Below is our list of recommended resources. We hope that you all will email us at: contact@maryslist.net with suggestions if we've left out a resource that you think is very valuable.

For Development Professionals and Consultants

• Association of Fundraising Professionals, Golden Gate Chapter (founded in 1971) works to make the Bay Area nonprofit community stronger and more able to support vital human needs, advance learning, lift the human spirit, preserve the environment, and build healthy communities. AFP-GGC champions diversity and enjoys a high level of volunteer participation. It provides professional support, education, and career enhancement opportunities for Bay Area fundraising professionals and with close to 500 active members, is one of the largest regional chapters of the AFP in the nation.

Hire a Consultant

• The following site has lots of information about hiring a consultant: www.hfpg.org/cdb/how_consult.htm
• In addition, click here to see a sample contract.
• To see why consultants should never be paid a percentage of money raised, see this Association of Fundraising Professionals position paper.

Volunteer consultants

• The Taproot Foundation
• Harvard Business School Community Partners provides volunteer consulting and management assistance to Bay Area nonprofit organizations on a pro bono basis. For more information, please contact Kathy Salmanowitz, Director of HBS Community Partners at 415-435-7623 or by email at kathy@hbscp.org.
• To access the pro bono nonprofit management service offered by the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) in partnership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Consulting Team (ACT): Ask An Expert
• From time to time, we are made aware that certain consultants (who usually are just starting their business, though they may not be new to writing and/or fundraising) are willing to work for free or reduced rates in order to build their client list. Their names and contact information are below (if we have recently heard of a person or persons), but interviewing and hiring them is up to each non-profit.
  Shannon Daggett - Utilizing her experience in journalism, marketing, and development, she hopes to segue into grant writing by volunteering her services—ultimately helping others (nonprofits and experienced grantmakers) achieve their goals.

To list a full time job opportunity:

• Craigslist -- free to nonprofit organizations with annual incomes less than $1 million
• Young Nonprofit Professionals Network -- free to non profits
• Opportunity Knocks

A one-stop-shop for searching and posting nonprofit jobs, nonprofit consulting work, nonprofit internships and volunteer opportunities:

• nonprofitJOBMARKET.org

To match non-profit needs with corporate or individual donations of goods:

• Excess Access -- You can even recycle used computer equipment through this site
• Gifts In Kind International

To see what the local foundation community is up to:

• Northern California Grantmakers

For oodles of information about foundations, workshops, statistics, and more:

• The Foundation Center - They even offer a grant proposal writing workshop online.

For courses, consulting, and other services relating to non-profit management:

• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
• Blue Avocado, a new non-profit newsletter on management

For computer information, low cost software, tech assistance, etc.:

• Tech Soup

To maintain or enhance your current website, or create a new site:

• Karen Ajluni

For executive search services:

• Scion Nonprofit Staffing - Nonprofit Executive Search firm for the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Washington D.C. markets. Scion Nonprofit Staffing specializes in working with Non-profit Organizations, Foundations, and Educational Institutions.
• Steve Yamada at Witt Kieffer
• Korn Ferry International (for searches for positions with salaries of $180,000+)

To find board members:

• boardnetUSA

To find volunteers:

• The Volunteer Center of San Francisco
• One Brick
• Hands On Bay Area
• Volunteer Match

Retreat/Conference Centers:

• YMCA Point Bonita Outdoor and Conference Center - a branch of the YMCA of San Francisco, offers conference space at reasonable prices to local nonprofits (and outdoor education programs for kids). It is the first Certified Green Business in the Marin Headlands, located just ten minutes west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
• Headlands Institute offers discounted rates to nonprofits seeking a naturally inspiring location for a meeting or retreat. Located 10 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge and just steps from Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands, our certified green conference center offers meeting space and meals for groups of 10 to 200.

Non-Profit Office Space:

• Northern California Community Loan Fund - NCCLF provides loans, grants, and training in financial management
• OrgSpaces.org - OrgSpaces brings together information about space availability, planning, funding and sharing to help nonprofits stay and thrive in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

To tell your non-profit’s story in video:

• LifePrints Video
• Kevin Mullin, www.km2communications.com

Google Resources for Non-Profits:

• www.google.com/nonprofits/