Other Non-Profit Organizations in our Region

Dial/Self's mission is to empower children, youth and young adults by creating and expanding positive opporunities and support in their communities. They do this through prevention, intervention and residential programming.

Franklin County Community Development Corporation is a non-profit organization with the purpose of stimulating rural economy through a variety of programs.

Franklin County Home Care Corporation is a non-profit agency that develops, provides, and coordinates services to support the independent living of elders in Franklin County and the North Quabbin area.

Franklin Regional Council of Governments is the regional government serving the 26 towns of Franklin County. FRCOG integrates regional and local planning, human services advocacy and coordination and the production of municipal services.

ServiceNet provides outreach to shelters and people in transitional housing, transition to work, peer leadership programs and housing.

Massachusetts Service Alliance is the non-profit organization that serves as the State commision on community service.

Third Sector New England promotes active democracy and is a resource center for building knowledge, power and effectiveness. They provide education, direct service, partnership programs and field building services to other non-profits.

Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders. It is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.

Share Our Strength (SOS) is one of the nation's leading anti-hunger and anti-poverty organizations. By supporting food assistance, treating malnutrition and other consequences of hunger, and promoting economic independence among people in need, SOS meets immediate demands for food while investing in long-term solutions to hunger and poverty.

Community Wealth Ventures is a consulting firm that builds community wealth by connecting non-profit organizations and for-profit corporations in self-sustaining partnerships.

Network For Good provides opportunities for individiuals to track charitable giving and find volunteer work. They also provide resources to help non-profits to increase their online fundraising.

Mentor, or The National Mentoring Partnership, works to expand the world of quality menoring.

The National Center for Social Entrepreneurs' mission is to encourage entrepreneurship throughout the nonprofit sector and to help individual nonprofits think and act in an entrepreneurial manner.

ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is the largest and oldest grassroots organization of low and moderate income people fighting for more power and justice in the US.

The Institute for Sustainable Communities gives passionate, committed people around the world the tools, skills, and resources they need to make their communities better places to live. 

Rural LISC is a national community building organization that provides grants, loans, and equity investments to community development corporations for neighborhood redevelopment. 

The Grantsmanship Center is packed with information on how to plan, manage, staff and fund the programs of non-profit organizations and government agencies. 

The Association of Fundraising Professionals: For more than 40 years, AFP has been the standard bearer for professionalism in fundraising.

The Echoing Green Foundation offers fellowships to social entrepreneurs creating innovative public service organizations or projects that seek to catalyze positive social change.

The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is committed to fostering a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities.

The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) uses the practices of venture philanthropy to create job opportunities through support of social enterprises that help people gain the skills to help themselves.

The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.  

Applied Research Center is a public policy, educational and research institute whose work emphasis issues of race and social change. 

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization that conducts research and analysis on a broad range of government programs and policies, particularly those that affect moderate and low-income families.

Policy.com: This website has a host of think tank reports and analyses, links to advocacy groups, etc.

The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) provides unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America. 

Joint Center for Poverty Research is a national and interdisciplinary academic research center that seeks to advance our understanding of what it means to be poor in America.

Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) believes that expanding economic opportunity to include all people will bring greater social equity, alleviate poverty and lead to a more sustainable economy. As a leader in economic development, CFED collaborates with diverse partners at the national, state, and local levels.

United for a Fair Economy raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart.

The National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent.

Give Voice is a website that allows you to easily and quickly send messages to elected officials so you can tell them what you think of issues affecting the non-profit sector. At this site you will find information on issues that affect non-profits throughout the country, as well as public policy resourcess and non-profit advoocacy tools.

The Community Tool Box is a unique internet-based service with a mission of promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas, and resources.

Children/Youth

The Children's Health Fund is committed to providing health care to the nation's most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative primary care medical programs and the promotion of guaranteed access to appropriate health care for all children. 

The Children's Defense Fund is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children.

The International Youth Foundation's mission is to positively impact the greatest number of young people, in as many places as possible, in the shortest amount of time, with programs that are effective, and in ways that are sustainable. Welfare and Welfare Reform

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to our civil justice system.  Focus on welfare reform (including TANF expenditures and initiatives), workforce development, child care, child support enforcement and access to legal assistance for low-income families.

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is committed to identifying and developing creative and collaborative approaches to helping achieve social and economic justice for low-income families.  Useful links to sites of interest to poor peoples' advocates, arranged by substantive area.

The Family SupportNet is designed to help families and individuals of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds with disabilities access internet resources and support services.

Food & Hunger

Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and under nutrition in U.S.

Congressional Hunger Center is a nonprofit anti-hunger training organization, dedicated to fighting hunger by developing leaders.

Feeding America is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization. It is a network of more than 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations, serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

World Hunger Year (WHY) is a leading advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty. WHY challenges society to confront these problems by advancing models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to nutritious and affordable food. 

The Hunger Site is an innovative internet marketing site where you can click on a 'donate free food' button 1x a day and help feed the hungry!

Housing

Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit housing and community development organization. Mission is to see all low-income people in U.S. have opportunity for fit and affordable housing.

Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is a national nonprofit corporation that has been helping local organizations build affordable homes in rural America since 1971.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is committed to encouraging the development of affordable housing in the U.S. Their website provides useful data on fair market rents, by town, county or state, for every state, and charts the gap between regional wages and housing costs.

Citizen's Housing and Planning Association is the non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities throughout Massachusetts. CHAPA is the only statewide group which represents all interests in the housing field, including non-profit and for -profit developers, homeowners, tenants, bankers, real estate brokers, property managers, government officials and more.

Official site of the Massachusetts state government.  Includes databases with poverty, income and employment data.

Official site of the U.S. Census Bureau.  From this site, you can create tables for individual towns on a wide variety of factors, with ability to analyze presence of poverty.

* This list is not intended to be more than a partial listing of available resources.
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