Technical Assistance Providers

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

• American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP)
  Northern California Chapter
  Chapter President, Marie Beichert
  Tel: (415) 686-6239
  Email: info@aagpnorcal.com
  

  American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP) was founded in 1988 and is the first organization focused solely on the advancement of grantsmanship as a profession and the support of its practitioners. AAGP members benefit from focused education and resources, including access to local chapters. The AAGP NorCal Chapter extends from Fresno to the Oregon border and offers local venues in which to network, learn from peers in the profession, and exchange ideas and methodologies.

• Association of Fundraising Professionals
  Golden Gate Chapter
  Administrative Office
  14814 Bronson Avenue
  San Jose, CA 95124
  Tel: (415) 404-6501
  Fax: (213) 347-2080
  Email: admin@afp-ggc.org
  

  Professional association for fundraising executives offering continuing professional education, career development, a mentoring program, a newsletter, and Fund Raising Days.

• California Association of Nonprofits
  520 South Grand Avenue, Suite 695
  Los Angeles, CA 90071
  Tel: (213) 347-2070
  Fax: (213) 347-2080
  

  CAN is a statewide membership association of almost 2,000 diverse nonprofit organizations with a mission to strengthen and expand the professionalism, governance, influence and effectiveness of California nonprofit organizations.

• Development Executives Roundtable
  Email: George Clark, gclark@lighthouse-sf.org

  Development Executives Roundtable (DER) is an educational and collegial resource for Bay Area fundraisers – professional, volunteer, and potentials alike – for over 35 years. Lunchtime meetings held on the second Friday of every month (with rare exceptions).

• Harvard Business School Association of Northern California
  Karen Alden, Co-Executive Director
  HBS Community Partners Pro Bono Consulting
  Tel: (650) 867-3584
  Email: karen.alden@hbscp.org

  Community Partners provides Harvard Business School alumni the opportunity to apply their business and management skills as volunteer consultants working on projects for Bay Area nonprofits.

• Net Impact
  Service Corps
  660 Market St., Suite 210
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  Tel: (415) 984-3300
  

  Net Impact's Service Corps volunteers partner with nonprofits on short-term, part-time consulting projects related to finance, marketing, new program development, business planning, fundraising, and strategic planning.

• Northern California Grantmakers
  625 Market Street, 3rd Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Tel: (415) 777-4111
  Fax: (415) 777-1714

  Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) is an association of foundations, corporate contributions programs and other private grantmakers. NCG's work is focused in two broad arenas: enhancing the effectiveness of philanthropy, and strengthening the ties between philanthropy and it many stakeholders in nonprofit organizations, government, business, media, academia, and the public at large.

• Stanford Business School Alumni Consulting Team
  Stanford Graduate School of Business
  518 Memorial Way
  Stanford, CA 94305-5015
  Tel: (650) 736-1956
  Fax: (650) 723-0516

  Stanford Alumni Consulting Team (ACT) provides pro bono management consulting services to nonprofit organizations through a network of alumni volunteers.

• Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
  The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) promotes an efficient, viable, and inclusive nonprofit sector that supports the growth, learning, and development of young professionals.

CONSULTING, TRAINING, AND RESOURCES
(Also check with area colleges and universities and their continuing education centers for additional opportunities.)

• Association of Fundraising Professionals
  Golden Gate Chapter
  

  Web site provides a directory of consultants.

• Center for Nonprofit Management Southern California
  1000 N. Alameda Street, Suite 250
  Los Angeles, CA 90012
  Tel: (213) 687-9511
  Fax: (213) 687-7159
  Email: main@cnmsocal.org

  The Center for Nonprofit Management offers seminars on issues related to nonprofit management.

• Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin
  555 Northgate Drive
  San Rafael, CA 94903
  Tel: (415) 479-5710
  Fax: (415) 479-9878
  Email: info@cvnl.org

  Offers a series of workshops and trainings, affinity groups, a resource library, and a referral service for volunteers to the Marin nonprofit and volunteer community.

• CompassPoint
  San Francisco Office
  731 Market Street, Suite 200
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  Tel: (415) 541-9000
  Fax: (415) 541-7708

  With offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the East Bay, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is a nonprofit consulting and training organization. They provide nonprofits with the management tools and concepts necessary to best serve their communities.

• Fundraisers Anxiety Busters (FAB)
  Email: fab@dersf.org

  Fundraisers Anxiety Busters (FAB) is a forum for intermediate and seasoned fundraisers, and nonprofit staff and volunteers with development responsibilities (3 or more years experience), to share fundraising strategies and tactics, meet challenges, and solve problems. Co-sponsored by Development Executives Roundtable and the Foundation Center, FAB meets quarterly at the Foundation Center–San Francisco and is free to all. Guests with expertise in each session's topic will address issues identified by the group.

• Grantwriters Anxiety Support Program (GASP)
  Email: Diana E. Weston, dweston@projectninety.org

  A community of peers and mentors for new or intermediate grantwriters (0-3 years experience), GASP helps build your confidence and skills. Co-sponsored by Development Executives Roundtable and the Foundation Center, GASP meets quarterly at the Foundation Center–San Francisco and is free to all. Lunchtime meetings last two hours, and consist of a group discussion guided by seasoned grantwriters, development consultants, and foundation program officers, followed by peer review of participants' proposals and letters of intent in smaller groups.

• iReuse
  500 Tamal Plaza Suite 520
  Corte Madera, CA 94925
  Tel: (415) 924-9977
  Email: Ken Kurtzig, ken@ireuse.com

  iReuse is a new service in the Bay Area helping nonprofits, schools, and other organizations get the stuff they need. All you need to do is create your wish list on iReuse's web site by going to http://www.ireuse.com/nonprofit.aspx and get automatically matched up with local businesses and residents who are donating items which meet your needs.

• Mary's List
  Email: info@maryslist.net

  Mary's List was created by Mary Gregory, a program officer at Pacific Foundation Services, as a way for non-profits to connect with qualified consultants and for consultants to connect with each other.

• Nonprofit Resource Center: Sacramento
  Sacramento Public Library
  828 I Street
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Tel: (916) 264-2772
  Fax: (916) 264-2787
  Email: nrc@nonprofitresourcectr.org

  The Nonprofit Resource Center provides comprehensive services and support to nonprofit groups in Sacramento and 18 surrounding counties. They offer Resources Leadership Development Workshops, training, and consulting.

• Nonprofit Roundtable
  Free seminar series sponsored by four consulting firms. Each sponsor offers training sessions on their specialty to the nonprofit community or brings in experts to cover topics of interest.

• San Francisco Bay Area Capacity Builders of Color Directory

  This searchable online database contains approximately 100 capacity builder profiles, each with personal and contact information, demographics, professional expertise, references, former clients, links to publications, and more. Searchable by numerous fields, as well as print individual or multiple capacity builders’ profiles.

• The Taproot Foundation
  466 Geary Street, Suite 300
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  Tel: (415) 359-0226
  

  The Taproot Foundation is a leading nonprofit marketing and technology consulting firm. The foundation's work is offered pro bono in a competitive grantmaking process. For more information and to apply for pro bono services, visit their Web site.

• Volunteer Center of the East Bay
  2401 Shadelands Dr., Suite 112
  Walnut Creek, CA 94598
  Tel: (925) 472-5760
  Tel: (925) 778-0165
  Tel: (510) 232-0163
  Fax: (925) 472-5780
  Email: info@helpnow.org

  The Volunteer Center operates with the mission of linking people who care with people in need.

• Volunteer Center of San Francisco
  1675 California Street
  San Francisco, CA 94109
  Tel: (415) 982-8999
  Fax: (415) 982-0890
  Email: info@thevolunteercenter.net

  Volunteer Center serves as a clearinghouse of volunteer information for San Francisco nonprofit organizations, individuals, city agencies, and other civic groups.

LEGAL SERVICES

• California Lawyers for the Arts
  San Francisco Office
  Fort Mason Center, C-255
  San Francisco, CA 94123
  Tel: (415) 775-7200
  Fax: (415) 775-1143
  Email: cla@calawyersforthearts.org

  Service organization which provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs, publications and a resource library to artists of all disciplines and arts organizations.

• Volunteer Legal Services Program
  Community Organization Representation Project
  301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94111
  Tel: (415) 782-9000, ext 8714
  Email: corp@sfbar.org

  The Community Organization Representation Project (CORP) of the Volunteer Legal Services Program provides free legal services to community organizations serving low income individuals or communities in Northern California. Eligible organizations are matched up with volunteer attorneys who can assist with various legal issues, including nonprofit incorporation, contract, real estate, employment, taxes, and intellectual property matters.

LOANS, MEETING SPACE, REAL ESTATE, AND RENOVATION

• Arts Loan Fund
  Northern California Grantmakers
  625 Market Street, 15th Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Tel: (415) 777-4111 ext. 27
  Fax: (415) 777-1714
  Email: sross@ncg.org

The Arts Loan Fund (ALF), a collaborative program of the Northern California Grantmakers, provides quick-turnaround, short-term financial assistance to San Francisco Bay Area arts organizations experiencing cash-flow problems.

• Community Conference Space
  Silicon Valley Community Foundation
  Mountain View Headquarters
  Tel: (650) 450-5400
  San Mateo Conference Center
  Tel: (650) 458-2660
  

Silicon Valley Community Foundation provides free community meeting space for nonprofit organizations located in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Organizations can use the state-of-the art facilities to host meetings, trainings, informal gatherings or retreats.

• Dancing Deer Farm
  The Center for Reuniting Families
  2975 Vineyard Drive
  Templeton, CA 93465
  Tel: (805) 434-3200
  

The Center for Reuniting Families (CRF) at Dancing Deer Farm is a nonprofit education center and organic farm on California's central coast. CRF provides a venue, at no cost on weekdays, to other nonprofits with goals and mandates compatible with theirs.

• Emergency Loan Fund
  Northern California Grantmakers
  625 Market Street, 15th Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Tel: (415) 777-4111 ext. 27
  Fax: (415) 777-1714
  Email: sross@ncg.org

The Emergency Loan Fund (ELF), a collaborative program of the Northern California Grantmakers, provides quick-turnaround, short-term financial assistance to San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits experiencing cash-flow problems that place their services at risk.

• Hub Bay Area
  Berkeley
  2150 Allston Way, Suite 400
  Berkeley, CA 94704
  Tel: (510) 649-7700
  Hub San Francisco
  901 Mission Street, Suite 105
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  Tel: (415) 624-5881
  

Hub spaces range from stimulating, collision-rich café and hot-desking environments that support innovation, to quiet areas that foster focused concentration, to places where members work the phones for hours pushing their ideas forward. Hubs also feature event spaces for large and small film screenings, art openings, and presentations.

• Nonprofit Finance Fund
  760 Market Street, Suite 333
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  Tel: (415) 255-4849
  Fax: (415) 576-1090
  Email: SF@nffusa.org

The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) provides loans, workshops, and planning assistance to help nonprofit organizations grow and thrive as businesses while honoring their mission.

• Northern California Community Loan Fund
  870 Market Street, Suite 677
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  Tel: (415) 392-8215
  Fax: (415) 392-8216
  Email: info@ncclf.org

The Northern California Community Loan Fund (NCCLF) is a nonprofit lender dedicated to strengthening the economic base of low-income communities in northern California.

• OrgSpaces.org
  Email: spacefund@ncclf.org

OrgSpaces.org brings together information about space availability, planning, funding and sharing to help non-profits stay and thrive in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

• RallyPad
  Rally
  144 2nd Street
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  

RallyPad is an incubator and workspace for non-profits and social entrepreneurs in San Francisco and Berlin.

• Rebuilding Together San Francisco
  Pier 28
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Tel: (415) 905-1611 ext.205
  Fax: (415) 905-1610
  Email: info@rebuildingtogethersf.org

Rebuilding Together San Francisco provides free renovations for San Francisco based nonprofits and community service facilities, as part of its Rebuilding Weekend program on the last weekend of April. Rebuilding Together San Francisco is a nonprofit organization that brings together volunteer teams to provide repair and renovation work for low-income homeowners, non-profits, and community centers. The type of work completed includes (but is not limited to): interior painting, minor plumbing, electrical, landscaping, carpentry, safety modifications, etc.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

• California State University East Bay
  Extended and Continuing Education Courses
  Warren Hall(WA) 851
  25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
  Hayward, CA 94542
  Tel: (510) 730-2784
  Fax: (510) 885-4817
  Email: ce@csueastbay.edu

  Offers a Nonprofit certificate and credit through Masters in Public Administration Program

• San Francisco State University
  Department of Public Administration
  1600 Holloway Avenue
  San Francisco, CA 94132
  Tel: (415) 338-2030
  

  Offers a Masters in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management and, in conjunction with the College of Extended Learning, a basic certificate in Nonprofit Management and a certificate in Nonprofit Leadership & Strategic Management.

• San José State University
  Professional Development Certificate Programs
  Lundy Avenue Professional Development Center
  2160 Lundy Avenue, Suite 250
  San José, California 95131-1862
  Tel: (408) 519-1275
  E-mail: nonprofit@profdev.sjsu.edu

  Nonprofit Management Certificate program.

• Stanford University
  Graduate School of Business
  518 Memorial Way
  Stanford University
  Stanford, CA 94305-5015
  Tel: (650) 725-5399
  E-mail: PMP_Inquiries@gsb.stanford.edu

  Offers a Public Management Program.

• University of California at Berkeley
  Haas School of Business
  545 Student Services #1900
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
  Tel: (510) 643-7668.

  MBA Nonprofit and Public Management Program.

• University of San Francisco
  College of Professional Studies
  2130 Fulton Street
  San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
  Tel: (415) 422-6571
  E-mail: cps@usfca.edu

  Master of Nonprofit Administration.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

• TechSoup Global
  435 Brannan Street, Suite 100
  San Francisco, CA 94107
  Tel: (415) 512-7784
  Fax: (415) 512-9629 E-mail: info@techsoup.org

  TechSoup Global helps nonprofits globally get and use technology to heighten their impact. Through its web sites, events, and community-building initiatives, TechSoup Global also helps companies and foundations optimize their philanthropic impact.

EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES

• Foundation Center
  312 Sutter St., Suite 606
  San Francisco, CA 94108
  Tel: (415) 397-0902
  Fax: (415) 397-7670

  Provides job postings for foundations, grantmaking public charities, corporate grantmakers, and other nonprofit organizations. Job postings cover the nation with many from California.

• Bay Area Career Center
  57 Post Street, Suite 804
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  Tel: (415) 398-4881
  
  BACC offers counseling, coaching, workshops, networking events, and job clubs. Currently open by appointment only.

• Craigslist
  PMB #244
  915 Cole Street
  San Francisco, CA 94117
  Tel: (415) 566-6394
  Email: questions@craigslist.org

  Provides job postings for nonprofits in the Bay Area and in other metropolitan areas as well.

• Idealist
  350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6614
  New York, NY 10118
  Tel: (212) 843-3973
  Fax: (212) 564-3377

  Posts job and intership listings on national and international basis.

• Jewish Vocational Services
  225 Bush Street, Suite 400
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  Tel: (415) 391-3600
  Fax: (415) 391-3617
  Email: jobsonline@jvs.org

  Provides job training programs, job placement assistance, job retention services, career and employment counseling, a Technology Access Center to utilize computers and office equipment, career-related workshops, and computer workshops and classes. Also offers online job listings, resume posting, and online job matching.

• Northern California Grantmakers
  625 Market Street, 15th Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Tel: (415) 777-5761
  Fax: (415) 777-1714
  Email: ncg@ncg.org

  Recent job openings announced by member grantmakers, and updated monthly.

• OpportunityKnocks.org
  Carries extensive nonprofit job listings for administrative, staff and professional positions on a local and national level.

• SFinsideout
  Provides job listings for arts education.

• Young Nonprofits Professional Network
  Email: WebAdmin@ynpn.org

  This searchable databases allows for easy access to Bay Area job postings.

RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS:

• Artist Resource
  An art organization that exists only online. Artist Resource offers career development, opportunities, tools and techniques to artists and writers. Full of local and current information their mission is to educate, connect, nurture and promote Bay Area artists and writers.

• Artists House Music
  Artists House Music is a nonprofit web site where all musicians can receive informational support, guidance, and expert resources to help them navigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities available to them within the music industry.

• Bay Area Performing Arts Spaces
  Bay Area Performing Arts Spaces is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art, searchable database of performing arts venues and facilities in the greater Bay Area for classes, workshops, auditions, rehearsals and even performances.

• Bay Area Video Coalition
  2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94110
  Tel: (415) 861-3282
  Fax: (415) 861-4316
  E-mail: bavc@bavc.org

  Provides fiscal sponsorship to independent artists/producers who meet their requirements.

• Business Arts Council
  235 Montgomery St., 12th Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  Tel: (415) 352-8832
  Fax: (415) 392-0810
  

  Matches the expertise of volunteers from the business community with the needs of arts organizations through a variety of arts management workshops and training programs that facilitate employee volunteerism and encourage support for the arts by the business community.

• California Arts Council
  2411 Alhambra Blvd.
  Sacramento,CA 95817
  E-mail: cac@cwo.com

  Helps independent local groups develop their own arts programs. Promotes employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in the public and private sector. Provides for exhibition of artworks in public buildings throughout California; and enlists the aid of all state agencies in the task of ensuring the fullest expression of our artistic potential.

• California Lawyers for the Arts
  San Francisco Office
  Fort Mason Center, C-255
  San Francisco, CA 94123
  Tel: (415) 775-7200
  Fax: (415) 775-1143
  Email: cla@calawyersforthearts.org

  Service organization which provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs, publications and a resource library to artists of all disciplines and arts organizations.

• Film Arts Foundation
  145 9th St., #101
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  Tel: (415) 552-8760
  Fax: (415) 552-0882
  E-mail: info@filmarts.org

  A resource center for independent filmmakers. Sponsors a film festival; provides exhibition, education, grants, and fiscal sponsorship programs, and an equipment rental facility, and publishes Release Print magazine.

• Grants for the Arts
  City Hall, Room 347
  San Francisco,CA 94102
  Tel: (415) 554-6710
  Fax: (415) 554-6711
  E-mail: staff@sfgfta.org

  Established through a combination of City and State legislation, and approved by the City's Board of Supervisors, Grants for the Arts has a policy of supporting an arts organization's general operating expenses. Its foremost goal is to be a stable, dependable base of support for organizations that continue to meet the funding criteria.

• San Francisco Arts Commission
  25 Van Ness Ave., Ste. 240
  San Francisco CA 94102
  Tel: (415) 252-2590
  Fax: (415) 252-2595
  

  City agency that champions the arts in San Francisco.

• Theatre Bay Area
  870 Market St., Ste. 375
  San Francisco CA 94102
  Tel: (415) 430-1140
  Fax: (415) 430-1145
  

  Theatre Bay Area's (TBA) mission is to unite, strengthen and promote theatre in the region by providing communication networks and opportunities and creating resources for theatre companies, theatre workers, and theatre lovers. TBA serves as a liaison between the theatre community and government, business and others who benefit from a healthy and thriving theatre community.