Established in 2007, Valley Nonprofit Resources offers both information and services to strengthen the more than 4,000 nonprofit organizations in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. Welcome to VNR's website! Click on the buttons to your left and at the top to access many resources that can help you increase the effectiveness of your nonprofit.
Not finding what you need? Contact the VNR Concierge and ask for assistance.
In the News
- VNR announces two more events in September for Valley nonprofits - click on the title to find out more. Writing Successful Proposals: A First Course for Young Nonprofit Leaders on September 3 will bring together young staff of nonprofits with an experienced fundraiser, CSUN's Professor Jerry Seliger, for an intensive session about good proposal-writing.
A September 23 Meet the Funder event will provide an opportunity for Valley nonprofit leaders to talk with Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation Program Director Wendy Chang about the Foundation's grantmaking and other activities in the youth services field.
- The June 18 conference MENDing Poverty, co-sponsored by VNR, was a great success, attended by more than 150 people. To learn more about what happened at the conference, and about our plans for the 2009 MENDing Poverty conference next June, click on MENDing Poverty Conference Outcomes Report. Two newspaper articles about the conference, and a handout about Millennials and the nonprofit sector from one of the major conference presentations are also available in the VNR Library.
VNR's Partners
Valley Nonprofit Resources is operated collaboratively by the nonprofit Human Interaction Research Institute (which has conducted research and provided technical assistance to the nonprofit sector since 1961), California State University, Northridge, MEND (the largest poverty services agency in the Valley), and Volunteer Center of Los Angeles (already a significant provider of capacity-building services to Valley nonprofits).
Photo of the San Fernando Valley courtesy of Randy Witt Productions
