Useful Links for Nonprofit Professionals

How to Find, Charm and Keep Corporate Sponsors
Corporate sponsors seem to be everywhere in today's world. Take the Olympics, for example. Hard to imagine what the skating rink would look like without those ubiquitous banners touting fast-food restaurants and telephone companies. It's not just the big events that draw sponsors, either. Small, local events—10K runs, award dinners, neighborhood festivals—usually have a slew of corporate logos in the accompanying literature.

IEG's Sponsorship.com
For nearly three decades, IEG has been developing new and better ways for companies and brands to partner with sports, arts, events, entertainment, nonprofits, and causes—for mutual benefit.  A provider of strategic counsel, valuation, research, published information and training, IEG is dedicated to helping sponsors, properties, agencies and others involved in the global sponsorship industry.

eBay Giving Works
Reach a new audience, strengthen ties with your existing donor base, and take your fundraising to the next level. eBay Giving Works can support you every step of the way, by giving you the tools to tap into a new source of unrestricted funding – the eBay Community.

Signing up for eBay Giving Works is easy and free, and every 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit is eligible to participate. The first step is to get certified by our nonprofit partner, MissionFish. There is no annual fee for nonprofits to use eBay Giving Works.

Sponsorship for Grantwriters
You've spent years perfecting your grant writing skills: shaping a logical argument for why your project needs funding, creating detailed budgets to reinforce your narrative, and gathering a variety of attachments to support your case. Now you've been asked to create a corporate sponsorship proposal and wonder what you can use from your grant writing experiences. Well, as we say in New York, "faw-git-about-it."

Hoovers
Hoover's offers proprietary business information through the Internet, data feeds, wireless devices, and co-branding agreements with other online services.

Google Grants
Google Grants is a unique in-kind donation program awarding free AdWords advertising to select charitable organizations. We support organizations sharing our philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts.