General Resources
Entrepreneurs Foundation offers many resources, such as organization documents, websites, newsletters, and other information, to help you with your corporate social responsibility, citizenship, or philanthropy programs. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or if your organization would like to become a member company.
Alliance
Website: www.alliancemagazine.org
Newsletter: http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/ebulletins
Alliance is the world's leading magazine on philanthropy and social investment. Published by Alliance Publishing Trust, Alliance provides news and analysis of what's happening in the philanthropy and social investment sectors across the world, and a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences among practitioners.
Boston College — Center for Corporate Citizenship
Website: www.bcccc.net
Newsletter:
http://www.bcccc.net/index.cfm?pageId=2054
The Center for Corporate Citizenship provides research, executive education and convenings on corporate citizenship topics. Because of our affiliation with Boston College's Carroll School of Management, we function as an educational institution, a think tank and an information resource — all in one place. And all focused on fundamentally and measurably improving your company's ability to build and leverage its citizenship efforts for the benefit of society.
Business For Social Responsibility — BSR WEEKLY
Website: www.bsr.org
Newsletter: http://www.bsr.org/membership/members-only/bsr-weekly.cfm
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) provides socially responsible business solutions to many of the world's leading corporations. Headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Europe and China, BSR is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises. Through advisory services, convenings and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Website: http://philanthropy.com
Enews Sign Up: https://philanthropy.com/services/register.htm
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is a newspaper for the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund-raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
Climate Change Corporation
Website: http://www.climatechangecorp.com/
Newsletter: http://www.climatechangecorp.com/content_list.asp?m=ct&f=false&ct=20
ClimateChangeCorp.com is an independent news website, dedicated to providing high quality news and analysis on climate change to companies around the world. We produce a regular news feed specific to climate change as well as features and opinions from the world's leading climate change experts.
Corporate Register
Website: www.corporateregister.com
Newsletter: www.corporateregister.com
The Corporate Register is a website that lists and compiles all popular upcoming CSR events, posts, reports and news in one place.
The CRO: Corporate Responsibility Officer
Website: www.thecro.com
To Register for Their Newsletter: http://www.thecro.com/content/cr-e-newsletter
The Cro newsletter offers original online content including the news in review, trends and reports, and opinion pieces; a sneak peek at upcoming features in the magazine, including their 100 Best Corporate Citizens results and Annual Awards Winners; conferences, webinars, and other networking events; and online tools for corporate responsibility practitioners.
CSR Wire: The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
Website: www.csrwire.com
To Register for Their Newsletter: http://www.csrwire.com/news-alerts
CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports and information. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and weekly News Alerts. CSRwire content covers issues of Diversity, Philanthropy, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Environment, Human Rights, Workplace Issues, Business Ethics, Community Development and Corporate Governance.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — Bay Area
Website: www.efbayarea.org
Entrepreneurs Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the ties between entrepreneurial companies in the Bay Area and the communities in which they operate and their employees reside. Entrepreneurs Foundation enables companies to incorporate corporate citizenship, community involvement and philanthropy into their corporate culture.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — Central Texas
Website: www.givetoaustin.org
Newsletter:
http://www.givetoaustin.org/getinvolved/givetime/subscribetopluggedin.php
The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas is a community of entrepreneurs. We amplify the philanthropic efforts of our member companies, their entrepreneurs, boards and employees who invest equity, time and talent to make Central Texas an even better place to live, work and play. Our programs help build successful corporate cultures and allow start-up companies to participate philanthropically, even though charitable funds may be scarce.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — Colorado
Website: www.efcolorado.org
Newsletter: http://www.efcolorado.org/blog/aboutme.php
Colorado has a vibrant entrepreneurial community. A group of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, lawyers, and The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County have created the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado to work with local entrepreneurs to help endow Colorado.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — Hawaii
Website: www.efhawaii.org
News Postings: http://www.efhawaii.org/news.htm
The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawaii is a nonprofit organization that helps develop a culture of community service and philanthropy in early stage Hawaii companies. EFH supports these companies, which have little time and no spare cash to devote to anything but building their businesses.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — New England
Website: www.efofne.org
News Postings: http://www.efofne.org/news/news.html
We are a non-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage entrepreneurs and emerging high tech companies to give something back to the community early on their road to success.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — North Texas
Website: www.efnt.org
Newsletter: http://www.efnt.org/content-news.asp
The Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas (EFNT) promotes and facilitates community involvement and philanthropy for companies. As a Donor Advised Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT), EFNT makes it simple for companies to give back to the community by assisting with organizing volunteer activities for employees, and hosting networking events for senior level management of companies to help grow and strengthen our network of "good corporate citizens.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — Northwest
Website: www.efnw.org
Newsletter: http://www.efnw.org/news/index.htm
The mission of Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest (EFNW) is to engage high growth companies in corporate citizenship and philanthropic efforts so that new and leveraged resources are generated for community benefit.
Entrepreneurs Foundation — Southeast
Website: http://www.the-efse.org/newsroom.html
The Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast, Inc. (EFSE) is a nonprofit organization comprised of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investment bankers, accountants, attorneys, bankers, consultants, corporate leaders and public relations and marketing firms who have come together to encourage entrepreneurs and their companies to support community needs.
TMURA — The Israeli Public Service Venture Fund
(Affiliate of Entrepreneurs Foundation)
Website: http://www.tmura.org/news.asp
Tmura, the Israeli Public Service Venture Fund, is a foundation which was founded in 2002 to increase the involvement of the high-tech community in non-profit activity in Israel, with a focus on education and other youth initiatives. Tmura is the Hebrew word for change or metamorphosis. It also means value for money and is a play on the word truma, which means donation.
Ethical Corporation
Website: www.ethicalcorp.com
Newsletter: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content_list.asp?m=ct&ct=13
Ethical Corporation is an independent media firm, launched in 2001 to encourage debate and discussion on responsible business. Ethical Corporation publishes a 60-page print magazine ten times a year, a daily website, and hosts business ethics conferences all over the world. EC also publishes the new online magazine www.ClimateChangeCorp.com, launched in February 2007, and has a research arm, The Ethical Corporation Institute, created in 2006, which sells reports and produces research into emerging areas related to responsible business.
EventAlert.Info
Website: www.eventalert.info
Newsletter/Event Alerts: http://www.eventalert.info/subscribe.php
EventAlert is the event announcement service for the Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Community.
Foundation Center — Philanthropy News Digest
Website: http://foundationcenter.org/
Newsletter: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/
The Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. It also operates research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level.
Global Strategic Management Institute (GSMI)
Website: www.gsmiweb.com
To Register for Their Newsletter: http://community.gsmiweb.com
The Global Strategic Management Institute (GSMI) is the nation's premier provider of Performance Management education in the global marketplace today. Our focus on outcomes enables executive decision-makers to better measure, manage, and implement strategies that improve individual and organizational performance.
Greener World Media, Inc. — ClimateBiz
Website: www.climatebiz.com
Newsletter: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/
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Greener World Media's Web sites and newsletters, led by GreenBiz.com®, are designed to serve professionals and opinion leaders across a broad range of industries and job functions. It aims to provide clear, concise, accurate, and balanced information, resources, and learning opportunities to help companies of all sizes and sectors integrate environmental responsibility into their operations in a manner that supports profitable business practices.
JustMeans
Website: www.justmeans.com
Subscription: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=Justmeansnews&loc=en_US
JustMeans' mission is to equip individuals with the networks, news and jobs needed to create positive change; their vision is a world where individual has the opportunity to create positive change through their work.
McKinsey & Company — The McKinsey Quarterly
Website: www.mckinsey.com
Free Subscription:
https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/register.aspx?pid=1221&srid=140
The McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company. It offers new ways of thinking about management in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. It aims to help business people run their organizations more productively, more competitively, and more creatively. Quarterly articles, written by McKinsey consultants, offer practical ideas based on the Firm's experience with the world's largest companies and on proprietary research and close ties to academic institutions.
Northern California Grant Makers (NCG)
Website: www.ncg.org
Newsletter: http://www.ncg.org/s_ncg/sec.asp?CID=15188&DID=35403
Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) is an association of foundations, corporate contributions programs and other public and private grantmakers. NCG's work is focused in two broad arenas: enhancing the effectiveness of philanthropy, and strengthening the ties between philanthropy and its many stakeholders in nonprofit organizations, government, business, media, academia, and the public at large.
Philanthropy Journal
Website: http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/
RSS and/or Newsletter Registration: http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/about/subscribe/rss
The vision of the Philanthropy Journal is to help people understand, support and work in the nonprofit and philanthropic world, and help them recognize and solve social problems. Through a daily website and free, weekly email bulletin, we deliver nonprofit news, resources, announcements and job listings.
Points Of Light Institute
Website: www.pointsoflight.org
RSS: http://www.pointsoflight.org/blog/feed
Current news: http://www.pointsoflight.org/current-news
Points of Light Institute ensures that there are volunteer and community participation opportunities for people through the country and increasingly, around the world. We engage individuals, corporations, nonprofits and government institutions to incubate, develop and mobilize collaborative citizen leadership, thus creating innovative, actionable solutions that can be replicated across the world. We empower individuals to create real-time community solutions which drive systemic change.
Silicon Valley Council for Non-Profits
Website: www.svcn.org
Newsletter: http://www.svcn.org/svcn/news_and_events/
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits champions the interests of nonprofits in Silicon Valley. SVCN works to ensure the nonprofit sector's voice is heard and that solutions are developed in ways in which Everybody WinsSVCN is the only organization in Silicon Valley positioned to bring agencies together to focus on government funding cuts that impact nonprofit services and ultimately the clients we serve.
Social Innovation Conversations (Podcast and RSS)
Website: http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/
News Registration: http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/registration-guest
The Conversations Network's social innovation conversations channel is dedicated to social change, from the pandemic of AIDS, to challenges posed by climate change and global poverty. Social Innovation Conversations is co-produced with the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Stanford University Graduate School of Business — Center for Social Innovation
Website: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/csi/
Social Innovation Review Sign Up: http://www.ssireview.org/
The mission of SSIR is to share substantive insights and practical experiences that will help those who do the important work of improving society do it even better.
Sustainable Silicon Valley
Website: www.sustainablesiliconvalley.org
Newsletter: http://www.sustainablesv.org/events/newsletters
Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is a multi-stakeholder collaborative initiative to produce significant environmental improvement and resource conservation in Silicon Valley through the development and implementation of a regional environmental management system (EMS).
Thrive: Alliance for San Mateo County Non-Profits
Website: www.thrivealliance.org/
Newsletter: http://www.thrivealliance.org/join_mailinglist.htm
Thrive™ is an organization that is transforming the quality of life in San Mateo County by fostering active partnerships between nonprofits, government and business; working for widespread recognition of nonprofits as high-value providers of the products and services that help the community thrive; advocating for sufficient resources, policies and regulations that enable nonprofits to be effective, efficient and accountable, and a culture of inclusion that values and serves the diversity of our community.
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business — Center for Responsible Business
Website: www.haas.berkeley.edu
Center For Responsible Business: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/responsiblebusiness/index.html
ENews Sign up: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/sql/crb_contact_us/crb_contact_us.cfm
Launched in 2003, the vision of the Center for Responsible Business is to create a more sustainable, ethical, and socially responsible society by establishing the Haas School of Business as the preeminent educational institution for research, teaching, experiential learning, and community outreach in areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC)
The Corporate Citizen Newsletter
Website: http://www.uschamber.com/bclc/default
Subscription: http://www.uschamber.com/bclc/subscriptions.htm
Reaching leaders and experts in corporate foundations, companies, chambers of commerce, government, and nonprofit organizations, The Corporate Citizen e-newsletter provides insight on the current events, trends, research, and policy developments that impact corporate citizenship and community engagement.
The Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco & San Mateo Counties
Website: www.volunteercenter.net
The Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties assists individuals to both serve their communities and attain personal and professional growth through community involvement. Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations, local government, schools, and businesses, we act as a catalyst for ensuring that every person has the opportunity to be a powerful, contributing community member.
VolunteerMatch
Website: www.volunteermatch.org
Newsletter:
http://www.volunteermatch.org/corporations/resources/newsletter.jsp
VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement.
2010 EF Corporate Citizenship Report
Pro Bono Service: The Business Case
2010 Joint Venture Silicon Valley Index
Volunteerism and Charitable Giving in 2009
Corporate Strategy, Not Budget Concerns, Is Setting This Year's Philanthropy Agenda
2009 Joint Venture Silicon Valley Index
2009 LBG: Motivating Volunteering in Tough Times
2009 CECP: Giving in Numbers 2009 Edition
2009 McKinsey Article Corporate Giving in the New Economy
2009 Deloitte Volunteer Impact Study
2009 Valuing Social Responsibility Programs
2009 Boston College State of Corporate Citizenship
2009 Committee for Economic Development Rebuilding Corporate Leadership Report
2009 Harris Interactive Survey: Reputation of the 60 Most Visible Companies
2009 Study Valuing corporate social responsibility: McKinsey Global Survey Results
2009 Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy Board of Boards CEO Conference Report
2009 LGB Associates: The Green Effect How Community Involvement is Embracing Environmentalism
2008 Reputations of the Most Visible Companies
2008: Aaker, Jennifer The Happiness of Giving: The Time Ask Effect Article
2008 FSG Social Impact White Paper: Volunteering for Impact
2008 CECP Corporate Philanthropy Resource Guide
2008 Boston College: Corporate Citizenship Around the World
2008 Boston College: Perception of Corporate Responsibility Linked to Reputation
BSR/Cone 2008 Study Corporate Responsibility in a New World Survey
2008 Cone Study: Past. Present. Future. The 25th Anniversary of Cause Marketing
The State of Corporate Philanthropy McKinsey & Company August 2008
Community Input Report, Silicon Valley Community Foundation August 2008
Business's Social Contract:Capturing the Corporate Philanthropy Opportunity Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, June 2008
Board of Boards CEO Conferences, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, February 2008
Volunteering in America Corporation for National and Community Service July 2008
Attaining Sustainable Growth Through Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM, June 2008
2008 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey, Deloitte, April 2008
Corporate Philanthropy Summary, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, Spring 2008
The Greening of Wal Mart, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2008
MBA's Gone Wild, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2008
The Responsibility Paradox, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2008
2007 Conscience at the Cash Register Report
San Mateo County Children's Report 2007, Kids Data: San Mateo County, December 2007
2007 Kids in Common Children's Report
2007 Silicon Valley Community Foundation Study: Corporate Philanthropy in Silicon Valley, October 2007
Corporate Environment Behavior and Impact on Brand Values, Tandberg, October 2007
Volunteering for Impact Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering, The Brooking Institution September 2007
Corporate Giving in 2007, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, 2007
Nike's Corporate Social Responsibility Programs, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2007
The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America 2007, America's Second Harvest 2007
Volunteer IMPACT Study, Deloitte, April 2007
2007 Cone Holiday Trend Tracker
Results of the 2007 Cone Cause Evolution Survey - Cone, Inc.
2007 Fleishman-Hillard/National Consumers League Study: Rethinking Corporate Responsibility
Care2 Study, September 2006
Business Ethics, ISR, June 2006
Public Attitudes and Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility, Fleishman-Hillard May 2006
Corporate Conscience Survey Says Workers Should Come First, New York Times, May 2006
Corporate Giving in 2006, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, 2006
National Volunteering Index, Points of Light, May 2006
2006 United Way Santa Clara County Trends and Needs Assessment
2006 Joint Venture Silicon Valley Index
2006 Deloitte/Points of Light - Volunteer Impact Study: Executive Summary
2006 Cone Millennial Cause Study
2006 CAMAC Report: The Social Responsibility of Corporations
2006 Golin Harris/Change - Corporate Citizenship Gets Down to Buisness: Doing Well by Doing Good
2006 Stanford Social Innovation Review Article: "Changing the Game"
2006 Business Strengthening America's Report to the Nation
2005 Fritz Institute Lessons Learned from Tsunami Study
2005 CFSV and CompassPoint Santa Clara County Nonprofit Benchmark Study
2005 Cone Disaster Response Survey
2005 United Way Santa Clara County Trends and Needs Assessment
2005 Kids in Common Children's Report
2005 Joint Venture Silicon Valley Index
2005 US Chamber of Commerce State of Corporate Citizenship Report
2005 Stanford Social Innovation Review Article: "Philanthropy Inc"
2005 KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting
2005 CFSV and CompassPoint Santa Clara County Nonprofit Benchmark Study
2005 Golin Harris Corporate Citizenship can Impact Business Performance Study
2005 Independent Sector Announces New Value for Volunteer Time
2005 Haas School of Business Social Performance Metrics Conference Materials
2005 Deloitte Volunteer Study (Linking Volunteering & Professional Development)
2005 Applying Lessons of 9/11 How to Respond to Disasters Article
2004 San Francisco County Community Health Assessment
2004 Handbook on Counter Terrorism Measures: What US Nonprofits & Grantmakers Need to Know
2004 Golin Harris Doing Well by Doing Good Corporate Citizenship & American Business Study
2004 Cone Roper Corporate Citizenship Summary of Study Results
2004 Deloitte Corporate Community Involvement Study
2004 Entrepreneurs Foundation's CEO Interviews
2004 Boston College Corporate Citizenship Study
2004 LBG Assosciates Measuring Corporate Volunteerism Study
2003 EF Corporate Community Involvement Study
2002 CFSV Giving Back Silicon Valley Way Study
2002 Cone Roper Corporate Citizenship Study
California Volunteers
www.californiavolunteers.org
California-wide
Administers the AmeriCorps portfolio in California, Citizen Corps, and the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning
Developed and maintains the California Volunteer Matching Network and guides policy development to support the nonprofit and service fields.
Volunteer Center of San Francisco & San Mateo Counties
www.thevolunteercenter.net
San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
Website lists special events and ongoing volunteer opportunities.
All agencies are prescreened before being included in listings.
Volunteer Center of Silicon Valley
http://volunteercentersca.org/vc_sanjose.htm
Santa Clara County
Website lists special events and ongoing volunteer opportunities.
All agencies are prescreened before being included in listings.
Volunteer Center of Alameda & Contra Costa Counties
http://www.helpnow.org/
Alameda & Contra Costa Counties
Website lists special events and ongoing volunteer opportunities.
All agencies are prescreened before being included in listings
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership of Marin
http://www.volunteersolutions.org/marin/volunteer/
Marin County
Website lists special events and ongoing volunteer opportunities.
Hands On Bay Area
www.communityimpact.org
Bay Area
Done in a Day Service Projects.
Part of City Cares of America
All agencies are prescreened before being included in listings
Volunteer Match
www.volunteermatch.org
National
Volunteer Match is a search engine for individual volunteer opportunities. Also have an email newsletter.
Craigslist.org
http://sfbay.craigslist.org
Bay Area and National
A grass-roots listing that includes calendar listing of volunteer opportunities for individuals throughout the bay area with a focus in SF.
TapRoot Foundation
www.taprootfoundation.org
Bay Area and National
Skilled-based volunteering in a professional consulting capacity to nonprofits in the areas of marketing, human resources, IT, and strategic planning.
Points of Light Institute
www.pointsoflight.org
National
Umbrella organization for HandsOn Network, Volunteer Centers, and Mission Fish.
Provides sector thought leadership, and public policy development. Also supports entrepreneurial ventures through partnership, collaboration, and incubation that advance a variety of forms of civic engagement.
Volunteering Abroad
www.volunteerabroad.com
International Volunteer Search engine
(affiliated with Network for Good)
Volunteering England
www.volunteering.org.uk
Information on volunteering in England
Do-it.org-uk
www.do-it.org.uk
Volunteer opportunities in the United Kingdom
UniversalGiving
www.universalgiving.org
Global
Connects volunteers and donors with effective, international Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs).
Cross Cultural Solutions
www.crossculturalsolutions.org
Choose from nearly 200 start dates with lengths of stays from 1-12 weeks in 10 different countries. International 501C3 with no religious affiliation.
BoardnetUSA
www.boardnetusa.org
National
Matching service for individuals interested in joining non-profit Boards.
CompassPoint
www.compasspoint.org
Bay Area
Offers Board orientation and training
Volunteer Center of San Francisco & San Mateo Counties
www.thevolunteercenter.net
San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
Offers board matching and training for perspective board members.
Network for Good
www.networkforgood.org
National
Dedicated to using the Web to help people get more involved in their communities - from volunteering and donating money, to getting involved with issues they care about.
DonorsChoose
www.donorschoose.org
National
Connecting teachers to donors. Donors can connect with teachers and fund unique projects in education.
GlobalGiving
www.globalgiving.com
Global
Enables individuals and companies to find and support high-impact, grassroots social and economic development projects around the world
GetOutTheVote.org
www.GetOutTheVote.org/about/
National
A voter empowerment and information source
SmartVoter.org
www.SmartVoter.org
Statewide & Local
Hosted by the League of Women Voters, SmartVoter is a portal with nonpartisan election information
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