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INTERNET RESOURCES For your convenience, we have compiled a list of online publications, web sites, and news sites that we think are relevant to your fundraising efforts and internet success. Please contact us if you come across others that you find useful.
 Government Sites: Canadian Government Information Links to federal and provincial government sites, directories of phone and fax numbers, and key federal documents. Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) Provides Ontario municipalities with a wide range of assessment services, including preparing annual assessment rolls and various other services. CCRA Charities Directorate Official Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) website focused on the Registered Charity Information Return (T3010). Registering a Charity for Income Tax Purposes Provides information on how to register your charity with the federal government. Prospect Research Sites: FoundationSearch Canada North America's leading source of web based foundation funding information for non-profits. Altruvest A Canadian charity that provides web-based tools to nonprofit organizations. Association of Fundraising Professionals The AFP is the standard-bearer for professionalism in fundraising. Canadian Business for Social Responsibility A nonprofit membership organization of Canadian Businesses dedicated to developing, implementing, and sharing corporate social responsibility. Charity Law The Charity Law website contains articles, seminar material, and newsletters on charity and nonprofit law. Charity Village Canada's favorite nonprofit gathering place, courtesy of Doug Jaimeson and co. Community Foundations of Canada National membership organization for Canada's community foundations. David Lamb's Prospect Research Page List of sites useful to prospect researchers. Gift Planning Resources Center Promotes charitable giving through gift planning by providing links and comments on information available on the Internet. Grant Proposal.com Provides free resources for both advanced grantwriting consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff. Health Charities Council of Canada Health Charities Council of Canada represents health charities of every size and function. Heritage Canada Foundation The Heritage Canada Foundation, in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage, delivers grants to fund Young Canada Works in Heritage Institutions. Icomm.ca A nonprofit, internet-based organization which provides internet services and volunteer technical support to nonprofits. In Kind Canada National "Gift-In-Kind" Program that matches the material surpluses of business to the needs of charities. Internet Prospector Contact information for national, provincial and territorial public records including incorporation, property assessment and archival data. lawyers.com Search for lawyers by name, firm, location, or law school attended. Oxygen Communications Helps non-profit organizations and other social-change groups build effective, thriving websites. reBOOT Canada Provides computer hardware, networking and technical support to charities, non-profits and people with limited access to technology. Research It! Contains specialized search tools including dictionary, translator, thesaurus and many more. SEDAR Contains corporate securities filings (annual reports, management information circulars, press releases). Sponsorship Report Canadian publication focused exclusively on corporate sponsorships. Strategis Industry Canada's website, providing information on business and consumer resources. Tech Soup TechSoup Global is one of the most comprehensive technology resources for NGOs in the world. Working with corporate donors, including Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, and Symantec, TechSoup provides nongovernmental organizations, nonprofits, libraries, and community-based organizations with the latest professional hardware, software, and services they need. voe-reb.org Volunteer opportunities exchange. Volunteer Canada The national voice for volunteerism in Canada. Volunteer Intiaitive A joint initiative to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary sector and to enhance the relationship between the Sector and the Government of Canada. Volunteer Vancouver A leader in promoting volunteerism and strengthening the volunteer sector. Web Networks A nonprofit Internet service provider which offers unique and varied services at cost to nonprofit organizations in Canada. Directories: Canada 411 Track down the phone number for almost any person or company in Canada. Canadian Postal Codes If you don't know the full address of a contact, just use this handy service from Westminster International. Plug in the part of the address that you do know, and the system will fill in the rest. InfoSpace White and Yellow pages for Canada, the US and UK. Nonprofit Matrix An online directory and guide to selecting and integrating "dot-coms" into a nonprofit organization's web and internet strategies. Telephone Prefix Location Directory Area-code finder. Lists: Liszt A huge collection of free subscription mailing lists. Join discussions with other internet users on subjects like planned giving, volunteer management, and philanthropy. Also includes links to thousands of other discussion groups. Profit100 List of Canada's fastest growing companies, ranked by revenue growth, by The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs. Technology 100 Top 100 Canadian technology companies as ranked by Canadian Business Magazine. Top 1000 Includes information on the Top 1000 Canadian Companies, the 50 Best-Paid Canadian CEOs and more, as ranked by the Report on Business. Reference Sites: Britannica.com Contains leading magazines, related books, the Merriam-Webster dictionary and the complete Encyclopedia Britannica. Free Management Library An online library with access to various publications for non-profit and for-profit organizations. Private Foundations of Canada The purpose of PFC is to promote the growth and development of private foundations. Services: MAS Management Advisory Service Assists non-profit organizations with specific management or technical problems free of charge. Volunteer Lawyers Service Offers legal assistance at no charge to non-profit and charitable organizations in Ontario. Search Engines: AltaVista Canada The Canadian version of this popular search engine allows you to limit your internet searches to Canadian sites. Google.ca The world's largest search engine. Contains Canadian specific information in English or French. Google.com The world's largest search engine. Google's index contains 1,060,000,000 web pages. Yahoo! Canada A standard search engine that lets you explore the entire web or limit searches to Canadian web sites. Online Newspapers: Online Magazines: Financial Post Magazine MacLean's Magazine Report on Business Magazine Newswire Services: Canada Newswire Canada Newswire Portfolio E-mail (sign up for personalized e-mail delivery) PR Newswire (mostly US) Two Ten Communications (UK and other Int'l) Google News (Canadian) International: African Health Foundation (AHEF) - African-based organization dedicated to health promotion, population control and improving the status of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Brother to Brother International Inc. - provides a fast, efficient, and accountable way of donating excess or slow-moving inventory to charities worldwide. CARE International - one of the world's largest private international relief and development organizations. Charity Chanel - a volunteer-driven on-line community of nonprofit-sector professionals. Catholic Network of Volunteer Service - promotes and assists member programs serving in the US and throughout the world. European Foundation Centre - EFC promotes foundations & corporate funders in the New Europe. VOICE International Voluntary Organizations Initiative in Central & Eastern Europe/Eurasia - nonprofit information clearinghouse and technical assistance network based in the United States. idealist.org - 20,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 140 countries, which you can search by name, location or mission. Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) - independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever it is needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help. OECD Washington - markets the publications of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development)in the United States and serves as an information center for the US market. OnlineNewspapers.com - the world's largest listing of newspapers from around the globe. Research It! - Contains specialized search tools including dictionary, translator, thesaurus and many more. Time Magazine The Economist |
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