Material Listing

In this introductory webinar, StoryCenter staff member Amy Hill discusses the theoretical underpinnings, methods, and impacts of storytelling in domestic violence work and offers resources for organizations interested in developing storytelling efforts for DVAM and beyond.

This three-part series from FORGE offers information on sheltering trans women, trans men, and non-binary survivors of intimate partner violence.

In this TED Talk, Scott Turner Schofield discusses transgender identity and what it could mean to "end gender."

Data on transgender people is scarce and unreliable, as this FAQ explains, and is not critical to meeting survivors’ needs; listening to and believing survivors is. However, this fact sheet offers some data on violence against trans people, along with key references.

As strengths based work with families becomes more prevalent, the research on protective capacities of domestic violence survivors as parents becomes more important to supporting a shift in policy and practice. This briefing explores some of the research that demonstrates the protective capacities of adult survivors and their implications for policy and practice.

Police officers are frequently the first responders to situations that pose threats to the safety and well-being of children and families. This toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with or without a mental health partner).

The purpose of a fundraising communications toolkit for nonprofit board members is to provide them with the tools that they need to effectively raise funds for the organization. This brief article outlines what resources should be included in the toolkit.

This brief document from BoardSource outlines five questions that nonprofit boards can ask themselves to guide changes in how board recruitment is done in order to assure more diverse and inclusive board membership.

This article from Boardsource describes how achieving diversity on a nonprofit board is a challenging but doable and essential task.

Financial policies clarify the roles, authority, and responsibilities for essential financial management activities and decisions in a nonprofit organization. This resource provides guidance on how to develop financial policies, as well as an example policy.

A well-planned budget demonstrates a nonprofit’s ability to responsibly manage its financial resources—an important factor for donors, corporate investors, and grantmaking institutions. This template provides a pre-formatted spreadsheet that can be used to document projected income and expenses.

This toolkit provides guiding principles and policy recommendations that are designed to improve interactions between girls of color and SROs, with the ultimate goal of reducing girls of colors’ disproportionate rates of contact with the juvenile justice system.

Distinguishing between the roles of the board and the chief executive with regard to human resources, this article clearly presents the details and limitations of the board's role.

This article from Nonprofit Quarterly provides information on how executive directors of nonprofits can guide their organization to sustainability, rather than just managing its finances.

This comprehensive guide provides information on developing policies and procedures for accounting, controls, reporting, revenue, expenditures, and asset management. 

This article provides guidance on how nonprofit organizations can establish appropriate practices and systems for managing grants.

This video outlines how various departments within a nonprofit organization can manage grant preparation, execution, and reporting.

This resource briefly outlines how nonprofits can identify exchange transactions as differentiated from contributions.

This webinar recording covers different types of governmental and private grant structures and the reporting models that each may require.

The Nonprofit Accounting Basics series of the Greater Washington Society of CPAs offers an array of helpful resources and tools for nonprofits.

This document provides a one page example of a financial reports inventory for nonprofits. It lists the types of financial reports that should be available, how often they should be disseminated, and to whom.

This article links to resources on a wide array of topics designed to expand financial literacy of nonprofit organizations' boards.

This outline provides a series of prompts to assist nonprofits in creating a comprehensive operating reserves policy.

A great guide, this document provides a sample investment policy for nonprofit organizations. It includes information on roles and responsibilities of management, board, and any oversight committee.

This article summarizes what should be included in an investment policy statement for nonprofits and why it is necessary.