Shasta College is the home of the Northern California Center for Nonprofit Resources.
Nonprofit organizational support can be provided through the Center for EWD for Shasta College. The Foundation Center online database for grants and foundation funding is available at the Shasta College Library. Center Services Available to Your Organization
The Nonprofit Resource Center at Shasta College provides services to all nonprofit and philanthropic organizations by providing information, education, and consulting services. The Center is a one-stop resource for board members, staff, and volunteers of nonprofit organizations.
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For general information on how to start a Nonprofit Corporation, select this link (Shasta College EWD document)
Starting a Nonprofit - Get Ready, Get Set. (Published by the Center for Nonprofit Management)
Association of Fundraising Professionals - "Advancing philanthropy through education, training and advocacy"
Board Café - "The monthly internet newsletter for nonprofit boards"
Chronicle of Philanthropy - "News for nonprofit organizations, grant seeking, foundations, fundraising, managing nonprofit groups, technology and nonprofit jobs"
Grants.gov - "A unified site for interaction between grant applicants and the U. S. Federal agencies"
Guidestar - "The leading source of information on U. S. nonprofits"
IRS Tax Information for Charities & other Nonprofits - "Important Federal Tax information for non-profits"
CA Secretary of State Business Portal - “CA State website for Business Programs, incorporation, forms, samples, fees, etc.”
California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) - “Statewide membership network, creating sector-wide responses to the important issues facing nonprofit organizations and providing valuable resources and tools that empower nonprofits to achieve their missions”
Shasta Regional Community Foundation - Mission: “Building resources to meet needs in Shasta and Siskiyou counties through philanthropy, education and information”
Fundraising and Grant Writing for Nonprofit Organizations is a research guide maintained by Carolyn Salus-Singh, Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Shasta College Library. Many of these resources are available online, 24/7, to the Shasta College community.
The Center for Nonprofit Resources at Shasta College is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center (http://foundationcenter.org). As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, the Center for Nonprofit Resources at Shasta College provides visitors with free public access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center’s electronic databases, The Foundation Directory Online. The fully searchable databases include detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation’s top funders.