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Iowa Cultural Trust

Organization Management and Sustainability Links

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
1915 Grand Avenue ~ Des Moines, IA 50309 ~ (515) 883-2626

The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 • (212) 620-4230
www.foundationcenter.org

Free Management Library: http://www.managementhelp.org/aboutfml/what-it-is.htm 
The Library provides easy-to-access, clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations. Content is relevant to the vast majority of people, whether they are in large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Over the past 15 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest well-organized collections of these types of resources.

Board Source Knowledge Center: http://www.boardsource.org/
BoardSource's Knowledge Center is a gateway to an extensive array of information dealing with nonprofit governance. The Knowledge Center keeps you up-to-date on timely issues affecting the sector, trends in board practices, and governance strategies to increase board effectiveness. The Knowledge Center presents a variety of resources and is free.  Other articles and services are for members only.

Idealist: http://www.idealist.org/tools/index.html
Idealist.org has a great directory of web sites for individuals starting, managing and funding nonprofit organizations.

CompassPoint Non-Profit Services, Research and Publications, Board Café, etc.
articles for downloading: http://www.compasspoint.org/content/index.php?pid=67

Center for Non-Profit Management – resources page: http://www.cnmdallas.org/resources.aspx

The McKnight Foundation’s Nonprofit Management Tool Kit: http://www.mcknight.org/resources/toolkit.aspx

Nonprofit Managementhttp://nonprofitmanagement.suite101.com/ 

Nonprofit Management Information Resources:
United Ways of Texas - http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~uwt/nonprofit.html

Financial Management: Templates and Samples 
http://www.mncn.org/info/template_fin.htm

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Education/Arts Management:  
http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/news_archive.cfm
http://artsmanagerfba.artsmanager.org/common/Pages/Welcome.aspx  

Foundations.org - Online research on grantmaking foundations:
http://foundations.org/grantmakers.html

Association of Fundraising Professionals http://www.afpnet.org/index.cfm

Chronicle of Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com/section/Home/172

The Non-Profit Times http://www.nptimes.com/ 

Alliance for Nonprofit Management http://www.allianceonline.org/ 

Americans for the Arts http://www.artsusa.org/ 

Nonprofit Expert www.nonprofitexpert.com

Boards of Directors and Volunteer Management http://energizeinc.com/art/subj/boards.html

Nonprofit Web Sites on Board Governance:  Nonprofit Management Education Center http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/nonprofits/management/sites_board.cfm 

Network for Good (Fundraising advice)  http://www1.networkforgood.org/ 

Sample Internal Controls Checklist, CompassPoint  http://www.compasspoint.org/assets/646_internalcontrolschecklist.pdf

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Contact: Bruce Williams
Cultural Trust Grants Manager
Bruce Williams@iowa.gov
515.281.4006

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