Non-Profit Management

Gathering information

• The Chronicle of Higher Education has several columns on this topic, including Careers for PhDs in the Nonprofit World and Careers in Museums.

• WRK4US Career Discussion on Nonprofits: Former graduate students working in various nonprofit positions offer advice about how to get a job in this sector.

• Idealist.org (Action without borders) provides information about 20,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 150 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location, or mission. It also has thousands of job, internship, and volunteer opportunities. The Nonprofit Career Center offers an orientation to the nonprofit job search (includes personal stories).

• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy: career-related links

• Milano Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub is a project of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School. It is a gateway to internet resources, scholarly literature, and policy reports about nonprofit organizations.

• GuideStar: The Donor’s Guide to the Charitable Universe: GuideStar's goal is to provide potential donors with information about nonprofits so they can decide where to give, but a job seeker could also use their resources to identify organizations in his/her geographic or interest area. It provides information about finances, number of employers, CEO, board members, and mission.

• Careers in Foundations (WRK4US)

• hilanthropy News Network offers news, information, and resources to all sectors of the nonprofit world in its print and online editions (both of which appear to be free). It contains articles on a wide range of issues, relevant links about foundations and issue-oriented groups, a list of upcoming conferences involving nonprofits, and job listings.

• The NonProfit Times contains articles and essays about nonprofit management as well as employment classifieds.

• Council of Michigan Foundations: This organization is an association that serves Michigan's grantmaking foundations. It can help you to identify Michigan foundations with whom you might be interested in seeking work. It has job listings, relevant links, a .pdf file about finding work with Michigan grantmakers, and a database of relevant bibliography (the word wheel located to the side can help you identify which terms to use in searching).

Job listings

• Job Search Links by Industry: Nonprofit (Career Center)
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Jobs
• Opportunity NOCs (Nonprofit Organization Classifieds)
• Philanthrophy News Network: Jobs
• Community Career Center (Nonprofitjobs.org)

Professional organizations & journals

• The Council on Foundations: this site defines and differentiates the foundation world and provides news and employment information relevant to the foundation work.
• Charity Channel: hosts discussion sessions and career services for nonprofit professionals.
• The Foundation Center: The mission of this institution is to support philanthropy by offering public access to relevant information and services. Its site also contains lists of foundations, a searchable database of literature on the nonprofit sector, information about training courses, the Philanthropy News Digest.