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Here you will see the three high-level sections of the Grow Library that can serve as a starting point for your research and data gathering.
Here are a few resources we recommend.
| TITLE | SOURCE | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2021 Greater Evansville Health Survey | Welborn Baptist Foundation | accessibility healthy-food-access housing mental-behavioral-health senior-care substance-abuse tobacco-use-vaping weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs | behavioral-health city-of-evansville community cs-pathway diabetes funder-pathway health mental-health np-pathway southern-indiana welborn welborn-baptist-foundation |
 | 2021 Mental Health Issue Brief (From Greater Evansville Health Survey) | Welborn Baptist Foundation | mental-behavioral-health substance-abuse community-topic-hubs | community-health funder-pathway greater-evansville-health-survey mental mental-health np-pathway wbf welborn welborn-baptist-foundation |
| 2025 Evansville Housing Needs Assessment | City of Evansville, IN | accessibility economy housing quality-of-place senior-care community-topic-hubs | 2025 city-of-evansville community-development evansville funder-pathway housing np-pathway |
| 2026 Greater Evansville Health Survey | Welborn Baptist Foundation | healthy-food-access maternal-child-health papers-podcasts strategic-planning substance-abuse tobacco-use-vaping weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs nonprofit-operations | community-data cs-pathway data evidence-based funder-pathway gehs greater-evansville health healthy mental-health np-pathway report survey |
 | 2026 Indiana KIDS COUNT Data Book | Indiana Youth Institute | early-learning flourishing weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs | data data-report economic-well-being education family-community funder-pathway health indiana indiana-youth-institute iyi kids kids-count np-pathway youth |
 | A Nonprofit Dashboard & Signal Light for Boards | Blue Avocado | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development communications dashboard np-pathway storytelling |
| A Practical Guide to Getting and Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers | Blue Avocado | articles fundraising human-resources marketing-communications nonprofit nonprofit-operations | articles blue-avocado nonprofits np-pathway recruitment volunteer-management volunteerism volunteers |
| A Report on Administrative Professionals and Executive Assistants in North America | ASAP | human-resources nonprofit-operations | admin administrative-assistant administrative-professionals executive-assistant funder-pathway np-pathway |
| A Risk and Resilience Checklist for Purpose-Driven Boards | BoardSource | articles board-development nonprofit nonprofit-operations | board board-chair board-development boardsource checklist cs-pathway donor-pathway governance leadership np-pathway resilience tool |
| A Template for A Great Board Orientation | Joan Garry Consulting | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development communications dashboard np-pathway storytelling |
| About SAVI | Grow | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow np-pathway savi |
| Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: What Really Matters | Dr. James Schroeder | mental-behavioral-health community-topic-hubs | crisis funder-pathway mental mental-health np-pathway |
| American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP) State of the Profession Survey Reports | ASAP | human-resources nonprofit-operations | admin-assistant administrative-assistant administrative-professionals executive-assistant funder-pathway np-pathway |
| An Easy-To-Use Accounting Procedures Manual Template | Blue Avocado | accounting finance online-resource-hubs-2 nonprofit-operations | accounting-procedures-manual np-pathway template |
| Annual Evaluation Template for Executive Director | Compass Point | human-resources nonprofit-operations | assessment board board-development board-leadership communications dashboard donor-pathway evaluation executive-director funder-pathway np-pathway storytelling |
| Applying for Tax-Exempt Status | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| Are You Grant Ready? | Transform Consulting Group | articles papers-podcasts | checklist fundraising grant grant-readiness np-pathway tcg transform transform-consulting-group |
| Articles of Incorporation Nonprofit Corporation – IN | State of Indiana | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit incorporation indiana irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| Board Application Template | Management.org | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development np-pathway |
| Board Committee Job Descriptions | Illinois Wesleyan University | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development np-pathway |
| Board Manual Sample | Grow | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development manual np-pathway |
| Board Member Conflict of Interest | Council of Nonprofits | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development conflict-of-interest np-pathway start-up template |
| Board Member Description Template | Compass Point | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development np-pathway template |
| Board Member Job Description | Board Source | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development description job-description np-pathway |
| Board Orientation Guide | Council of Nonprofits | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development board-orientation np-pathway |
| Board Service Infographic | Board Source | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development board-service np-pathway |
| BoardSource | BoardSource | data-literacy | assessments board board-support boardsource leadership np-pathway organizational-impact resources |
| Building a Strong Foundation Through Investment in Early Learning | Welborn Baptist Foundation | accessibility early-learning education maternal-child-health community-topic-hubs | early-learning education np-pathway wbf welborn welborn-baptist-foundation |
| Bylaws Template | Harbor Compliance | board-development start-up nonprofit-operations | board by-laws bylaws np-pathway start-up template |
 | Calibration Point Podcasts | J.D. Levy and Associates | philanthropy-grantmaking | calibration-point donor-pathway funder-pathway j-d-levy-and-associates jamie-levy jdla np-pathway podcasts |
| Candid Learning for Donors/Funders | Learning for Funders | philanthropy-grantmaking | 990 cs-pathway funder-pathway grant-making np-pathway philanthropy |
| Canva (Design Tool) – Free for Nonprofits | Canva | marketing-communications nonprofit nonprofit-operations | canva design marketing nonprofits np-pathway resource |
| Capital Campaigns: A Guide to Raise More for Your Nonprofit | Bloomerang | fundraising | bloomerang capital-campaigns fundraising giving nonprofit nonprofits np-pathway |
| Capital Campaigns: The Basics Your Nonprofit Should Know | DonorSearch | articles fundraising | capital capital-campaigns fundraising np-pathway |
| Case Statement Template | Transform Consulting | start-up nonprofit-operations | case-statement grant grant-writing np-pathway start-up strategic-planning |
| Census Academy Course, Introduction to the Census Bureau Data API | United States Census Bureau | data-literacy | census census-bureau funder-pathway learning np-pathway self-paced-learning training |
| Centering Purpose in Times of Change: A Guide for Purpose-Driven Boards | Board Source | board-development nonprofit nonprofit-operations strategic-planning | board-development informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway online-resource-hub |
| Charities & Nonprofits | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| Childcare Impact Analysis | Building Blocks, Community Foundation Alliance, TPMA Inc. | articles community-development early-learning economy flourishing poverty quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | building-blocks childcare-accessibility community-foundation-alliance economy full-time-employment funder-pathway gibson-county labor-force-participation-rate np-pathway posey-county vanderburgh-county warrick-county |
| Christ-centered Community Engagement Resources | Welborn | religion-2 | ccc christ-center-engagement christ-centered community cs-pathway faith faith-based np-pathway religion report resources survey wbf welborn welborn-baptist-foundation |
| Closing the Gap – An Assessment of Indiana’s Early Learning Opportunities | Early Learning Indiana | accessibility early-learning education community-topic-hubs | access assessment children data early-learning early-learning-indiana education funder-pathway kids np-pathway research youth |
| Collective Action Network (CAN) | ECHO Housing | accessibility community-development donor-funder early-learning economy education flourishing healthy-food-access housing maternal-child-health mental-behavioral-health nonprofit online-resource-hubs-2 online-resource-hubs philanthropy-grantmaking poverty quality-of-place religion senior-care strategic-planning substance-abuse tobacco-use-vaping weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs data-literacy nonprofit-operations | can collective-action-network community-data dashboard database donor-pathway echo echo-housing flourishing funder-pathway np-pathway primary-data regional-data surveys |
 | Communities Thriving VISTA Program | Community–Engaged Alliance | nonprofit poverty quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | community-development deep-poverty economic-development flourishing informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway |
| Community Health Needs Assessments | Deaconess Health Systems | accessibility healthy-food-access maternal-child-health mental-behavioral-health senior-care tobacco-use-vaping weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs | behavioral-health community-health-needs-assessment deaconess funder health mental-health np-pathway physical-health |
| Community-Engaged Alliance | Community–Engaged Alliance | nonprofit nonprofit-operations | community-development cs-pathway grants higher-education indiana informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy |
| Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Public Charities | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | 501c3 charity compliance irs new-nonprofit nonprofit np-pathway operations startup |
| Conducting Performace Evaluations | Minnesota Nonprofits | human-resources nonprofit-operations | employee evaluations human-resources leadership np-pathway performance staff template |
| Connective Tissue | Connective Tissue, Sam Pressler | articles community-development flourishing quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | civic-infrastructure connective-tissue data database framework housing infrastructure neighborhoods np-pathway policy transition |
| County Health Rankings & Roadmaps | County Health Rankings & Roadmaps | accessibility flourishing healthy-food-access online-resource-hubs substance-abuse tobacco-use-vaping weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs data-literacy | accessibility county-data data flourishing funder-pathway health mental-health model-of-health np-pathway rankings research robert-wood-johnson-foundation survey tobacco university-of-wisconsin-population-health-institute vaping well-being |
| Creating Your Nonprofit Annual Report: Full Guide & Template | Donor Search | marketing-communications nonprofit-operations | annual-report case-making communications marketing np-pathway storytelling template |
| Crime Solutions | National Institute of Justice | accessibility articles mental-behavioral-health quality-of-place substance-abuse tobacco-use-vaping community-topic-hubs | best-practices crime crimesolutions data department-of-justice funder-pathway justice national-institute-of-justice np-pathway research solutions |
| Data Informed Self Assessment | Transform Consulting | data-literacy | data data-informed np-pathway self-asssessment |
| Data Literacy Assessment | Data Literacy Project | data-literacy | assessment data data-literacy funder-pathway np-pathway self-assessment |
| Data.gov Archive | data-literacy online-resource-hubs online-resource-hubs-2 | archive-data archives cs-pathway data database donor-pathway funder-pathway government harvard np-pathway open-source | |
| Developing a Theory of Change | The Annie E. Casey Foundation | start-up nonprofit-operations | development np-pathway strategic-planning theory-of-change |
| diversitydatakids.org | diversitydatakids.org | accessibility early-learning community-topic-hubs | accessibility dashboard data early-learning family funder-pathway kids np-pathway youth |
| Document Retention Policy | Council of Nonprofits | start-up nonprofit-operations | document-retention general-operations np-pathway policy retention-policy |
| Don’t Panic (Yet): What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About the (Latest) New Final FLSA Overtime Rule | North Carolina Center for Nonprofits | articles finance human-resources nonprofit papers-podcasts nonprofit-operations | accounting funder-pathway human-resources np-pathway overtime |
| Donor Bill of Rights | Association of Fundraising Professionals | philanthropy-grantmaking | bill-of-rights conversations donor donor-pathway np-pathway |
| Donor Intent Sample Template | JDLevy & Associates | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | donations donor donor-intent fundraising gift np-pathway operations policy |
| Elevate | Elevate | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | elevate fundraising grant-writing np-pathway templates |
| Empowering Nonprofits Strengthening Kentucky | Kentucky Nonprofit Network | community-development nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | community-development dashboard funder-pathway kentucky nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy |
| Environmental Justice Dashboard | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention | quality-of-place weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs | center-of-disease-control dashboard data environmental-justice funder-pathway health np-pathway quality-of-life quality-of-place systems-change |
| Evansville Metro Traffic Fatality Dashboard | Angelika Elderbrook, Dr. Omid Khormali, Lily Dwyer, Rebecca Lago, Rustambek Shodiev, University of Evansville | substance-abuse weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs | cs-pathway dashboard evansville fars fatalities np-pathway traffic ue university-of-evansville |
| Evansville Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2045 (MTP) | Evansville MPO | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | community-development evansville funder-pathway mpo np-pathway transportation |
| Evansville Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) | Evansville MPO | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | community-development cs-pathway data evansville funder-pathway greater-evansville-region master-plans np-pathway planning |
| Evansville, Indiana Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Master Plan | Evansville MPO | accessibility master-plans quality-of-place weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs community-development | community-development connectivity evansville funder-pathway indiana master-plans np-pathway |
| Event Planning Budget Template | Transform Consulting | marketing-communications nonprofit-operations | budget communications donations event fundraising gift marketing np-pathway operations planning sponsorship |
| Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Nonprofit | Charitable Allies | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminstration | mental-behavioral-health online-resource-hubs-2 community-topic-hubs | evidence-based funder-pathway mental-health np-pathway practices resource-center samhsa substance-abuse substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration |
| Facebook Marketing Strategy: A Guide for Nonprofits | Firespring | marketing-communications nonprofit-operations | facebook fb marketing nonprofit np-pathway social-media |
| Final Rule: Restoring and Extending Overtime Protections | U.S. Department of Labor | accounting articles finance human-resources nonprofit papers-podcasts nonprofit-operations | accounting funder-pathway human-resources labor np-pathway overhead overtime |
| Financial Dashboard Sample | J.D. Levy Associates | accounting nonprofit-operations | accounting dashboard financial financial-management np-pathway templates |
| Financial Management for Nonprofits | Wallace Foundation | accounting nonprofit-operations | accounting finance financial financial-management nonprofits np-pathway reporting |
| Financial Management Models of a Great Nonprofit | Nonprofit Quarterly | accounting nonprofit-operations | accounting budget finance financial financial-management np-pathway |
| Financial Policy Guidelines and Example | Propel Nonprofits | accounting nonprofit-operations | accounting finance financial-management financial-policy guidelines np-pathway operations tools |
| FiscAlign | accounting consultants finance nonprofit nonprofit-operations | board-training bookkeeping budget financial-management fiscalign funder-pathway jamie-levy np-pathway reporting training | |
| Gibson County Housing Assessment | TPMA | accessibility community-development donor-funder economy flourishing fundraising-grantwriting housing nonprofit nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking poverty quality-of-place strategic-planning community-topic-hubs | cfa community-foundation-of-gibson-county cs-pathway data economic-development evidence-based funder-pathway gibson gibson-county housing informed-decisions np-pathway rural-indiana |
| Gift Acceptance Policies | Council of Nonprofits | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | fundraising gift gift-acceptance gift-acceptance-policy np-pathway |
| Grant Agreement Sample | Stanford University | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking | fundraising grant-agreement grant-writing grantwriting np-pathway template |
| Harvard Flourishing Program | Harvard University | flourishing community-topic-hubs | community data flourish flourishing funder-pathway harvard np-pathway research resources |
| Henderson, KY Downtown Master Plan | City of Henderson, KY | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | city-of-henderson community-development funder-pathway henderson kentucky ky master-plan np-pathway |
| Henderson, KY Vision Plan | City of Henderson, KY | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | city-of-henderson community-development funder-pathway henderson kentucky ky master-plan np-pathway |
| Housing Justice Hub | Urban Institute | housing community-topic-hubs | dashboard data funder-pathway housing justice np-pathway urban-institute |
| How Dashboards Can Help Your Nonprofit Achieve Strategic Goals | Social Impact Architects | strategic-planning nonprofit-operations | dashboard funder-pathway np-pathway operations strategic-goals strategic-planning |
| How to Create Effective Philanthropy: Six Questions to Guide Donors | The Bridgespan Group | donor-funder | donor donor-pathway donors funder-pathway guide np-pathway philanthropy |
| How to get your nonprofit news covered by the media | Charitable Advisors | marketing-communications nonprofit-operations | advertising comms communications marketing media news newspaper np-pathway |
| How to Manage Board Committee Overload | Nonprofit Pro | board-development nonprofit-operations | board board-development committee nonprofit np-pathway |
| How to Start a Nonprofit | Council of Nonprofits | start-up nonprofit-operations | beginning council-of-nonprofits cs-pathway donor-pathway new-nonprofit np-pathway start start-up |
| How to Start a Nonprofit | National Council of Nonprofits | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| How to Start a Nonprofit in Kentucky | Charitable Allies | consultants nonprofit start-up nonprofit-operations | attorney charitable-allies cs-pathway kentucky legal nonprofits np-pathway start-up |
| How to Stay Exempt | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| HUD User | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | housing community-topic-hubs | data federal gis housing hud np-pathway urban |
| Incorporation & Bylaws | Minnesota Nonprofits | board-development start-up nonprofit-operations | board board-development bylaws incorporation np-pathway start-up |
| Indiana 211 | Indiana 211 | nonprofit-operations | 211 data indiana-211 np-pathway resource |
| Indiana Evictions and Foreclosure Dashboard | The Polis Center | housing community-topic-hubs | accessibility cs-pathway dashboard evictions foreclosure funder-pathway house housing indiana mobility np-pathway statewide |
| Indiana First Quality of Life Economic Impact Analysis | TPMA | community-development economy flourishing philanthropy-grantmaking quality-of-place strategic-planning community-topic-hubs nonprofit-operations | analysis funder-pathway harrison-county indiana knox-county np-pathway perry-county pike-county residential-surveys spencer-county survey-demographics |
| Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed Dashboard | State of Indiana | education community-topic-hubs | dashboard education funder-pathway grads graduation in indiana np-pathway state-of-indiana |
| Indiana Youth Institute | Indiana Youth Institute | accessibility early-learning education flourishing community-topic-hubs | consultants data database funder-pathway indiana-youth-institute indiana-youth-well-being-project iyi kids-count np-pathway online-resource-hub research webinars youth youth-serving |
| Indiana Youth Worker Well-Being Project | Indiana Youth Institute | consultants early-learning flourishing human-resources nonprofit online-resource-hubs-2 online-resource-hubs quality-of-place community-topic-hubs nonprofit-operations data-literacy | collaboration collaborative data funder-pathway grants indiana-youth-institute indiana-youth-well-being-project iyi np-pathway research resource-hub webinars |
| Indiana’s Overdose Fatality Review Dashboard | State of Indiana | substance-abuse community-topic-hubs | cs-pathway dashboard data death drugs fatality funder-pathway indiana np-pathway overdose research substance-abuse |
| Institute of Education Sciences: What Works Clearinghouse | Institute of Education Sciences | accessibility data-literacy early-learning education flourishing nonprofit online-resource-hubs-2 online-resource-hubs community-topic-hubs | data early-education early-learning education funder-pathway guides hub ies institute-of-education-sciences k-5 np-pathway online-resource-hub research studies training us-department-of-education usdoe what-works-clearing-house wwc |
| IRS Application for Employer Identification Number (EIN) | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| IRS Streamlined Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | 501c3 cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| IU Fundraising School Podcast | Indiana University | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | fundraising iu iu-lilly-family-school-of-philanthropy learning np-pathway philanthropy podcast |
| Jacobsville Love Your Neighbor – Quality of Life Plan | Community One | quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | data data-report evansville funder-pathway jacobsville neighborhood np-pathway quality-of-life survey |
| Jasper, IN Comprehensive Plan | City of Jasper, IN | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | city-of-jasper community-development funder-pathway greater-evansville-region jasper kentucky ky master-plan np-pathway |
| Kids Count Data Center | The Annie E. Casey Foundation | accessibility early-learning education community-topic-hubs | annie-e-casey early-learning funder funder-pathway kids kids-count np-pathway youth |
| Lifecycle of an Exempt Organization | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt exemption how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Women’s Philanthropy Institute | IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy | donor-funder philanthropy-grantmaking | giving indiana iu iu-lilly-family-school-of-philanthropy lilly lilly-school-of-philanthropy np-pathway philanthropy women |
| Logic Model Development Guide | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | start-up nonprofit-operations | development logic-model np-pathway strategic-planning template |
| Logic Model Template | JDLevy & Associates | start-up nonprofit-operations | logic-model np-pathway strategic-planning template theory-of-change |
| Maximizing Grant Writing Success: A Roadmap for Nonprofits | IFF | articles fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | grant-writing grants grantwriting iff nonprofits np-pathway sustainability |
| Meeting & Collaboration Rooms in the Greater Evansville Region | Grow | nonprofit-operations | collaboration community-assests meeting meeting-space np-pathway resource rooms | |
| Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Sample | Stanford University | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | memorandum-of-understanding mou np-pathway template |
| Minnesota Council of Nonprofits | Minnesota Nonprofits | nonprofit-operations online-resource-hubs-2 | np-pathway online-resource-hub |
| National Low Income Housing Coalition – Housing Needs in Indiana | National Low-Income Housing Coalition | housing community-topic-hubs | deep-poverty funder-pathway housing housing-needs in income indiana low-income np-pathway poverty |
| National Low-Income Housing Coalition – Housing Needs in Indiana | National Low-Income Housing Coalition | housing poverty community-topic-hubs | alice funder-pathway housing housing-needs income national np-pathway poverty |
| Navigating the Process to Become a Nonprofit | CNPE | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| New Employee Orientation Checklist | Joan Garry Consulting | human-resources nonprofit-operations | checklist human-resources new-employees new-hire np-pathway onboarding orientation tools |
| New IU study highlights billions in annual losses from untreated mental illness in Indiana | Indiana University | mental-behavioral-health community-topic-hubs | funder-pathway health indiana iu mental-health mental-illness np-pathway |
| Nonprofit Annual Reports | Council of Nonprofits | marketing-communications nonprofit-operations | annual-reports communication council-of-nonprofits marketing np-pathway reporting |
| Nonprofit Communications Trends Report 2025 | Nonprofit Marketing Guide | articles marketing-communications nonprofit-operations | communications human-resources marketing np-pathway |
| Nonprofit Corporations Form & Sample Documents | Mills Legal Clinic, Standford Law School | nonprofit nonprofit-operations | board charter coi conflict-of-interest consent-forms documents legal mou np-pathway templates |
| Nonprofit Job Description Toolkit | BridgeSpan | human-resources nonprofit-operations | hiring new-employee nonprofit np-pathway on-boarding onboarding toolkit |
| Nonprofit Paid Employment in Economic Growth Region 11, Indiana 2000-2019 | Indiana University | nonprofit-operations | community economic-growth economy employment np-pathway pay salary |
| Nonprofit Quarterly | Nonprofit Quarterly | nonprofit-operations | nonprofit nonprofit-quarterly np-pathway |
| Nonprofit Salary Survey Reports | Charitable Advisors | accounting human-resources nonprofit-operations start-up | compensation hr human-resources np-pathway pay salary |
| Nonprofit Self-Assessment Checklist | Nonprofit Advancement | start-up strategic-planning nonprofit-operations | checklist nonprofit np-pathway self-assessment start-up strategic-planning strategy tools |
| Nonprofit Strategy and Planning Tips | Board Source | strategic-planning nonprofit-operations | long-term np-pathway planning strategic-planning strategy |
| Nonprofit Succession Tool Kit | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City | human-resources nonprofit-operations | human-resources leadership leadership-transition nonprofit np-pathway succession toolkit tools |
| Nonprofits – Mission Increase | Mission Increase | religion-2 | church community cs-pathway kingdom-impact mission-increase nonprofit np-pathway partnership |
| Opportunity Insights | Opportunity Insights | economy flourishing housing poverty quality-of-place strategic-planning community-topic-hubs nonprofit-operations | access data economy flourishing funder-pathway harvard housing np-pathway opportunity-insights poverty raj-chetty research |
| Organization Self-Assessment Evaluation | 501 Commons | human-resources nonprofit-operations | evaluation human-resources np-pathway organization self-assessment |
| Organizational Assessments for Public Sector | Crowe | nonprofit nonprofit-operations | informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway research |
| Pillars of High Performing Organizations: The Performance Imperative | Leap Ambassador | nonprofit-operations | assessment capacity-building funder-pathway long-term-planning nonprofit np-pathway outcomes outputs performace |
| Playbook for Enhancing Indiana’s Mental & Behavioral Health Workforce | Bowen Center | mental-behavioral-health community-topic-hubs | behavioral-health data health indiana mental-health np-pathway workforce |
| Posey County Housing Study | Posey County Community Foundation | articles community-development housing papers-podcasts quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | 10-year-projection community-development cs-pathway economic-development funder-pathway housing np-pathway posey-county |
| Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence | Minnesota Nonprofits | nonprofit-operations | capacity-building human-resources nonprofit-excellence np-pathway npe operations pd pipeline professional-development |
| Program and Staff Evaluation Templates | JDLevy & Associates | human-resources nonprofit-operations | human-resources np-pathway program-evaluation staff staff-evaluations templates |
| Program Evaluation and Your Organization | Payal Martin | nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking | funder-pathway informed-decisions logic-model nonprofits np-pathway program-evaluation theory-of-change |
| Regional Economic Acceleration + Development Initiative (READI) | E-REP | master-plans quality-of-place community-development community-topic-hubs | community-development cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway e-rep economic-development erep funder-pathway np-pathway readi regional |
| Reimagining Petersburg’s Downtown Public Spaces | Pike County Economic Development, Rundell Ernstberger Associates | community-development economy flourishing housing master-plans quality-of-place strategic-planning community-topic-hubs nonprofit-operations | community-development cs-pathway downtown-recreation economic-development funder-pathway np-pathway resident-attraction resident-retention |
| Sample Agreement for Converting Project Grants to General Operating Support | Council on Foundations | fundraising-grantwriting nonprofit-operations | accounting agreement financial-management general-operations grants np-pathway |
| Sample Board Meeting Agenda | JDLevy & Associates | board-development nonprofit-operations | agenda board-agenda board-development board-meeting board-planning np-pathway |
| Sample Employee Handbook | 501 Commons | human-resources nonprofit-operations | employee-handbook handbook human-resources np-pathway onboarding templates |
| Sample Financial Management Policies | Council of Nonprofits | accounting nonprofit-operations | financial financial-management np-pathway policies |
| Sample Financial Policies & Procedures for Nonprofits | Boad Effect | accounting nonprofit-operations | finance financial-management financials management np-pathway operations policies procedures |
| Sample Investment Policy | Council of Nonprofits | accounting nonprofit-operations | accounting finance investment investment-policy np-pathway policy |
| SAVI Community Information System Data Content | Grow | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-content data-points data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow np-pathway savi |
| SAVI Community Profile Tutorial | The Polis Center | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow how-to np-pathway savi video |
| SAVI Data Sources | Grow | data-literacy | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway grow np-pathway savi |
| Small to Mid-Size Tax Exempt Organization Workshop | IRS | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway startup |
| Socio-Economic Data Analysis (Evansville) | Grow | community-development housing community-topic-hubs | community-development cs-pathway data evansville funder-pathway np-pathway research socio-economic-data |
| Stanford Social Innovation Review | Stanford Social Innovation Review | community-development | community-development funder-pathway np-pathway standford standford-social-innovation-review |
| Starting a Nonprofit | CNPE | start-up nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway exempt how-to-start-a-nonprofit irs new-nonprofit nonprofit-startup np-pathway |
| State of E | For Evansville | community-development education flourishing housing mental-behavioral-health poverty quality-of-place religion community-topic-hubs | city-of-evansville community-development cs-pathway data donor-pathway evansville for-evansville funder-pathway np-pathway research state-of-e |
| Strategic Agendas for Nonprofits | Council of Nonprofits | strategic-planning nonprofit-operations | agenda agenda-building council-of-nonprofits nonprofits np-pathway strategic templates tools |
| Strategic Planning in Nonprofits (SPIN) Kit | Nonprofit Association of Washington | strategic-planning nonprofit-operations | nonprofit-association nonprofits np-pathway strategic templates tools |
| Strategic Planning Process | Lucid Chart | strategic-planning nonprofit-operations | leadership long-term-planning np-pathway operations process strategic-planning strategy template templates tools |
| Succession Transition Planning Timeline | Board Source | human-resources nonprofit-operations | leadership-transition np-pathway onboarding operations succession succession-planning transition |
| Tepe Park Neighborhood, Evansville, IN Quality-of-Life Plan | Tepe Park Neighborhood Assoc. | flourishing housing master-plans quality-of-place community-topic-hubs community-development | cs-pathway data-sources donor-pathway funder-pathway lived-experience neighborhoods np-pathway tepe-park |
| The 14 Attributes of a Thriving Nonprofit | Nonprofit Leadership Lab | articles nonprofit nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking start-up strategic-planning | nonprofits np-pathway strategic-planning tool |
| The 2024 United States Administrative Professionals Salary Survey | Eahowto.com | human-resources nonprofit-operations | admin admin-assistant administrative-assistant administrative-professionals cs-pathway executive-assistant funder-pathway np-pathway |
| The Economic Mobility Catalog | accessibility early-learning economy flourishing housing nonprofit online-resource-hubs poverty strategic-planning weight-nutrition-health community-topic-hubs data-literacy nonprofit-operations | development early-childhood early-education economic evidence-based housing kindergarten-readiness mobility neighborhoods np-pathway resource upward-mobility workforce | |
| The Overhead Myth | Nonprofit Quarterly | donor-funder | charity cs-pathway dan-pallotta donor-pathway funder-pathway giving nonprofit np-quarterly np-pathway philanthropy |
| The Philanthropy Outlook 2024 & 2025 Report | CCC Fundraising, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy | articles nonprofit online-resource-hubs philanthropy-grantmaking strategic-planning data-literacy nonprofit-operations | ccc-fundraising data funder-pathway fundraising insights iu iu-lilly-family-school-of-philanthropy lilly np-pathway philanthropy research |
| The State of E Report 2025 | For Evansville | early-learning flourishing nonprofit community-topic-hubs | 2025 cradle-to-career data evansville evv for-evansville np-pathway research state-of-e |
| The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Dan Pallotta, Ted Talk | donor-funder | charity cs-pathway dan-pallotta donation donor-pathway funder-pathway giving np-pathway overhead overhead-myth philanthropy podcast ted-talk |
| The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong (Overhead Myth) | Dan Pallotta, TED | accounting donor-funder nonprofit nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway dan donor donor-pathway expenses finances financial funder funder-pathway leadership np-pathway overhead overhead-myth pallotta |
| Theory-of-Change Development Guide | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | start-up nonprofit-operations | change leadership logic-model np-pathway strategic-planning strategy theory theory-of-change |
| Tools To Empower Your Mission | Discover Philanthropy | articles community-development consultants fundraising nonprofit nonprofit-operations online-resource-hubs online-resource-hubs-2 papers-podcasts data-literacy | board-development cs-pathway donor-pathway giving impact nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy resources tools |
| Types of Funds | Community Foundation of Henderson | philanthropy-grantmaking | community-foundation community-foundations cs-pathway daf donor-advised-funds donor-pathway henderson np-pathway philanthropy wealth-planning |
| U.S. DOL’s Final Overtime Rule Increase Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees | Paychex | accounting articles finance nonprofit papers-podcasts nonprofit-operations | compensation department-of-labor funder-pathway government np-pathway overtime salary |
| U.S. Religion Census | U.S. Religion Census | religion religion-2 community-topic-hubs | census census-bureau church churches community cs-pathway data funder-pathway np-pathway places-of-worship religion |
| United for Alice | United for Alice | education flourishing healthy-food-access housing poverty community-topic-hubs | alice funder-pathway np-pathway poverty united-way uw |
| Upward Mobility Data Dashboard | Urban Institute | accessibility flourishing nonprofit online-resource-hubs online-resource-hubs-2 quality-of-place community-topic-hubs data-literacy | community dashboard data data-dashboard employment framework funder-pathway institute metrics np-pathway upward-mobility urban urban-institute |
| Urban Institute Data Tools | Urban Institute | accessibility online-resource-hubs-2 community-topic-hubs | cs-pathway data decisions funder-pathway np-pathway policy research tools urban-institute |
| Using Data to Tell Your Story | Transform Consulting Group | articles data-literacy papers-podcasts | data funder-pathway impact mission np-pathway storytelling transform transform-consulting-group |
| Volunteer Policies and Procedures, Sample | Council of Nonprofits | human-resources nonprofit-operations | management np-pathway polices procedures templates volunteer |
| Volunteer Program Design Lab | nonprofit nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway video-series volunteerism | |
| Volunteers 101: Volunteer Agreements, Policies, and Safety | Charitable Allies, Robert Miller | articles consultants nonprofit nonprofit-operations | cs-pathway foundation framework informed-decisions legal-protection nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy volunteer-agreement volunteerism |
| Webinar Resources | Blue Avocado | consultants nonprofit nonprofit-operations online-resource-hubs philanthropy-grantmaking data-literacy | board-development community-development informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway online-resource-hub webinars |
| What is the Financial Risk of Nonprofits Losing Government Grants? | Urban Institute | articles donor-funder fundraising nonprofit nonprofit-operations | data foundation funder-pathway grantmaking grants informed-decisions np-pathway philanthropy research |
| What the World Gets Wrong About Nonprofits | Amy Fass | nonprofit nonprofit-operations philanthropy-grantmaking | cs-pathway donor-pathway funder-pathway informed-decisions nonprofits np-pathway philanthropy research |
 | Where You Live Matters – A Grow Data Report | Grow, The Polis Center | accessibility community-topic-hubs data-literacy early-learning economy education flourishing healthy-food-access housing maternal-child-health mental-behavioral-health nonprofit nonprofit-operations online-resource-hubs-2 philanthropy-grantmaking poverty quality-of-place religion senior-care substance-abuse weight-nutrition-health | community-development cs-pathway data donor-pathway economic-development flourishing funder-pathway housing indiana informed-decisions mental-health nonprofits np-pathway |
| Why a Community Foundation? | Community Foundation Alliance | philanthropy-grantmaking substance-abuse community-topic-hubs | community-foundation community-foundations cs-pathway daf donor-advised-funds donor-pathway np-pathway philanthropy wealth-planning |
| Why Executive Directors Need L&D to Execute a Smooth Succession | Blue Avocado | human-resources nonprofit-operations | executive-directors np-pathway succession-planning |
| Why Neighborhoods? | Grow | community-development quality-of-place community-topic-hubs | census community community-development data donor-pathway funder-pathway neighborhoods np-pathway population |
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No matter where you are on your leadership journey—just starting out, leading a team, or guiding an entire organization—your growth as a nonprofit professional matters. Thriving organizations are built on leaders who are both knowledgeable and confident in the fundamentals of nonprofit management.
Grow believes leadership is a continual journey of learning, reflection, and action. That’s why we encourage nonprofit leaders to invest in strengthening their expertise across six core areas that are essential for long-term impact and organizational health:
- Leadership & Governance – Clarify roles, foster strong boards, and lead with vision.
- Finance & Operational Excellence – Build financial acumen and operational systems that sustain your mission.
- Evaluation & Program Design – Use data and learning to design effective programs and demonstrate impact.
- Fundraising – Cultivate resources with confidence through grants, donor relationships, and strategic campaigns.
- Communication & Marketing – Share your story in ways that inspire action and build trust with stakeholders.
- Human Resources – Support and develop the people who power your mission.
By focusing on these core areas, nonprofit leaders gain the tools to navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and create lasting change in their communities. Whether you’re aspiring to grow your leadership or strengthening skills you already have, we invite you to take the next step in your development journey.
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