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The Acadia Centre for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
The Acadia Centre for Small Business & Entrepreneurship supports the global development of economic, social, and community entrepreneurship by liaising between the resources of Acadia University and the broader community.

alt.Consulting
alt.Consulting is a nonprofit, economic development organization that operates like a management consulting firm but is driven by a passion for economic justice. Their on-site business assistance enables sustainable organizational growth.

The Association of Rehabilitation Marketing
The Association of Rehabilitation Marketing is a non-profit association for those professionals whose primary responsibility is marketing, sales and the development of products or services for agencies providing employment opportunities to people with disabilities.

Bureau of Business and Economic Research
University of Memphis
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research provides information on U.S. median household incomes by Zip Code.

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Business for Social Resposibility (BSR) provides members with innovative products and services that help companies be commercially successful in ways that demonstrate respect for ethical values, people, communities and the environment.

Center for Economic Options
CEO is a non profit organization that works throughout West Virginia to advance entrepreneurism and assist people in achieving economic success.

Community Enterprises Corporation
The Community Enterprises Corporation mission is to provide services to organizations that are committed to provide economic opportunities and safe, decent, affordable and permanent supportive housing to low income persons with special needs. This includes business assistance, and linking affordable housing with supportive services.

The npEnterprise Forum
This listserve discusses practical ways that nonprofits can enhance their organizational capacity, mission impact and financial sustainability through business development.

Enterweb
A knowledge portal for small business, Enterweb is a collection of sources of information on finance, international trade, entrepreneurship, enterprise development and the economy.

Entrepreneurial Edge to Peerspectives
Information, insight and inspiration for business owners. Researched and developed by the Edward Lowe Foundation.

eVenturing
The Kauffman Foundation has assembled an extremely comprehensive website on the subject of entrepreneurship and business development.

Lycos Small Business Page
Excellent links and search capacity for a variety of small business needs. Definitely worth surfing to.

Origo
Origo develops and executes partnership and financial strategies from all three sectors that guide businesses to becoming successful social enterprises.

RISEbusiness Links
A great listing for information and assistance to small business managers with business resources on the Web.

Small Business Administration
This organization provides nearly inexhaustible resources to small businesses through national and local chapters.

Small Business Advisor
The Annenberg Incubator Project at the University of Southern California sponsors this online journal and discussion site.

Internet Resources November 1999
Internet Resources November 1999 has Banking Data and Research including the URLs for the Federal Reserve System, other Federal finance sites, professional organizations and banking groups.

National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives
The National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives is an independent, politically progressive, nonprofit institute providing research, education and consultation on innovative solutions to problems facing America and the global political-economy.

National Center for Employee Ownership
The National Center for Employee Ownership is a private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as the leading source of accurate, unbiased information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), broadly granted employee stock options, and employee participation programs.

California Attorney General’s Web Site
This is a free resource for people interested in the laws governing nonprofits.

National Economic Development Law Center
NEDLC is a multi-disciplinary legal and planning resource center whose mission is to contribute to the abilities of low-income persons and communities to realize their full potential. They do this by collaborating with community organizations to develop integrated community-building skills, indigenous leadership, and community-building creativity in order to build local capacity and achieve greater economic, social, cultural, and human development.

The Welfare Law Center
The Welfare Law Center works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support — public funding provided on the basis of need — is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.

CharityChannel
This website, sponsored by American Philanthropy Review, offers fifteen different Email-based forums: Advancement, Annual Fund, Arts, Boards, Charity Law, Charity Talk, Consult, Events, Grants, Grants and Foundations Online, Health, Mentors, Planned Giving USA, Volunteer Online, and WorldGift.

Charity Village Resource Library Canada’s supersite for the nonprofit sector — 3,000 pages of news, jobs, information and resources for executives, staffers, donors, and volunteers.

Civic Practices Network The Civic Practices Network (CPN), Born of the movement for a “new citizenship” and “civic revitalization,” is a collaborative and nonpartisan project dedicated to bringing practical tools for public problem solving into community and institutional settings across America. This site offers numerous case statements and multiple resources.

The Free Management Library
A complete, highly integrated library of resources for nonprofit and for-profit businesses, with 675 highly integrated topics.

GPO Access
GPO Access provides access to full text versions of Federal Registers, as well as more than 70 other searchable databases of federal information and reports.

Idealist.org
Idealist.org/Action Without Borders connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. The organization’s work is guided by the common desire of their members and supporters to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect. The website carries information on 20,000 organizations in 140 countries.

Interactive Knowledge for Nonprofits Worldwide
www.iknow.org is a collection of portal sites that together make up an impressive map of the world of internet based information and resources for nonprofits. Areas include governance, fundraising, human resources, legal issues, business services, volunteers and education. There is also an .Ask IKnow. feature which allows visitors to ask the IKNOW team specific questions if they don.t find what they need.

The Internet NonProfit Center
A page with a wide variety of resources of interest to non-profit managers, staff and volunteers. A program of The Evergreen State Society in Washington.

Jiva Institute
Based in India, Jiva Institute’s Enterprise division works towards helping non-profit and funding organizations in India achieve greater impact through the application of efficient management techniques, innovative income strategies, and enabling technologies. It carries out grassroots ICT projects, provides consultancy, and develops effective tools for non-profit management and communication.

Meta-Index for Nonprofit Organizations
Links to tons of topics and generally good stuff regarding funding, poverty, homelessness and on and on...

Nonprofit Gateway
A network of links to Federal government information and services, Nonprofit Gateway provides information on grants, budgets, volunteer opportunities and agency partnerships.

Philanthropy Journal
The North Carolina-based A.J. Fletcher Foundation launched this Web-based news service to provide daily updates on fundraising, giving, volunteering, managing, and the use of technology in the nonprofit arena.

Seattle Public Access Network
The Seattle Public Access Network (PAN) consists of a free public website and e-mail list server, operated and directly funded by the City of Seattle. The primary purpose of PAN is to serve as an electronic City Hall, allowing Seattle citizens to communicate with City officials and obtain City information and services electronically. This link is to the Human Services Department’s portion of the site. Their mission is to find and fund solutions for human needs so that low-income, vulnerable residents in greater Seattle can live and thrive.

Social Edge
Sponsored by the Skoll Foundation, Social Edge is a lively and provocative online community for the social sector where you’ll find social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, nonprofit professionals, activists, academics, friends and colleagues.

Social Entrepreneurship Incubator (SEI)
A program of the Three Guineas Fund and the Women’s Technology Cluster, SEI is designed for start-up social entrepreneurs building early stage organizations for girls and women. Recognizing that there are few opportunities for non-profit start-ups to have regular access to peers, training, onsite consultants and professional facilities, the SEI is designed to help social entrepreneurs develop their early-stage non-profits into successful, sustainable organizations.

The Alliance for Nonprofit Management
The Alliance is the professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits — to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.

TMC Development Working Solutions
Working Solutions is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that assists underserved microentrepreneurs in the Bay Area access the capital and resources they need to successfully start and grow their businesses in order to strengthen the economy, create jobs, reduce poverty, and build strong communities.

Global Social Venture Competition
Columbia Business School and The Goldman Sachs Foundation have partnered with the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley to grow a national platform for social ventures through the Global Social Venture Competition. The unprecedented partnership brings together the academic and financial worlds to support the creation of social ventures.businesses with financial and social returns on investment.

National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations
Yale School of Management — The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures
The Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures provides educational and financial support for nonprofit enterprise. The Partnership offers business planning assistance, cash awards, and access to the investment community through its National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations.

The Nonprofit Funding Competition
The Nonprofit Funding Competition is a joint project between Social Stimulus and the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation awarding $100K in cash prizes, as well as supporting in-kind services, to social ventures.

Ruling on public welfare investments
This is the final ruling on national bank investments designed to promote the public welfare.

Coyote Communications Tip Sheet for Non-Profits on the Internet
Coyote Communications Tip Sheet for Non-Profits on the Internet is a listing of helpful links and suggestions regarding non-profits and the use of appropriate technologies.

Techsoup.org
TechSoup is the technology Web site just for nonprofits. At TechSoup, nonprofits can receive donated & discounted technology products for a small administrative fee. TechSoup also provides a wealth of free technology information: Articles & News, Tools & Resources, Interactive Community, and a weekly e-newsletter.