Sources of Assistance for Nonprofits and For-Profits

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    Help for Nonprofits and For-Profits

    Organizations With Free or Very Low-Cost Assistance to You:

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    For-Profits
    Nonprofits
    Other Sources of Assistance

    Resources for For-Profits

    1. Small Business Answer Desk: Call 800-827-5722
    2. SBA:
    Small Business Administration Home Page
    3. SCORE
    – Service Corps Of Retired Executives     Call 800-827-5722
    4. Better
    Business Bureau
    5. Small Business Development Center: Call 402-595-2387
    6. American Home Business Association. Call 800-664-2422.
    7. National Association for the Self-Employed. Call 800-232-NASE.
    8. Business Assistance Service (with Department of Commerce) Call
    202-483-3176
    9. National Business Association. Call 800-465-0440.
    10. Chambers of Commerce and Trade associations — You should
    contact your local Chamber of Commerce, even if only to introduce
    yourself. The Chamber can be a great source of help and contacts.
    One of the ways in which they can help if to suggest an appropriate
    trade association for you to join. The particular trade association
    you would benefit from, depends on the nature of your products
    or services.

    Resources for Nonprofits

    1. Contact your Secretary of State and/or state’s attorney
    general’s office and ask for a list of resources
    2. Executive
    Service Corp     provides experienced consultation in the areas
    of technical and management.
    3. National
    Council of Nonprofit Associations (find your local office and
    call for help)
    4. Contact the local volunteer recruitment organization in your
    community and ask for assistance.
    5. Look in the Yellow Pages of your local telephone directory
    for professional associations. Look for networks or associations
    of organization development practitioners, facilitators or trainers.
    6. Look in the Yellow Pages of your local telephone directory
    under the categories “Consultant” and “Volunteering.”
    7. Contact local large corporations. They often have community
    service programs and can provide a wide range of management and
    technical expertise. Speak to the head of the Human Resources
    Department.
    8. Call a local university or college and speak to someone in
    the college of Human Resources, Training and Development, or Business
    Administration.
    9. Ask other nonprofits (particularly those that have similar
    services and number of staff,) or current clients and ask for
    ideas, contacts and references.
    10. Ask a retired business person (from a for-profit or nonprofit
    organization). Often, they have facilitated a wide variety of
    meetings.

    Other Sources of Resources

    Free, Online Resources

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    resources for you

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