Frequently Requested Resources
Board Member Favorites
BoardSource
Provides solutions to improve board performance, including booklets, books, videos, and audiotapes.
Board Café
An electronic newsletter exclusively for members of nonprofit boards of directors offering a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service.
Free Complete Toolkit for Boards
By Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, editor of the Free Management Library.
The Blue Avocado
This bite-size magazine for nonprofits offers timely, appropriate information for board members. A free email subscription is available.
A Special Topic: Executive Transitions
The Executive Transitions Monograph Series offers guidance and information when you need to manage a change of organizational leadership. Funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, this series is a joint effort of Transition Guides and Compass Point Nonprofit Services.
Human Resources Management
Dozens of articles and lists from the Free Management Library.
Provides hands-on information on all steps of the staffing process from job descriptions to exit interviews.
Nonprofit Favorites
Idealist.org Action Without Borders
This website provides links to a collection of websites designed to assist individuals starting, managing and funding a nonprofit organization.
TechSoup.org
TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources and support. In addition, they offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock, where nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners.
Volunteer Jackson Hole
This free service allows you to post volunteer jobs or search volunteer opportunities. This service is underwritten by the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.
Donor Favorites
Charity Navigator
Help for charitable givers in making giving decisions by providing information on over five thousand charities and by evaluating the financial health of each of these charities.
GuideStar.org
Provides information about nonprofit organizations missions, programs, and finances, including the organizations’ Form 990. The IRS requires nonprofits to file a form 990, which reports the agency’s annual financial activity. To see an organization’s 990 form, search by organization name and then go to the very bottom of their page. You will find their 990 links at the bottom. If you would like assistance reading a 990 form, please contact Community Foundation of Jackson Hole staff at 307-739-1026. We are happy to assist you.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
- The Web site offers the complete contents of the latest issue, an archive of past issues and articles published since October 1997, and two issues' worth of the most recent grant listings -- all fully searchable. A subscription is required to access the full site.
- The Chronicle provides a menu of email alerts/newsletters, based upon your needs. This link will lead you to the page that explains these services.
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