Organizing Resources
The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Speak Easy
Democracy In Action
Web-based, hosted online organizing toolkit including advocacy campaigns, list management; email blasting and fundraising. Hosted at DIA it will run you $100-300/month.
Serving The Man
Evelyn Dortch's Commentary on Marketplace
Jobs For The Future Project
Part of the North Carolina Center for Community Action
PRRAC - Poverty & Race Research Action Council
Women of Color Resource Center
Western States Center
The Western States Center provides research and policy analysis, policy and advocacy training for organizers and leaders, and works to build local community based organizations and statewide policy coalitions.
Global Local Pop Ed
An online clearinghouse of popular education resources for grassroots organizations looking to integrate a global perspective into local work.
An Introduction to Activism on the Internet
John Emerson has written up a thoughtful overview of internet activism. If you are thinking about how to get more movement building out of your website, you might find some ideas here.
Southern Empowerment Project
The Southern Empowerment Project offers intensive three week community organizing trainings as well as grassroots fundraising trainings. They emphasize the history of organizing in the South and Appalachia
Organizing Mandala
Chardon Press
Books and other resources on fundraising and organizing for social change.
Jobs with Justice
Community Training and Assistance Center
Basebuilder
The Virginia Organizing Project : Tools for Dismantling Racism
VOPs Dismantling Racism Curriculum
Policy Advocates and Research Organizations
Coalition on Human Needs
The Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people.
Center for Community Change
Applied Research Center
Alliance for Justice Homepage
The Alliance for Justice has great resources for 501c3 organizations that want to advocate for change without getting in trouble with the IRS.
Public Welfare Foundation
Center on Law and Social Policy
National Employment Law Project
NELP is a national civil rights organization that focuses on the range of employment issues facing the working poor and the unemployed.
Jobs with Justice
ProBono Net
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Western New York Law Center
Welfare Law materials available on the internet, including WNYLC's fact sheets on welfare in New York State, copies of state regulations and administrative directives, and a database of fair hearing decisions,
Legal Momentum
Formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Technology Policy
Benton Foundation
Grantmakers who Fund Community Organzing, and other Fundraising Resources
Proteus Fund
Resist, Inc.
Funding Grassroots Progressive Activist Radical Groups and Organizations Since 1967
The Sister Fund
Threshold Foundation
MS. Foundation
French American Charitable Trust
FACT supports community organizing and collaboration along with capacity building for community organizers.
American Friends Service Committee
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
CCHD makes grants that support community organizing and local economic development.
The Needmor Fund
Needmor grants support community organizing. They are interested in supporting multi-issue, membership-based community organizations in low and moderate income communities.
Abelard Foundation East
Abelard East makes grants to support community organizing in low income and immigrant communities east of the Mississippi.
Veatch
The Veatch Program of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock makes grants to support a range of social and economic justice causes.
Best Practices and Tips for Sending Email and Fundraising Online
From Echo Ditto's 'Best Practices' series, some good tips on fundraising online.
Affinity Resources
Overview of online fundraising resources
Chardon Press
Books and other resources on fundraising and organizing for social change.
Grassroots Fundraising Journal
Practical tips and tools to help you raise money for your organization.
The Foundation Center
Comprehensive resource for funding research.
Jewish Fund for Justice
Grants and technical assistance for grassroots organizations of low-income people.
National Network of Grantmakers
Public Welfare Foundation
Open Society Institute
Grant initiatives in the United States periodically include funding for community organizing and economic justice work in particular areas
MacArthur Foundation Program on Human and Community Development
Community Training and Assistance Center
Media Resources
National Radio Project - Making Contact
Welfare organizers should take a look at the National Radio Project's Welfare Radio Collaborative (listed under 'desks').
Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Legal Resources
MAIN legislative agenda
Maine Legislation
Welfare Law Center
Center on Law and Social Policy
National Employment Law Project
NELP is a national civil rights organization that focuses on the range of employment issues facing the working poor and the unemployed.
ProBono Net
Western New York Law Center
Welfare Law materials available on the internet, including WNYLC's fact sheets on welfare in New York State, copies of state regulations and administrative directives, and a database of fair hearing decisions,
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