• Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training - A great starting point for all things related to grassroots fundraising.
  • Liberating Structures - Free, open-source toolkit of participatory practices for "including and unleashing everyone" - tools to engage the full participation, creativity, and wisdom of everyone in the room in meetings and groups.
  • WNC Nonprofit Pathways - Capacity-building resources for nonprofit organizations based in Western North Carolina.  Affordable organizational assessments, on-site trainings, workshops, and other resources.
  • NC Center for Nonprofits - Resources galore for nonprofits based in North Carolina.
  • Chardon Press - Publisher of an excellent collection of grassroots fundraising resource books, including Kim Klein's classic Fundraising for Social Change.   
  • Board Source - Resources for building effective nonprofit Boards.
  • Grassroots Fundraising Basics - Greatest hits from Kim Klein, grassroots fundraising guru. 
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy - The newspaper of the nonprofit world; great for following trends in fundraising and development.
  • Donor Bill of Rights from the Association of Fundraising Professionals - An important set of guidelines for stewardship of nonprofit donors.
  • Under Developed - A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising (CompassPoint) - detailed study of how investing in fundraising capacity can make organizations more effective.
  • CompassPoint - CompassPoint Nonprofit Services offers a great sampling of downloadable resources and templates for nonprofit organizations, related to governance, finance, fundraising, and other topics.

  • Tepeyac Consulting - Racial equity training, facilitation, and  planning with an equity lens from Marisol Jimenez. I have collaborated with Marisol on a number of projects and highly recommend her.
  • Judy Futch Consulting - Judy is a consultant specializing in Organizational Development and Strategic Planning.  We have collaborated on many projects and I highly recommend her.
  • Sparrow Research - Dr. Jill Fromewick of Sparrow Research is a consultant specializing in program design, evaluation, and social science research. I have collaborated with Jill on several projects and recommend her highly!
  • Cenzontle Interpreter Cooperative - A WNC-based worker-owned cooperative of highly skilled interpreters. This team provides language justice planning support for organizations and simultaneous interpretation for meetings so that everyone can communicate in their own language.
  • Center for Participatory Change  - My political home and family. Find referrals for highly skilled, trained Spanish-English interpreters, rent equipment for simultaneous interpretation, and support learning, healing, and relationship-building toward collective liberation.
  • Report on Horizontal Giving from the Center for Participatory Change - A research project funded by NCGives and led by the Center for Participatory Change. Explores the importance and the diversity of informal giving and highlights the importance of giving in low-wealth communities.
  • Stone Circles at the Stone House - Resources  to strengthen and sustain agents of progressive social change, including training, sanctuary, retreat, practice, and tools to build individual and group capacity to create change.
  • Dr. Pop - Great resources on popular education, including an illustrated overview, "What is Popular Education." 
  • Follow Taproot Consulting on Facebook - Updates, upcoming classes and workshops, current resources, links, and tips.

On Philanthropy

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary." 
     
~Martin Luther King, Jr.  



"The word philanthropist comes from two words that mean "love of people." At its heart, that is what philanthropy is about. Understanding that anyone who values giving away money is a philanthropist allows people to see themselves as agents of change. 'I have some money to give' is very different from the much more common refrain, 'I don't know anyone with money,' or 'I don't have any money.'

We all can give something. When put together with enough other people, that amount of money may be enough to do the work we think must be done."

~Kim Klein



View my statement of professional ethics here.