Helpful Resources

AFP is the international organization for all fundraisers, providing important networking and educational opportunities. We are the RI Chapter of AFP.

Learn how to earn the certified fundraising executive credential at the web site of CFRE International.

The bi-weekly newspaper of the fundraising profession.

GuideStar is a searchable database of for the non-profit community. You'll find information on 850,000 non-profits, including their 990s.

Network for Good is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the Web to help people get more involved in their communities - from volunteering and donating money, to speaking out on issues you care about.

Leave A Legacy® is a community-based effort that encourages people from all walks of life to make gifts from their estates to the nonprofit organizations of their choice. The program encourages prospective donors to work with development officers of the charities they already support, or the estate planning professionals with whom they already have a relationship, to establish a charitable bequest or other planned gift.

Charity Channel is a resource for the non-profit community. There are discussion groups (list serves) relating to the non-profit sector and fundraising, eNewsletters, a directory of consultants, resource guides, book reviews and streaming interviews with newsmakers.

The premier organization serving the planned giving community.

The Council serves the planned giving community (planned giving and major gift officers, development directors, bankers, lawyers, accountants and financial planners and investment planners interested in planned giving). It is the local affiliate of the National Committee on Planned Giving.

Their mission is to connect people and opportunities for effective volunteer community service.