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Links for Donors and Volunteers

Volunteering
  1. Americorps
  2. Cartercenter.org
  3. cityyear.org
  4. Common Dreams
  5. DoSomething
  6. Hands On Network
  7. Pass It Along
  8. Idealist
  9. Self-help
  10. Teach for America
  11. VIMI
  12. VolunteerMatch
  13. Volunteer
  14. YouthBuild
Children
  1. Americas Promise
  2. Boys and Girls Clubs
  3. Bright Futures
  4. Children of Shelters
  5. Childrens Health Campaign
  6. Every Child By Two
  7. First Book
  8. Future of Children
  9. NACAC (adoption)
  10. NFPAINC (foster parenting)
  11. Room to Grow (babies)
  12. Strength (childhood hunger)
  13. streetkids.org Int'l/USA
  14. UCSF "can do" dental
Sustenance: Hunger
  1. Bread.org
  2. Capuchin Soup Kitchen (Detroit)
  3. DCCentralKitchen (Washington)
  4. End Hunger
  5. Friends of Boston's Homeless
  6. Meals on Wheels
  7. Pine St. Inn (Boston)
  8. Second Harvest Food Bank
  9. Students Against Hunger
  10. St. Francis Inn (Philadelphia)
  11. The Food Bank
Sustenance: Shelter
  1. Acorn - preserving home ownership
  2. Architecture for Humanity
  3. CA Consumer Home Mortgage Information
  4. CEHN
  5. Corp for Supportive Housing
  6. End Homelessness
  7. Habitat for Humanity
  8. HUD
  9. Modest Needs
  10. NLIHC (low income housing)
  11. Nationalhomeless.org
  12. NCHV (homeless vets)
  13. www.shareyourlunch.net
SF Bay Area Services:
  1. build.org
  2. coastsidehope.org
  3. communitywishlist.org
  4. Demarillac Academy
  5. Eastside School
  6. friendsforyouth.org
  7. projectread.org
  8. samaritanhouse.org
  9. Back on Track
  10. Shelter Network
Los Angeles Area Services:
  1. publiccounsel.org
  2. epath.org
  3. healthycity.org
  4. hrc-la.org
  5. hungeractionla.org
  6. lacehh.org
  7. lafoodbank.org
  8. lahomelessblog.org
  9. losangelesmission.org
  10. socialserv.org
  11. urm.org
Speaking Out & Voting
  1. commondreams.org
  2. coopamerica.org
  3. idealist.org
  4. one.org
  5. speakout.com
  6. votesmart.org
Education-General
  1. ALA.org
  2. Boost Up
  3. Boys Hope Girls Hope
  4. Chess in the Schools
  5. College for All
  6. Donors Choose
  7. Every Child Ready to Read
  8. First Book
  9. Heart of America
  10. Literacy Directory
  11. Mathmentor.tv
  12. Music in schools
  13. One Laptop Per Child
  14. PCs for schools
  15. VHI's Save The Music
Youth Afterschool / Nonviolence
  1. Bay Area All Stars
  2. Guitars not Guns
College and Financing
  1. Geds-to-PhDs
  2. I Can Afford College
  3. edmoney.org
  4. FAFSA
  5. Fastweb
  6. FedMoney
  7. I AM Foundation.org
  8. Nat'l Dropout
    Prevention Ctr
  9. StudentAid
Ratings & Contact
  1. Charity Navigator
  2. Charity Watch
  3. Give
  4. Giving Wisely
  5. Giving to Charities
  6. Great Nonprofits
  7. Guidestar
  8. Idealist
  9. inequality.com
  10. Just Give
  11. Network for Good
  12. Timeshare Donations
Research / Policy
  1. Carnegie.org
  2. cbpp.org
  3. citizen.org
  4. nesri.org
  5. results.org
  6. urban.org
Sustenance: Economic, Jobs...
  1. Dress for Success
  2. Let Justice Roll
  3. Operation Hope
  4. Suited for Change
  5. Wider Opportunities for Women
Investing (Microfinance)
  1. accionUSA.org
  2. aceloans.org - Appalacia
  3. Community Invest
  4. fieldUS.org
  5. grameenfoundation.org
Shop / Donate / Barter
  1. Benevolink
    give just by buying
  2. Calvert
    donor advised fund
  3. Freecycle
    barter, more $ left to give
  4. GivingWorks at Ebay
  5. idofoundation marriage & giving
  6. Lasermonks office supplies
  7. Cristina give your used PC
  8. Gifts In Kind donate product
  9. TheHungerSite portal
  10. TheLiteracySite portal
Senior - Volunteering, Health
  1. Encore.org
  2. Experience Corps
  3. Senior Corps
  4. aahpm.org
  5. aarp.org
  6. abcd-caring.org
  7. agingwithdignity.org
  8. improvingchroniccare.org
  9. ncoa.org
  10. nihseniorhealth.org
General Health Links
  1. accesstobenefits.org
  2. allhealth.org
  3. The Carter Center
  4. Coverage For All
  5. Cover the Uninsured
  6. familiesUSA.org
  7. healthfinder.org
  8. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  9. medpin.org
  10. nhchc.org (health care-homeless)
  11. phrusa.org (for physicians)
  12. plannedparenthood.org
  13. psr.org
  14. qualityhealthcare.org
  15. Univ Health Care Action Netwk
  16. voice for the uninsured
Mental Health Specific
  1. mentalhealth.org
  2. psych.org
Vulnerable Populations
  1. bayareawomenagainstrape.org
  2. diversityrx.org
  3. ethnomed.org
  4. glma.org
  5. hispanichealth.org
  6. lgbthealth.net
  7. migrantclinician.org
Addiction / Recovery
  1. ASAM.org
  2. drugfreeworld.org
  3. findtreatment.samhsa.gov
  4. harmreduction.org
  5. jointogether.org
  6. samhsa.gov
  7. tobaccofreeca.com
  8. 1800quitnow.cancer.gov
AIDS
  1. aids.org
  2. aids-ed.org
  3. thewellproject.org
Nonviolence
  1. Common Sense Media
  2. Elder Abuse Center
  3. End Abuse
  4. Leave Out Violence
  5. Nonviolence
  6. Shared Hope Stop Trafficking
  7. Stop Family Violence
Legal System
  1. advocacy.org
  2. allofusornone.org
  3. eji.org
  4. healthlaw.org
  5. prisonlaw.com
  6. serviceleague.org
  7. tattooremoval.org
  8. youthlaw.org
American Innovativeness & Green
  1. pluginamerica.com
Spiritual Principles/Support
  1. brothercamillus.com
  2. stonecircles.org

Links for Nonprofits

Technology
  1. General tech resource - Techsoup by CompuMentor
  2. VOIP - Google talk or Skype in / Skype out
  3. IM - Google talk (non-encrypted)
  4. IM - Jabber (encrypted)
  5. Online Meetings - Gotomeeting
  6. Paypal Developer Donations - Paypal
  7. Secure Donations via Groundspring
Publications
  1. American Philanthropy Review
  2. Charity Times
  3. Charity Wire
  4. Chronicle of Philanthropy
  5. Grantsmanship Center Magazine
  6. Guidestar Charity News
  7. Nonprofit Times
  8. Philanthropy Journal
  9. Philanthropy News Digest
  10. Planned Giving Today
Other Useful Links
  1. Assoc. of Fundraising Professionals Formerly nsfre.org, the standard-bearer for professionalism in fundraising.
  2. British Charity Commission regulator / registrar for charities in England and Wales.
  3. Boardsource National center for nonprofit boards
  4. Canadian Centre for Philanthropy Charitable organization that encourages philanthropy in Canada and supports the charitable / nonprofit sector.
  5. Causes tools for users of Facebook who want to leverage their network on Facebook to effect positive change
  6. CharityCard Charge card
  7. CharityNet Brings together the websites of non-profit organisations and their service providers.
  8. Charity Village Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector, with 3,000 pages of news, jobs, information and resources .
  9. Council on Foundations Provides leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities to grantmakers and giving programs.
  10. CompassPoint Nonprofit Training & Support Center for Nonprofit Management
  11. European Foundation Centre Membership association dedicated to strengthening organised philanthropy, based in Belgium.
  12. The Foundation Center Information and trends on U.S. philanthropy.
  13. International Donors Grantmakers Without Borders - global social change philanthropy.
  14. National Center for Family Philanthropy Promotes philanthropic values, vision, and excellence across generations of donors.
  15. National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Produces reports and articles for funders and nonprofit leaders.
  16. National Network of Grantmakers Organization of individuals involved in funding social and economic justice.
  17. National Philanthropic Trust Helps individuals and families reach their philanthropic goals through donor advised funds, supporting organizations and a pooled income fund.
  18. The Philanthropic Initiative Non-profit philanthropic advisory service, founded in 1989 to help donors increase the impact of their philanthropy.
  19. The Philanthropy Roundtable National association of 600+ donors, corporate giving representatives, foundation staff and trustees, and trust and estate officers.
  20. Spin Project Communications assistance for social justice nonprofits.
  21. News Feeds RSS Feeds from the New York Times

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