number of worthwhile links to the major nonprofit web sites and an advertiser's "Online Directory," featuring numerous services for nonprofits and fundraising activities. Web Access: http://www.nptimes.com
Nonprofit World
The bi-monthly publication focusing on leadership, management, and governance from the national Society for Nonprofit Organizations. Subscription required. The Society also publishes a current Funding Alert, available to members only. Web Access: http://danenet.wicip.org/snpo/newpage2.htm
*PNN Online: The Nonprofit News and Information Resource
A daily update on news affecting nonprofit organizations. News can also be examined by categories: arts & culture, education, environment, health, human services, public works and advocacy, general fundraising, special features, and more. Includes archives. An online PNN Alert email service is also available. Web Access: http://www.pnnonline.org/
Philanthropy
Includes excellent articles in current and past issues in full text. A publication by the Philanthropy Roundtable, a national association of individual donors, foundation staff and trustees, corporate giving representatives, and trust and estate officers. Web Access: http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/
Philanthropy Journal
Daily news and announcements on philanthropy and nonprofits, particularly fund raising, volunteerism, and nonprofit management. Also includes a weekly free email bulletin. A publication of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, of North Carolina. Web Address: http://www.philanthropyjournal.org
*Philanthropy News Digest
A weekly full-text publication of the Foundation Center. Back files also available easily through a search engine. The Digest also includes Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and a Gifts and Grants section with announcements of recent funded programs. Web Access: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/
Planned Giving Today
Ffor planned giving professionals and other development officers. Index to current and past articles and links to related sites for workshops, publications, software, organizations, and more concerning planned giving. The links could be useful to some. Subscription required. Web Access: http://www.pgtoday.com/
Responsive Philanthropy
The official newsletter of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, which aims "to maximize the financial capacity of organizations which seek justice for low income people, racial and ethnic minorities, women and others who are targets of discrimination, and which seek environmental sanity." Web Access: http://www.ncrp.org/
WebActive
A weekly publication to give progressive activists current information on social and political issues and to bring organizations and individuals with similar interests together. See the Site of the Week section. A project of Progressive Networks. Web Access: http://www.webactive.com/ webactive/home.html
Yahoo News: Philanthropy and Volunteerism
News, articles, editorials, and audios on the subject of philanthropy. Web Access: http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Philanthropy_and_Volunteerism/

Other Multiple Listings


Charity Village: Online Publications for the Nonprofit Community
Web Access: http://www.charityvillage.com/charityvillage/ires2.asp
*Chronicle of Philanthropy: Publications for Non-Profit Professionals
An annotated list of national and regional publications. Web Access: http://philanthropy.com/free/resources/ general/nppubs.htm
Foundation Center
Periodicals List. This list of periodicals in the field of philanthropy are reviewed by the staff of the Foundation Center and comprise the bulk of the contents of the online database, the Literature of the Nonprofit Sector, which containins thousands of bibliographic citations and abstracts. Web Access: http://fdncenter.org/research/lnps/list.html and http://lnps.fdncenter.org/
*Nonprofit Sector Information and News. A lengthy listing of nonprofit sector informational sites with an accompanying list of online publications and newsgroups. Also includes NPO organizations.
Michigan State University. Funding Center: Funding Newsletters and Current Awareness Sites
A listing maintained at Michigan State University by librarian Jon Harrison. Web Access: http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/percat2.htm