California Nonprofits Career Center
This online service of the California Association of
Nonprofits offers job listings for the nonprofit sector
in California.
http://careercenter.canonprofits.org/
http://careercenter.canonprofits.org/
California Participation Project The California Participation Project's mission is to expand the role of nonprofits in voting and elections. CPP works with nonprofit partners to provide information, resources, and tools for nonprofits to help nonprofits integrate civic engagement into their ongoing work, and to increase voter participation among the communities they serve. CPP services include: convenings and trainings, toolkit and resource distribution, and information about civic participation opportunities. For more information or to get involved contact Marcy Koukhab at marcykoukhab@mail.com
CaliforniaVolunteers announces its 2010-11 Request for Applications, for funding to support partnerships to engage individuals in addressing unmet community needs throughout California. Grants are awarded to organizations that operate solely in California. AmeriCorps grants support organizations that use volunteering and service as strategies for addressing national and community needs, while fostering an ethic of civic responsibility. In return for their service, AmeriCorps participants, known as members, may receive a modest living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, members receive an education award that can be used towards existing college loans or to pay continuing education costs. For more information, to obtain an application and for instructions on submitting an application go to:
http://californiavolunteers.org/index.php/AmeriCorps/detail4
Glendale Healthier Community Coalition The Coalition
plans and implements projects which promote disease prevention, health education, clean and safe
environments, adequate housing, affordable and quality
education and community revitalization for the City of
Glendale. It includes 52 organizational and
individual members. For more information, go to
www.ci.glendale.ca.us/health_coalition.asp.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles is California's oldest and largest legal services program. As a Los Angeles law firm for people with low incomes, LAFLA promotes access to justice. strengthen communities, combat discrimination, and effect systemic change through representation, advocacy, and community education. Client services range from generating affordable housing and helping people move from welfare to work to providing eviction defense, relief from domestic violence, and assistance with employment disputes. For more information: www.lafla.org or call (toll free) 800/399-4529.
LA Nonprofit Careers is an active online career portal that serves nonprofit organizations and individual job seekers in Los Angeles. Job seekers can search jobs, post resumes and apply for jobs on this weksite. Employers can search resumes, post job descriptions, and contact prospective job seekers. For more information, visit www.lanonprofitcareers.com
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health SPA 2 LA
County is divided into eight Service Planning Areas
(SPAs) for the purpose of delivering health care.
The San Fernando Valley is SPA 2 (it also includes the
Santa Clarita Valley, but does not include Burbank).
SPA 2 conducted a community needs assessment in 2004,
and published a report on the social, cultural, health
and economic status of Valley residents. It and
other information may be downloaded from:
http://lapublichealth.org/spa2/reports/repindex.htm.
http://lapublichealth.org/spa2/reports/repindex.htm.
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County provides free legal services to low-income residents. The organization's advocacy is directed towards both the needs of the individual client requesting legal assistance, and to clients who seek to enforce the broader rights of the low-income community. For more information: www.nls-la.org or call (toll free) 800/433-6251.
The Nonprofit Sector In Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering, 2010 is a new brief by Kennard Wing, Katie L. Roeger and Thomas H. Pollak. It highlights trends in the number and finances of 501(c)(3) public charities as well as key findings on private charitable contributions and volunteering, two vital resources to the nonprofit sector. The brief includes the most recent data available. To access the brief, go to: The Nonprofit Sector in Brief
Nonprofits Count! is a program of the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network. The goal of this program is to encourage nonprofits to promote a complete census count in the everyday contacts they already have with those whom they provide services. Census engagement trainings and webinars for nonprofit and a Census Toolkit are available to help nonprofits develop a plan to incorporate census education into their existing activities. For more information or to sign up visit www.nonprofitscount.org
Partners in Care Foundation Partners and its
collaborators develop high-impact, cost-effective and
sustainable innovations in healthcare for the San
Fernando Valley and other regions. Among its
numerous areas of interest are creating “medical homes”
for uninsured working poor people, senior health
services, medication management, and elementary school
physical education/obesity prevention. For more
information: www.picf.org.
Public Counsel is dedicated to advancing equal justice under law by delivering pro bono legal services to indigent and under- represented children and adults throughout Los Angeles County, ensuring that community-based organizations serving this population have legal support, and mobilizing the pro bono resources of local attorneys and law students. The organization also works to enhance the delivery of legal services through involvement in public policy discussions and community education, and undertakes direct representation as co-counsel or amicus in selected impact matters. For more information: www.publiccounsel.org or call 213/385-2977.
San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center is a unit of California State University Northridge, and focuses on the economy of the San Fernando Valley. In addition to its annual publication, the San Fernando Valley Economic Report (also listed in the VNR Library section; to download a free copy of this publication click here), the Center provides access to a Valley American Community Survey, and links to tables that provide demographic, social, economic and housing data for the Valley, plus school enrollment information. To access the website go to: www.csun.edu/sfverc/
Taproot Foundation grants pro bono professional services to youth-serving nonprofit organizations and supports companies and organizations in designing their high-impact pro bono programs. For more information: www.taprootfoundation.org or call 213/385-2977.
2011 Southern California Compensation and Benefits Survey produced by the Center for Nonprofit Management, Southern California is now ready for purchase. Thousands of Executive Directors, Board Members, Administrative, Finance and Human Resource professionals have used the salary information in this survey to: determine the underpaid/overpaid, review compensation practices, determine program budgets, and comply with IRS regulations. For price information and to order, go to: www.cnmsocal.org.
Valley Care Community Consortium VCCC is a health and
mental health planning collaborative for residents of
the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. VCCC
strives to create seamless and better-coordinated health
care delivery system for low-income and uninsured
residents in SPA 2. VCCC evaluates the community’s
health needs and provides a semi-annual Community Needs
Assessment, available in PDF format from its website. More information on VCCC is available at www.valleyccc.org.
Vision Birth is a program that partners with telecommunications company ACN to help churches and nonprofit organizations generate money on a recurring basis to fund their work. The program utilizes a direct marketing business model whereby supporters sign up for services (such as local and long distance phone service) and a percentage of their monthly bill goes back to the nonprofit they support. For more information about the program, contact local Vision Birth representative Mona Marcos via email at monamarcos@att.net
