Resources for Nonprofits and Charities

Sage Product Knowledge Centre

As a Sage Nonprofit Solution client with a current Sage maintenance and support plan, you have access to the Sage Product Knowledge Centre that allow you to stay informed, interact with other users, share solutions and ideas and increase your overall effectiveness in using the software.

TechSoup.org

TechSoup provides a range of technology services for nonprofits, including a blog, articles, discussion forums, Webinars, as well as discounted and donated technology products.

Charity Village

Charity Village is Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector. Every day, you'll find more than 3,500 pages of news, jobs, resources, how-to articles, volunteer and event listings, educational opportunities, and much more, if philanthropy and volunteerism are part of your world.

Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy™ (formerly Canadian FundRaiser)

Since 1991, Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy™ has been updating nonprofit leaders on news, trends, tips and analysis of developments in the fields of fundraising and nonprofit management. Their twice-monthly e-newsletter, has expanded over the years to include workshops, books, back-issue search and Special Advisories for their member/subscribers.

Project Evaluation Guide for Nonprofit Organizations

This guide is designed to assist charitable and nonprofit organizations to conduct precise and appropriate project evaluations, and then communicate and use the results of evaluation effectively. Its primary focus is to help organizations that would like to perform project evaluations by using their internal resources, and to make evaluation a part of their project management and strategic development.

Fundamental Methods and Steps for Conducting Project Evaluation, by Fataneh Zarinpoush, ©2006 Imagine Canada, 98 pages in total.

Imagine Canada – Nonprofit Library & Resource Centre

The library holds the largest collection of Canadian charitable and nonprofit sector resources with 80% of the material available free online. Find resources on fundraising, board governance, organizational management, volunteerism, and more from the library catalogue.

Volunteer Value Calculator

Much of what volunteers bring to organizations cannot be counted or measured such as their generosity and commitment. There may be times, however, when it would be useful to measure at least some aspect of volunteer contributions.The Volunteer Value Calculator located on the Imagine Canada website is designed to assist you in measuring the economic contribution of volunteers. There are eight separate calculations in the Volunteer Value Calculator, categorized into three strategic areas:

• Human resource productivity measures
• Volunteer program efficiency measures
• Community support measures

Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)

Created by the Ontario government in March 2006, LHINs are 14 not-for-profit corporations who work with local health providers and community members to determine the health service priorities of the regions. LHINs plan, integrate and fund local health services.