EWD at Shasta College is the home of the Northern California Center for Nonprofit Resources. 
Center Services Available to Your Organization
The Nonprofit Resource Center at Shasta College provides services to all nonprofit & philanthropic organizations by providing information, education, and consulting services. The Center is a one-stop resource for board members, staff, and volunteers of nonprofit organizations.
Get the most out of the Center by attending the "Center Orientation"!
First time users/non-members are required to attend the Center Orientation prior to using the Center:
1) Register online for one of the Center Orientation classes
2) OR sign up as a member and receive a one-on-one orientation at time of sign up(during normal Center hours).
As a member of the Center for Nonprofit Resources your organization has access to the Foundation Center Online resource during our regular office hours. In addition, your membership fee ensures this service continues. The Nonprofit Center is fully financially self supported.
Non-member hours - Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please note: first time users/non-members are required to attend the Center Orientation prior to using the center.
Member hours - Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed for lunch 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., priority access, first-come first-serve basis. Saturday's(by appointment only) for Foundation Directory Online.
Register as a member! The Nonprofit Resource Center at Shasta College provides services to all nonprofit & philanthropic organizations by providing information, education, and consulting services. The Center is a one-stop resource for board members, staff, and volunteers of nonprofit organizations. Please note: members are given priority access, first-come first-serve basis.
Schedule your Center Orientation!
Sign-up for classes!
For general information on how to start a Nonprofit Corporation, select this link .
Starting a Nonprofit - Get Ready, Get Set.. (Published by the Center for Nonprofit Management)
Download the Center for Nonoprofit Consultant referal list : Update 10-2009 (PDF file)
Association of Fundraising Professionals - "Advancing philanthropy through education, training and advocacy"
"Advancing philanthropy through education, training and advocacy"
Board Café -"The monthly internet newsletter for nonprofit boards"
Chronicle of Philanthropy - "News for nonprofit organizations, grant seeking, foundations, fundraising, managing nonprofit groups, technology and nonprofit jobs"
Grants.gov - "A unified site for interaction between grant applicants and the U. S. Federal agencies"
Guidestar - "The leading source of information on U. S. nonprofits."
IRS Tax Information for Charities & other Nonprofits - "Important Federal Tax information for non-profits"
CA Secretary of State Business Portal - “CA State website for Business Programs, incorporation, forms, samples, fees, etc”
California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) - “Statewide membership network, creating sector-wide responses to the important issues facing nonprofit organizations and providing valuable resources and tools that empower nonprofits to achieve their missions”.
Shasta Regional Community Foundation - Mission: “Building resources to meet needs in Shasta and Siskiyou counties through philanthropy, education and information”.
Fundraising and Grant Writing for Nonprofit Organizations, is a research guide maintained by Carolyn Salus-Singh, Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Shasta College Library. Many of these resources are available online, 24/7, to the Shasta College community.
The Center for Nonprofit Resources at Shasta College is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center (http://foundationcenter.org). As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, the Center for Nonprofit Resources at Shasta College provides visitors with free public access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center’s electronic databases, The Foundation Directory Online. The fully searchable databases include detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation’s top funders.
As requested, click here to download the binder handed out at the May 13, 2009 Nonprofit Leadership Summit! (This is a very large PDF, with a high speed connection it takes around 6 minutes to download.) Thank you to our Sponsors for the 2009 Nonprofit Leadership Summit:
Email: EWD@ShastaCollege.edu