Public Relations Society of America CA Capital Chapter
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) CA Capital Chapter links California’s northern Central Valley and Foothill communities to the world’s largest organization of PR professionals. PRSA provides professional development, sets standards of excellence and upholds principles of ethics for its members and, more broadly, the multi-billion dollar global public relations profession.
The Planned Giving Forum of Sacramento
PGFS is a professional organization dedicated to: Providing education opportunities and resources for planned giving professionals Promoting planned giving as an effective philanthropic option for donors Providing a networking system for practitioners and professional advisors. Meeting: several luncheon meetings per year and an annual conference.
Grant Professionals Association
GPA is the first organization focused solely on the advancement of grantsmanship as a profession and the support of its practitioners. The Grant Professionals Association builds and supports a community of grant professionals committed to serving the greater public good.
Environmental Council of Sacramento
The Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS), a 501(c)3 nonprofit public benefit organization, was born in response to the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. Sacramento environmental leaders came together to create a visionary forum and an action oriented coalition for the region. Initially formed to coordinate the activities of member organizations, ECOS reformed itself in […]
California Society of Association Executives
CalSAE has nearly 1,100 members, and is the third largest local Society of Association Executives in the nation. CalSAE serves the entire state of California and includes a rich array of education and training programs, services, and networking opportunities. We serve association professionals at all levels, and promote strong peer and business relationships. CalSAE membership […]
California Lawyers for the Arts
California Lawyers for the Arts is a nonprofit service organization which provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs, publications and a resource library to people in the creative arts and arts organizations. Founded in 1974 by lawyers and artists, CLA’s programs and services are designed to help artists understand and apply legal concepts. (can […]
Fundraising Effectiveness Project
The goal of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is to help nonprofit organizations increase giving at a faster pace. FEP pursues this goal by providing nonprofits with tools for tracking and evaluating their annual growth in giving. Growth in giving is the net of gains in giving minus losses in giving. Nonprofits raise more money […]
Nonprofit Overhead
What is Overhead? View this Revisioning Nonprofit Overhead Primer video and these definitions from the IRS and FASB. A Board Member’s Guide to Nonprofit Overhead guidance from Blue Avocado. Northern California Grantmakers, San Diego Grantmakers and Southern California Grantmakers have created a statewide initiative – the Real Cost Project – to increase the impact of […]
Social Enterprise
Applying market-based strategies to social problems “A social enterprise is an organization or venture that achieves its primary social or environmental mission using business methods. The social needs addressed by social enterprises and the business models they use are as diverse as human ingenuity.” The Social Alliance For profit alternatives to the traditional nonprofit corporation […]
Donors
Raising money from individuals According to Giving USA statistics, donations from individuals, ordinary people like you and me, provide 85% of the private (non-government) funding that supports nonprofits. In this section you will find tools and techniques you can use to raise money from individuals. Direct mail fundraising is simply soliciting funds through a mass […]
