Additional Resources and Links
Key Partners
- Forsyth County Public Library’s Nonprofit Resource Center
- Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust
- Love Out Loud-Pathways
- N.C. Center for Nonprofits
- Piedmont Regional Association of Volunteer Administrators (PRAVA)
- Points of Light
- Wake Forest University’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement
- Winston-Salem Foundation
Other Local Resources
Online Resources
- Idealist.Org
- Board Source’s free e-book, “Starting a Nonprofit Organization”
- USA.Gov for Nonprofits
- Internal Revenue Service: “FAQs Regarding Applying for Tax-Exemption”
- Internal Revenue Service: “Tax Information for Charitable Organization”
- Financial Management for Nonprofits
- NC State Taxation and Nonprofit Organizations Publication
- State Charities Regulation
- Should You Start A Nonprofit Business?
- 15 Questions to Ask Yourslef Before Starting a Nonprofit Organization
- Form 990 Overview Course
- Various Topics Regarding Nonprofits
- Youtube Videos by Amber Melanie Smith
NonProfit Express
As a collaborative effort with HandsOn NWNC and N.C. Center for Nonprofits, NonProfit Express provides a basic information checklist for the following categories of nonprofit interest, as well as additional resources.
- How to Start a 501(c)3 Nonprofit in North Carolina (.pdf)
- What Makes an Effective Board of Directors (.pdf)
- Fundraising: Good Strategies, Best Practices and Useful Resources (.pdf)
- NC Legal Compliance Checklist (.pdf)
- Organizational Development & Strategic Planning for Nonprofits (.pdf)
- Financial Management: Oversight, Policies and Procedures (.pdf)
- Marketing Your Nonprofit (.pdf)
- A Primer on Risk Management (.pdf)
- Essential: Our State’s Nonprofit Sector Is A Vital Economic Engine (.pdf)
- Employee & Volunteer timesheet templates