Resources for Nonprofit Leaders
Unlock Your Organization’s Potential
Take your organization and your professional development to the next level with training programs and resources designed specifically tailored for your nonprofit environment. Our course instructors understand every aspect of running a nonprofit, and by using NPLI to identify the right resources for your challenges, you are able to equip yourself to take that next step in your career.
Connect with resources for your nonprofit
Jumpstart
NPLI’s vision is that nonprofits have access to the resources they need to better achieve their missions. By partnering with Bonterra’s Jumpstart Network for Good and EveryAction program, we’re co-investing to assist nonprofits in leveraging technology to resource their missions.
Board Connect
An online portal to post or learn about new opportunities for joining board, committee, or task force service within our local Fox Cities communities.
Additional Resources
TOPIC-AREA RESOURCES
Resources, tools, and templates are provided by various organizations supporting nonprofits’ work.
Explore the Resources tab of the organizations listed below for governance, advocacy, fundraising, and other topical information. These are sites we have found helpful, but resources from these organizations have not been vetted by NPLI. Please do your due diligence and research before using resources from these sites.
Feel free to contact NPLI; we’re happy to share our tools, templates, and resources in our archives.
Nonprofit Resource Centers
National Council of Nonprofits
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Leadership Institute
Leadership Fox Cities strives to ensure continuation of the area’s quality of life by providing a forum to develop and motivate future leaders.
Leadership Fox Cities
Leadership Fox Cities strives to ensure continuation of the area’s quality of life by providing a forum to develop and motivate future leaders.
Fox Cities Chamber Connect free membership
Heart of the Valley Chamber
PULSE
Volunteer Fox Cities
Search volunteer opportunities or get on the Give Back Bus! Are you ready for a mobile movement, with a little mystery? Sign up to volunteer, with a twist… you won’t find out where you’ll be volunteering til you get on the bus that day!
Board Connect
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT /STRATEGIC PLANNING
CI Squared
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Nonprofit Lift Consultant Directory
FUNDRAISING RESOURCES
Association of Fundraising Professionals Northeast Wisconsin
Impala Digital
See the information session NPLI hosted with impala here.
Candid
HUMAN RESOURCES
Fox Valley Society for Human Resources Management
The Fox Valley Society for Human Resources (FVSHRM) is the Fox Valley’s leading professional association for members of the human resources management profession. They offer a Nonprofit HR Alliance Membership at a discounted rate.
LEGAL
Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic
Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics (MVLC) provide free brief legal advice and referral services. Volunteer law students and attorneys staff the weekly clinics. Qualifying Wisconsin nonprofit organizations can register for an appointment and provide information on their legal matter here.
Watch the April 2021 video “Whether and How to Form A Nonprofit” produced by UW Madison – Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, UW Madison – Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic & Marquette Law School.
Internal Revenue Service
Training videos and written materials provide you with the tools and knowledge necessary to keep your organization’s exempt status intact.
Additional videos and materials hosted on the site include applying for 501(c)(3) status, 990 overview, and more.
EMPLOYMENT/JOBS
Jobs That Help
Jobs That Help is a specialized resource for nonprofit organizations and mission-driven job seekers in Wisconsin. Based out of Milwaukee, Jobs That Help provides hundreds of Wisconsin nonprofits and thousands of job seekers with the largest job board that is focused on nonprofit career opportunities in the state.