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These selected grant writing websites provide clear, detailed information on the grant-writing process at no cost.

The selected websites on this page provide free information and resources on areas of interest to the nonprofit community: 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.

This webinar teaches ways to satisfy funder requirements and simplify the cost allocation process.

This direct application tool supplements the manual, "Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit." It describes cost-benefit principles and offers hands-on tools to "make the case" for your prevention program.

This newsletter of the National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project focuses on the ways that Sexual Assault Coalitions are building capacity for community collaborations as well as collaborations with governmental entities.

This Minnesota Council on Foundations document provides an excellent source of information regarding the basics and the details of grant writing for non-profit development.

The paper provides policy recommendations for strengthening the Act's response to victims of sexual violence, including core services for victims.

This document is a larger resource that gives detailed direction on building a strong board that can effectively fundraise for your nonprofit organization.

Describes ideas generated from a meeting of executive directors of domestic violence programs who have had success with raising unrestricted funding from their local communities.

Toolkit for managers during tough economic times and shifting political environment. While the focus is on conservation and the environment, the best practices and tools provided will assist any nonprofit in making assessments, in tracking finances, and how to make difficult decisions with the organization in mind.

This easy to follow guide to the basic elements of grant writing provides strategies for each stage of the process, including how to prepare to write a proposal, how to create a well-written and compelling proposal, and what do to as follow-up to proposal submission. 

Social Enterprise Alliance suggests the following basic working definition for social enterprise: "organizations that address a basic unmet need or solve a social or environmental problem through a market-driven approach." This page from Social Enterprise Alliance explains what social enterprise is and how it can be used to further a mission.