The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide, a free online resource, captures and organizes good practices for nonprofits and foundations.

There are thousands of effectiveness-building tips and resources on topics including:

• Accountability and Evaluation;
• Advocacy;
• Communications and Marketing;
• Foundations and Grantmaking;
• Fundraising and Financial Sustainability;
• Governance;
• Management and Leadership;
• Staff Development and Organizational Capacity;
• Technology; and
• Volunteer Management.

Source: National Council of Nonprofits

The Foundation Center is one the nation’s best resources for grant seekers. It’s a great place to start your search for potential funders, because the Center has profiles on some 80,000 grant makers, detailing their areas of interest, grant history, and other pertinent information.

Grant seekers can visit one of the libraries (located in Washington, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Cleveland) and use the substantial resources. The Foundation Center also makes print, CD-ROM, and online editions of its resources available for purchase, with prices beginning at $19.95 a month for an online subscription.

But, the Foundation Center can do much more than help you identify funding sources. A wide variety of basic, intermediate, and advanced online and classroom trainings are available year-round. In addition, an array of informational resources can be accessed via the organization’s Web site. To learn more or to start finding potential funders, visit http://foundationcenter.org.

The PDN Philanthhropy News Digest, a feature of The Foundation Center, is published every Friday afternoon. Each issue of this free service provides a brief overview of current funding opportunities offered by foundations and other grantmakers. Make the e-service part of your weekly reading diet.

The digest can be found here: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/. Good luck!