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