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Web
Links The
following web links summarize the information available on the
internet, with a focus on the measurement of outcomes in the voluntary
sector, the valuation of intangibles, and for-profit techniques
for measuring intangibles. The links below include a rating, from
less relevant (*) to more relevant (*****). The
rating has no relationship what-so-ever with the quality of the
site from a general standpoint, and we encourage everyone to visit
these sites indiscriminately. All of these sites make a valuable
contribution to the greater set of information available by and
for the voluntary sector, and other concerned citizens worldwide. Using
a dollar sign ($), we identify sites whose resources are
all or in part available for a price. We also indicate sites that
focus on for-profit corporate social responsibility, using the
acronym CSR. We
encourage users of this knowledge base to let us know when you
feel that a site is more or less relevant to the task at hand.
In particular, we encourage you to let us know when we have omitted
a site entirely. Please email our team with the details, at community@ikelos.com.
We look forward to hearing from you, and hope that you find this
knowledge base interesting and useful. ACEVO
(U.K.) $ **** ACEVO
was set up in 1987 by a group of charity chief executives to create
a network for the exchange of good practice and discussion of
the challenges the sector faces. ACEVO is now influential in the
sector, and from 2001 are expanding a regional structure to include
local and regional chief executives, as well as national bodies.
At the end of the millennium, ACEVO represented more than 1300
members: their organizations employed over 0.5 million staff and
millions of volunteers. Their collective turnover exceeds £7.5
billion. AccountAbility
- Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability (U.K.)
$ **** CSR AccountAbility
is an international, not-for-profit, professional institute dedicated
to the promotion of social, ethical and overall organizational
accountability, a precondition for achieving sustainable development. Alliance
for Nonprofit Management (U.S.) ***** The
Alliance for Nonprofit Management is a professional association
of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management
and governance capacity of nonprofits - to assist nonprofits in
fulfilling their mission. Try
a resource search under Evaluation/Outcome Management. Association
for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
(U.S.) $ *** The
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary
Action (ARNOVA) is an international, interdisciplinary membership
organization. Our members include scholars and nonprofit leaders
fostering the creation, application and dissemination of research
on voluntary action, nonprofit organizations, philanthropy and
civil society. Better
Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance (U.S.) **** The
Alliance reports on nationally soliciting charitable organizations
that are the subject of donor inquiries. These reports include
an evaluation of the subject charity in relation to the 23 provisions
of the voluntary CBBB Standards for Charitable Solicitations.
Evaluations
are available on many U.S. charities. BoardSource
(U.S.) ** BoardSource,
formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards, is a resource
for practical information, tools and best practices, training,
and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations
worldwide. Through their programs and services, BoardSource enables
organizations to fulfill their missions by helping build strong
and effective nonprofit boards. Business
for Social Responsibility (U.S.) $ *** CSR Business
for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a global organization that
helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical
values, people, communities and the environment. Business
in the Community (U.K.) *** CSR Business
in the Community is a unique movement of companies across the
UK committed to continually improving their positive impact on
society, with a core membership of 700 companies, including 80
of the FTSE 100. Canadian
Business for Social Responsibility (Can) ***** CSR Founded
in 1995, CBSR is a national association of businesses working
to integrate financial, social and environmental performance into
their business practices. CBSR provides assistance to member companies
seeking to implement policies and practices which contribute to
the long term, sustained and responsible success of their business
while balancing the claims of key stakeholders, investors, employees,
customers, business partners, communities and the environment. Canadian
Centre for Philanthropy (Can) $ ***** The
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy is a national charitable organization
dedicated to advancing the role and interests of the charitable
sector for the benefit of Canadian communities. The Center also
provides an excellent review of evaluation resources for nonprofit
organizations, available here. Canadian
Council on Social Development (Can.) ** The
Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) promotes better
social and economic security for all Canadians. A national, self-supporting,
non-profit organization, the CCSD's main product is information
and its main activity is research, focusing on concerns such as
income security, employment, poverty, child welfare, pensions
and government social policies. Canadian
Executive Service Organization (Can.) *** The
Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) is a Canadian,
volunteer-based, not-for-profit organization founded in 1967.
CESO's mission is to promote and extend the economic and social
growth and well-being of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada and
of the peoples of the developing nations and emerging market economies. The
Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College (U.S.)
$ **** CSR The
Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, founded in
1985, provides leadership in establishing corporate citizenship
as a business essential, so all companies act as economic and
social assets to the communities they impact. The
Center for Nonprofit Management helps nonprofit organizations
enhance their results by providing educational services, consultation,
and information. The
Centre for Cultural Management at the University of Waterloo
(Can.) *** Located
in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, on the UW campus, the Centre for
Cultural Management (CCM) undertakes a broad range of activities
providing leadership in cultural management education and research. Focus
on cultural management. Contains a bibliographic database of research
into cultural management, but does not necessarily give any indication
of availability. Centre
for Tomorrow's Company (U.K.) $ *** CSR The
Centre for Tomorrow's Company is a think-tank and catalyst, researching
and stimulating the development of a new agenda for business.
We represent a practical vision of sustainable business which
makes sense to shareholders and to society. Our purpose is to
explore, with business, the fundamentals of success and to develop
throughout business better ways of sustaining success. Center
on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (U.S.) $ ***** The
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) explores the role
and impact of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy in democratic
societies. By deepening the understanding of the multiple roles
that nonprofits play-as service providers and as avenues of civic
participation and public voice-CNP research endeavors to address
the relationships among nonprofits, government, and the market
from a variety of perspectives. This
site contains an extensive bibliography on nonprofits, and includes
links to a small number of actual texts, free of charge. Charities
Aid Foundation - Research (U.K.) $ **** CAF
Research provides a central resource of up-to-date research, analysis
and information for sector and academic researchers, policy-makers,
decision-makers, journalists and many others, nationally and internationally. Charity
Village (Can.) ***** The
purpose of this site is to encourage, support and serve the 175,000
registered Canadian charities and nonprofit organizations, and
the millions of professionals, staffers, volunteers, and donors
who make this sector such an important part of Canada's national
fabric. Charity Village has no religious or political affiliation,
and strives to maintain objectivity and balance in its treatment
of issues. The
Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations (Can.) * The
Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations (NVO) is made up
of more than 135 national charities and organizations engaged
in a variety of fields ranging from health and social services
to the environment, justice, education and international aid.
NVO was founded in 1974 as an intermediary organization at the
national level that acts in support of local activities and actions
of voluntary organizations, strengthening relations as a consensus
builder, policy advocate and voluntary sector promoter. The
Community Development Foundation (U.K.) $ *** The
Community Development Foundation (CDF) is a non-departmental public
body supported by the Active Community Unit of the Home Office.
Its role is to pioneer, study and promote new forms of community
development, in order to inform public policy, professional practice
and community initiatives. The
Conference Board (U.S.) $ **** CSR The
Conference Board creates and disseminates knowledge about management
and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance
and better serve society. Working as a global, independent membership
organization in the public interest, the Conference Board conducts
research, convenes conferences, makes forecasts, assesses trends,
publish information and analysis, and bring executives together
to learn from one another. The
Conference Board of Canada (Can.) $ *** CSR The
Conference Board of Canada is the foremost independent, not-for-profit
applied research organization in Canada. They help build leadership
capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights
on economic trends, public policy issues, and organizational performance.
Part
of the Conference Board of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Business
in the Community (CCBC) can help firms integrate CSR into a business
strategy that visibly demonstrates their responsible corporate
behaviour and produces bottom-line results. The
Corporate Citizenship Company (U.K.) $ **** CSR The
Corporate Citizenship Company offers research, consultancy and
publications to help businesses succeed as good citizens of our
changing global society. They have developed special strengths
in: benchmarking; social and economic impact assessment; international
issues management; community program evaluation; reporting; and
news briefing. The
Corporate Social Responsibility Forum (U.K.) ***** CSR The
Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, Corporate
Social Responsibility Forum. This site is a hub for corporate
social responsibility research and reporting in the U.K. Documentation
is available on-site, free of charge. Corporate
Social Responsibility News and Resources (U.K.) ***** CSR This
site is part of the personal site of Mallen Baker - Development
Director for Business in the Community. It is an expression of
his interest and concern in how companies respond to the agenda
for corporate citizenship - the growing need to manage issues
that affect their business reputation - and to respond to the
growing needs and concerns of a range of different stakeholders. Resources
section of this website contains some excellent CSR documentation,
focused on the U.K. Council
on Foundations (U.S.) $ **** For
over 50 years, the Council on Foundations has helped foundation
staff, trustees and board members in their day-to-day grant-making
activities. Through one-to-one technical assistance, research,
publications, conferences and workshops, legal services, and a
wide array of other services, the Council addresses the important
issues and challenges that face foundations and corporate funders. CSR
Europe (Belgium) $ *** CSR CSR
Europe is the business-to-business network for Corporate Social
Responsibility in Europe. Their mission is to help companies achieve
profitability, sustainable growth and human progress by placing
Corporate Social Responsibility in the mainstream of business
practice. CSRWire
(U.S.) ***** CSR CSRwire
seeks to promote the growth of corporate responsibility and sustainability
through solutions-based information and positive examples of corporate
practices. They have four core services: Press release distribution;
corporate report links; CSR events promotion; and CSR resources. Online
database includes links to downloadable corporate CSR reports
and triple bottom line reports. Development
Resource Centre (South Africa) *** The
Development Resources Centre (DRC) was established in 1992. It
was conceived as an organization geared to the transition, working
to strengthen civil society in South Africa's transformation.
From the outset it worked towards the creation of a better policy
and legal environment for civil society organisations (CSOs),
and to secure financial flows to the development NGO sector. Some
resources are available at a cost. The
Foundation Center (U.S.) **** The
Foundation Center supports and improves institutional philanthropy
by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grantseekers
succeed. The Center collects, organizes, and communicates information
on U.S. philanthropy; conducts and facilitates research on trends
in the field; provides education and training; and ensures public
access to information and services through its Web site (www.fdncenter.org),
print and electronic publications, five library/learning centers,
and a national network of over 200 cooperating collections. Founded
in 1956, the Center is the nation's leading authority on institutional
philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers,
researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. Forum
for the Future (U.K.) **** CSR Forum
for the Future was founded in 1996 by three of the UK's leading
advocates of sustainable development - Jonathon Porritt, Sara
Parkin and Paul Ekins. They did so out of a conviction that many
of the solutions needed to defuse the environmental crisis, and
to build a more sustainable society, are already to hand. Free
Management Library (U.S.) ***** This
database covers most aspects of management in for profit and nonprofit
entities. Global
Reporting Initiative (U.S.) *** The
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) was established in late 1997
with the mission of developing globally applicable guidelines
for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social performance,
initially for corporations and eventually for any business, governmental,
or non-governmental organization (NGO). Convened by the Coalition
for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) in partnership
with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the GRI
incorporates the active participation of corporations, NGOs, accountancy
organizations, business associations, and other stakeholders from
around the world. Guidestar:
The National Database of Non Profit Organizations (U.S.)
**** The
GuideStar Web site is produced by Philanthropic Research, Inc.,
a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1994. GuideStar's mission
is to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice with information. The
website contains a comprehensive database of NGOs in the U.S.,
many with a range of evaluation documents available. The
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations (Harvard University)
(U.S.) ** The
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations is an interdisciplinary
research center at Harvard University based at the John F. Kennedy
School of Government. It seeks to expand understanding and accelerate
critical thinking about nonprofit organizations and civil society
among scholars, practitioners, policy makers and the general public. This
site contains links to a number of leading researchers in nonprofit
management. Innovation
Network (U.S.) **** The
mission of Innovation Network, Inc. is to build the evaluation
and learning capacity of nonprofits, so they can better serve
their communities. We're dedicated to building skills, knowledge,
and processes within public agencies and nonprofits to improve
their overall organizational learning and effectiveness. The
Resources section of this website contains links to a number of
interesting evaluation resources. Many of the documents are also
available free-of-charge. International
Center for Not-for-Profit Law (U.S.) * ICNL
is an international organization whose mission is to facilitate
and support the development of civil society and the freedom of
association on a global basis. ICNL, in cooperation with other
international, national, and local organizations, provides technical
assistance for the creation and improvement of laws and regulatory
systems that permit, encourage, and regulate the not-for-profit,
nongovernmental (NGO) sector in countries around the world. ICNL
maintains a documentation center for laws, regulations, self-regulatory
materials, and other relevant documents, it provides relevant
training and education, and it conducts research relevant to strengthening
and improving laws affecting the NGO sector. LINK
(U.S.) *** LINK
allows community-based organizations to post research projects
and enables researchers to find meaningful research topics. The
site also contains a number of interesting links to evaluation
and other sites. A free membership is required to gain full access
to the site. The
London Benchmarking Group (U.K.) $ *** CSR The
London Benchmarking Group consists of more than fifty leading
international corporations who have come together to manage, measure
and report their involvement in the community. This group, for
corporations, may contain some interesting resources. Many of
these however, are only available to members - at a cost. National
Center for Charitable Statistics (U.S.) $ *** The
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national
repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on
nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research
on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government,
the commercial sector, and the broader civil society. The Center
was established in 1982 and has been a program of the Center on
Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute since
July 1996. National
Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (U.S.) ** The
National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (NCNE) helps managers
and leaders of nonprofit organizations make wise economic decisions
to ensure that their organizations best serve their members, clients,
donors and the general public by pursuing their social missions
efficiently and effectively. The NCNE is a unique knowledge reservoir
that consolidates, interprets and synthesizes existing knowledge,
bridging academic research with practice and policy. Many
of the publications and resources listed on this web site are
available free-of-charge. National
Council of Nonprofit Associations (U.S.) * The
National Council of Nonprofit Associations is dedicated to ensuring
a supportive operating environment that allows local and state-based
nonprofits to thrive and do what they do best. One of the ways
that we do this is through public policy. National
Policy Association (U.S.) ** CSR The
National Policy Association is one of America's oldest and most
respected public policy organizations. With a 68 year history
of providing insightful, innovative, and effective public policy
advice, NPA is an important source of information on contemporary
policy choices for America and the world. Neighborhood
Funders Group (U.S.) $ ** The
Neighborhood Funders Group is a national network of grant-makers
working to expand support for organizations that help low-income
people improve their communities. NFG members rely on each other
for fresh enthusiasm, advice on new approaches, and the latest
information on grant-making strategies. In comparing experiences
and sharing ideas, our members discover creative ways to strengthen
the social and economic fabric of neighborhoods. Net
Impact (U.S.) ** CSR Net
Impact is a network of emerging business leaders committed to
using the power of business to create a better world. It is also
the most progressive and influential network of MBAs in existence
today. Originally founded as Students for Responsible Business
in 1993, Net Impact has developed from a great idea shared by
a few business students into a mission-driven network of 5,000
new leaders for better business. Through our central office and
50 local chapters, we offer a portfolio of programs to help members
broaden their business education, refine their leadership skills,
and pursue their professional goals, while building their network. Nonprofit
and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (U.S.) $ **** A
journal sponsored by the Association for Research on Nonprofit
Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). Nonprofit
Management and Leadership (U.K.) $ ***** Nonprofit
Management and Leadership (NML) is the first journal to bring
together the best thinking and most advanced knowledge about the
special needs, challenges, and opportunities of nonprofit organizations.
Each issue of NML offers readers the authoritative insights of
top executives and scholars on the common concerns of nonprofit
leaders in all settings, including social services, the arts,
education, foundations, community development, advocacy work,
religion, professional associations, and others. Nonprofit
Sector Research Fund (U.S.) ***** The
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund awards research grants and organizes
convenings to expand knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy,
improve nonprofit practices, and inform public policy related
to nonprofits. Established
at The Aspen Institute in 1991, the Fund seeks to enhance both
the quantity and quality of nonprofit research by increasing the
legitimacy and visibility of nonprofit scholarship; encouraging
new investments in sector research; supporting the exploration
of tough, neglected questions and enlarging the number of creative
scholars and practitioners interested in pursuing nonprofit studies.
Since its founding, the Fund has supported over 300 research projects
with a total of $7 million in grants. Nonprofitscan
(Can.) **** NonprofitsCan.org
is designed to meet the information needs of nonprofit and voluntary
organizations in Canada. NonprofitsCan.org is an initiative of
the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy created with the generous
support of Kahanoff Foundation's Nonprofit Sector Reserach Initiative. Peter
F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management (U.S.) $
** The
Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management is named
for and inspired by the acknowledged father of modern management.
By providing educational opportunities and resources, the Drucker
Foundation furthers its mission to lead social sector organizations
toward excellence in performance. Program
on Non-Profit Organizations (U.S.) $ * Since
1978, the Program on Non-Profit Organizations, which was located
at the Yale Divinity School from 1998 to May 2002, has operated
as an international center for multidisciplinary studies of philanthropy,
voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations. The work of scholars
affiliated with the Program has appeared in books and scholarly
journals, as well as in its own working-paper series. Resource
Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice (UK)
** CSR The
Resource Centre is managed by the The Prince of Wales International
Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) and funded by the Department for
International Development (DFID). The Resource Centre aims to
develop the capacity, approaches, resources and methods to advise
businesses in the developing world on their practices and impact
that directly contributes to poverty elimination. Social
and Ethical Reporting Clearinghouse (UK) *** CSR The
Social and Ethical Reporting Clearinghouse provides links to over
106 corporate websites and to over 65 social and ethical reporting
resources. New links are added to the site at the beginning of
every month. Social
Accountability International (U.S.) * CSR Social
Accountability International (SAI) is a charitable human rights
organization dedicated to improving workplaces and communities
by developing and implementing socially responsible standards. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (Can.) The Resource
Network's purpose is to provide United Way of America's and other
organizations' outcome measurement resources and learnings. Voluntary
Sector Initiative (Can.) *** The VSI is
a joint initiative to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary
sector and to enhance the relationship between the Sector and
the Government of Canada.
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