The nonprofit universe has an incredibly rich presence on the Internet. You can find all the ideas and advice and how-tos you could ever need, for any and every cause you could ever imagine.
Following is just a sampling of some that you might find useful.
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), www.afpnet.org/ Professional association of individuals and organizations that generate philanthropic support for a wide variety of charitable institutions
Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), www.nten.org/ Membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals
Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, www.bbconference.com/
Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference, www.bridgeconf.org/
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, www.epip.org/
International Conference on Fundraising, http://conference.afpnet.org/registration.cfm
National Conference on Volunteering and Service, www.volunteeringandservice.org/2013-conference.cfm
Nonprofit Technology Conference, www.nten.org/ntc
Social Media for Nonprofits, http://socialmedia4nonprofits.org/
Washington Nonprofit Conference, http://www.the-dma.org/conferences/
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network National Leaders Conference, www.ynpnconference.org/
501(c)(3) University, www.501c3.org/501c3-university/ Online source for nonprofit education
Beth’s Blog, www.bethkanter.org/ One of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits
Charity Navigator, www.charitynavigator.org/ Nation’s largest independent charity evaluator
Crowdrise, www.crowdrise.com/ Online tools for personal fundraising, event fundraising, special occasion fundraising, team fundraising, and sponsored volunteerism
DonateNow, http://donatenow.com/ Portal for charities and donors
DotOrgPower, www.dotorgpower.com/ Helps nonprofit leaders plan and succeed online
FirstGiving, www.firstgiving.com/ Tools to manage online fundraising
FundRaising Success magazine, www.fundraisingsuccessmag.com/
FundRazr, https://fundrazr.com/ Personal fundraising with social media integration
Gail Perry, Fired-Up Fundraising, www.gailperry.com/
Givezooks! www.givezooks.com/ Social fundraising for nonprofits
GoFundMe, www.gofundme.com/ Create personal, business, group, or organization fundraising websites.
GoodSearch, www.goodsearch.com/ Search engine that donates 50 percent of its sponsored search revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users
Google Analytics, www.google.com/analytics/
Google Groups, https://groups.google.com/
Google Grants, www.google.com/grants/
GuideStar, www.guidestar.org/ Lists and evaluates thousands of public charities
HelpAttack! www.helpattack.com/ Social media users pledge a small amount to a charity each time they tweet, update their Facebook status, post on a blog, or take some other social action.
Indiegogo, www.indiegogo.com/ A crowdfunding platform where people who want to raise money can create fundraising campaigns to tell their story and get the word out
IRS Stay Exempt: Tax Basics for Exempt Organizations, www.stayexempt.org/
JustGive, www.justgive.org/ Helps individuals find charities to support
Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog, Katya Andresen, www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/
Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Blog, Kivi Leroux Miller, www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/
National Association of Attorneys General, www.naag.org/
National Association of State Charity Officials, www.nasconet.org/
Network for Good Learning Center, www.fundraising123.org/
Sandy Rees, Get Fully Funded, http://getfullyfunded.com/
Socialbrite, www.socialbrite.org/ Helps nonprofits with social media
Unified Registration Statement, www.multistatefiling.org/
Yahoo Groups, http://groups.yahoo.com/
Donor-Centered Fundraising, by Penelope Burk (Cygnus Applied Research, Inc., 2003).
Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate, by Brian McDonald (Libertary, 2010).
The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change, by Beth Kanter and Allison H. Fine (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
2010 Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks, http://labs.mrss.com/2010-nonprofit-text-messaging-benchmarks-study/
2011 donorCentrics™ Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report, www.blackbaud.com/targetananalytics/multi-channel-report
2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report, www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/resources/book/2012-nonprofit-communications-trends-report/#
2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report, http://nonprofitsocialnetworksurvey.com/download.php
2011 Online Giving Report, Blackbaud, www.blackbaud.com/onlinefundraising
Comparison of Email Service Providers 2012, http://groundwire.org/labs/email-publishing/2012-email-service-providers
A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems, http://www.idealware.org/reports/consumers-guide-low-cost-donor-management-systems
The Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Study, https://content.blackbaud.com/BenchmarkReport.html
Giving USA Reports, www.givingusareports.org/
Homer Simpson for Nonprofits: The Truth about How People Really Think and What It Means for Promoting Your Cause, http://web.networkforgood.org/201002ebook/
Idealware, www.idealware.org/ Idealware, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, provides researched, impartial, and accessible resources about software to help nonprofits make smart software decisions.
Lisa Simpson for Nonprofits: What Science Can Teach You About Fundraising, Marketing and Making Social Change, http://web.networkforgood.org/2011-03-ebook-lisa-simpson-ntc/
The Millennial Impact, http://themillennialimpact.com/millennial-report/
The Next Generation of American Giving, www.convio.com/signup/next-generation/next-generation-resources.html
Teens, Smartphones & Texting, Pew Internet & American Life Project, http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Teens-and-smartphones.aspx
Appafolio, http://appafolio.com/
AppMakr, www.appmakr.com/
BBNow, http://bbnow.org/ Website builder integrated with PayPal
Drupal, http://drupal.org/ Open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications
Emailology, www.emailology.org/
Email on Acid, www.emailonacid.com/
FluidSurveys, http://fluidsurveys.com/
Google Forms, www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/
GroupMe, https://groupme.com/ Free group texting
HTML Email Boilerplate, http://htmlemailboilerplate.com/
Joomla, www.joomla.org/ Content management system for building websites and online applications
Kik Messenger, http://kik.com/ Smartphone messenger
Plone, http://plone.org/ Open source content management
Polldaddy, http://polldaddy.com/
SurveyMonkey, www.surveymonkey.com/
TAP, http://tapintomuseums.org/
TextPlus, www.textplus.com/ Free group texting
WordPress, http://wordpress.org/ Open source content management