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Resource Center
for Nonprofit Management

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Receive the Resource Center's bi-monthly eNewsletter, Nonprofit Resources for up-to-the-minute workshop information, funding availability, job opportunities, and other resources for nonprofits. Click Here to sign-up.

Since 1991, the Resource Center has provided training, research materials and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations in Ventura County, with the goal of strengthening the ability of those organizations to deliver needed services in the community. The Resource Center is the only management training center for nonprofit organizations in the county.

The Resource Center serves volunteers, nonprofit staff and board members, consultants, grantmakers and anyone interested in the nonprofit sector. It functions as the point of convergence for the nonprofit sector in Ventura County, where information, technical training, and support are available at little or no cost.

Click here for the Resource Center at a Glance fact sheet

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The Resource Center for Nonprofit Management provides the following services:

Library for Nonprofit Research and Development
The resources of the library consist of two main collections:

• The Collection for Excellence in Nonprofit Management
  Houses books and periodicals on nonprofit management, board development, volunteerism and other related topics.
  
  
• The Helen M. Yunker Collection for
  Research and Development of Nonprofit Resources
  Includes titles focusing on fundraising, foundations and grants, and proposal writing. This collection also includes the only cooperating collection in Ventura County of the Foundation Center in New York, which publishes the most comprehensive and current reference texts on foundations across the nation. These publications include complete data on foundations, their funding interests, board of directors and giving histories.

These resources are not available at any other single location in Ventura County.

The library is open to the public, free of charge Monday-Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

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Community Needs Profiles
The Community Foundation believes that the community must continually assess its own needs, anticipate its future needs, and seek strategies and solutions for creating a better community. The Resource Center houses a comprehensive collection of needs assessments and demographic data on Ventura County residents. We function as a partner, catalyst, repository and convener in the process to ensure current information is available to all nonprofit organizations, allowing them to strategically build programs and allocate resources.

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Looking for statistics on Ventura County to assist you in your proposal writing?

Try the Ventura County Health & Human Services Profile.
Click here -www.venturaprofile.org to be directed to the website .

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Technology Resource Network
In addition to the Resource Library’s online catalogue, the Technology Resource Network includes the Foundation Center’s national publications on line, enabling the user to search specific geographic regions, field of interest, and other search criteria on potential funders from our computer workstations.

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Consulting and Technical Assistance
The Resource Center's team of professional consultants can build your organization's capacity in many ways, including: Board Development, Strategic Planning, and Retreat and Meeting Facilitation.  The Resource Center offers a free initial consultation for agencies interested in consulting services.

Click here for links to other nonprofit resources

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Resource Center Advisory Committee

Sally S. Yount, Chair

Mary L. Schwabauer

Fred Bauermeister
Executive Director
Free Clinic of Simi Valley

Jim Cathcart
Founder & President
Cathcart Institute, Inc.

Gary Erickson
President
The Erickson Group

John Katch
Edison, External Affairs, Retired

Susan Murphy, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, School of Business
Chair, Department of Management and Marketing
California Lutheran University

Sylvia Schnopp
President
Schnopp Consulting

Cynder Sinclair
VP, Wealth Management Services
Pacific Capital Bancorp

Peter Zierhut
Haas Automation, Inc.

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last page update 12.19.07