Sustainability

• Best Practices for Mentoring Programs (1999).
  The EMT Group, Inc.
  http://www.emt.org/userfiles/BestPractices.pdf

• The Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College
  http://bc.edu/centers/ccc/  The publication section of this website is a great way to get a whole lot of information that will prepare you to better interface with the private sector.

• Child Trends
  The Child Trends DataBank is designed for anyone who ever spends time searching multiple Web sites looking for reliable, current data on child and youth well-being. It is a user-friendly one-stop shop for continuously updated trend data with the latest national estimates for child, youth and family indicators.  The DataBank currently provides about 70 indicators on health, social and emotional development, income and work, education, demographics, and family and community, with new indicators added each month.  This site provides useful data for grantwriting. http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

• Corporate Volunteerism. (1999). Boston College. An excellent look at corporate volunteerism from the company's perspective. http://www.bc.edu/centers/ccc/Media/volunteerism.pdf

• Diversifying Your Funding Base to Promote Sustainability. http://www.americaspromise.org/files/APSSMAY04.pdf 

• Theme: Fundraising. National Mentoring Center.
  Bulletin #8, Fall 2001 Features: Successful fundraising tips and methods, new library and web resources, National Mentoring Conference wrap-up. Bulletin #8, Fall 2001

• Grants.gov. A single comprehensive Web site that will contain information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs. Grants.gov is a key element of President Bush's E-Gov Initiative, which aims at harnessing Internet-based technology to make it easy for citizens and businesses to interact with the government, save taxpayer dollars and streamline citizen-to-government communications. The Web site now has information about more than 800 available grant programs involving all 26 federal grant-making agencies. The site provides information in a standardized format across the agencies and includes a "Federal Grant Opportunities" feature to help applicants find potential funding

  opportunities. The site also contains an "Apply for Grants" feature that greatly simplifies the application process by allowing applicants to download, complete, and submit applications for specific grant opportunities from any federal grant-making agency. Contact: Head to the Web site at www.grants.gov . For the complete press release, head to http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20031209.html

• National Mentoring Center - Sample Mentoring Forms.
  The NMC has developed many copyright-free forms that programs can use in their daily operations. http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/forms.html

• SHOW US THE MONEY! Fundraising for Mentoring Programs. (2001). 
  Barbara E. Webster, M.N.A., The EMT Group, Inc.
  http://www.emt.org/userfiles/ShowUsSeries3.pdf

• Sustainability ToolKit. (Website)
  Join Together (www.jointogether.org).
  http://www.civicpartnerships.org/default.asp

• Sustaining Nonprofits Through Economic Downturn. Nonprofit Risk Management Center. http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/nwsltr/current/sustain.htm

• Sustaining Program Viability. (1999). 
  Barbara E. Webster, M.N.A., The EMT Group, Inc. 
  www.emt.org/userfiles/SustainingViability.pdf.

• Sustaining Quality After School Programs:  Practical Recommendations From The Field. (2003). 
  Terry Peterson and Cara Spitz. Download file.

• The Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Fundraising on the Internet. Gary M. Grobman, Gary B. Grant, & Steve Roller http://www.nassembly.org/nassembly/2003/Wilder.htm

   

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