Philanthropy Marketplace

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COMPUTERS

SOFTWARE/GRANTS TRACKING

The Arlington Group
703/893-9353 (x117)
Fax: 703/893-9363
E-mail: info@arlgroup.com
Website: www.arlingtongroup.com
Making A Difference Just Got Easier...With Easygrants. Our Easygrants Web Software will help you manage the entire grants lifecycle—Grant Program Creation * Application * Review * Award * Progress Reports * Grants Management * Survey and Measurement Reporting.

Bromelkamp Company
612/870-9087
106 East 24th Street,
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Computer consultants; developers of Pearl Integrated Software for Grant Making, Donor Tracking, Fund Accounting, and many other components. Entirely tailored to the needs of each foundation.

CyberGrants, Inc
978/824-0300
Fax: 978/824-0301
Email: info@cybergrants.com
Website: www.cybergrants.com
Two Dundee Park, Suite 101
Andover, MA 01810
CyberGrants is the first 100% Web-based grants management software solution for all types of foundations and giving programs. With secure grant tracking, reporting, budgeting, correspondence, online applications, matching gifts and more, CyberGrants can be rented right over the Internet (ASP) or installed on your network.

Dyna-Quest Technologies, Inc
978/443-3073
Fax: 978/443-8634
Email: info@Dyna-Quest.com
Website: www.Dyna-Quest.com
Grant Administrator® is an intuitive & powerful fund accounting & management software program designed for non-profit administrators who track & manage grant awards, sponsored projects, contracts, proposals, clinical trials, & more. Administrators use it for a wide range of account management related activities including expenditure, salary, & income tracking, account reconciliation, audit trail generation, & reporting to the award recipients. Grant Administrator offers numerous advantages over spreadsheets & other cumbersome methods for tracking both internal & external projects & funds.
A free demo program of Grant Administrator can be downloaded from the Dyna-Quest Technologies web site at www.Dyna-Quest.com

MicroEdge, Inc
800/899-0890
Fax: 212/757-1713
Website: www.microedge.com
Email: info@microedge.com
619 W. 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
MicroEdge, Inc., is the leading provider of software to the grantmaking community worldwide. The Gifts product line is the industry standard for grants management solutions. More than 2,000 organizations have chosen MicroEdge as their technology partner.
GIFTS streamlines all aspects of grants management including: proposal tracking, grant administration, contact management, correspondence production, activity and requirement tracking, budgeting, payments and reporting.
MicroEdge now combines the proven foundation of the GIFTS product line with the power of Internet technology. MyGIFTS and GIFTS Connections provide a platform, which web-enables GIFTS, allowing secure, Web-browser access to a personalized view of grants data.
MicroEdge, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Advent Software, Inc.

SOFTWARE/CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

NPO Solutions, Inc.
860/567-0192
Fax: 603/798-3785
E-mail: fims@nposolutions.com
Website: www.nposolutions.com
73 Flagg Road
Loudon, NH 03307

NPO Solutions is the leading provider of core information systems and critical Internet services to organizations with complex fund accounting needs. NPO Solutions provides comprehensive, fully integrated software solutions including fund raising, full grants management, pooled investment management including allocations of income and gains, and a sophisticated fund-level general ledger with flexible financial consolidations. NPO Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MicroEdge Inc.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/CONSULTING

Broadcast Services

West Glen Communications, Inc
800/325-8677 or 212/921-2800
Fax: 212/944-9055
Website: www.westglen.com
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
A leading producer and distributor of public service announcements, video new releases and satellite media tours for communicating your message through mass media. Services include targeted video distribution programs, custom designed to reach specialized audiences such as schools, churches, community groups and health care workers.

COMMUNICATIONS/MARKETING

LipmanHearne
Robert F. Lipman, Chairman
312/946-1900
Fax: 312/946-1922
E-mail: rlipman@lipmanhearne.com
Website: www.lipmanhearne.com
303 E. Wacker Dr., #1030
Chicago, IL 60601
Lipman Hearne is the nation's most comprehensive marketing/communications firm dedicated to serving the nonprofit sector. Over the course of 35 years, we have been privileged to help hundreds of institutions craft strategic fundraising communications programs, mount successful capital campaigns, create compelling annual fund materials, and design strategies and materials to support grantmaking activities and the important work of grantees.
Our clients range from world-renowned institutions to regional and local organizations within the worlds of philanthropy, professional associations, social service and advocacy, education, arts and culture, health care, and public policy. In addition to constituent research and strategic marketing counsel, our services include creative concept development, editorial direction and copywriting; graphic design, print/production management; media relations, video production, and Web site design and Internet strategies.

GENERAL CONSULTING

Lee Draper, Ph.D., President
Draper Consulting Group
310/559-3424
Fax: 310/559-4586
E-mail: office@drapergroup.com
Website: www.drapergroup.com
10811 Washington Blvd., Suite 380
Culver City, CA 90232
Draper Consulting Group (DCG) cultivates client-centered solutions and achievable outcomes to strengthen a foundation’s ability to realize its full potential and accomplish its mission. Since 1990, DCG has advised over 30 private, community, and family foundations, corporate giving programs, and government grantmaking agencies on effective governance, improving performance, managing change, and producing long-term results. Areas of expertise include: planning; program development; facilitating retreats; building leadership and management skills of board and staff; succession planning; analyzing community needs; and providing technical assistance to grantees.

Hillview Capital Advisors
David M. Spungen, Managing Partner
484/708-4720
Fax: 484/708-4733
E-mail: jstraus@hillviewcap.com
Website: www.hillviewcap.com
700 Times Building
Ardmore, PA 19003
Hillview Capital provides advisory and investment management services for wealthy families and small institutions that are in need of advanced financial guidance that is objective and conflict-free. Hillview utilizes a comprehensive, long-term focus to provide solutions that preserve capital and explore new, creative ways to enhance wealth. Hillview prides itself on delivering superior service and advice, complete objectivity and extensive due diligence to meet the unique needs of its clients.

La Piana Associates, Inc.
888/311-6100
Fax: 510-655-3408
E-mail: info@lapiana.org
Website: www.lapiana.org/consulting
A management consulting firm serving foundations and nonprofit organizations nationally. Our services include strategic planning, organizational assessment and capacity-building, partnerships (collaboration and strategic restructuring), foundation effectiveness, board and executive development, human resources management, and marketing and communications.

Gary M. Ravetto, Principal
The Ravetto Group, LLC
334/857-1864
Fax: 334/857-2267
E-mail: gmravetto@ravettogroup.com
Website: www.ravettogroup.com
Complete menu of consulting and out source services for the philanthropic and non-profit sectors. Some services include strategic and effective grantmaking, needs and program assessment, coalition and capacity building, issues/image marketing and public awareness campaigns, fund development and sustainability strategies, initiative/program development and administration, short term and ongoing organizational management, assist non-profits in meeting funder’s objectives, in-kind brokering, pre-audit review, and meeting planning. Plus, a unique professional mentoring service. We and our pool of associates have spent over twenty years as public policy makers, foundation CEOs and trustees, board members and senior executives of non-profits. We are committed to providing seasoned expertise, at affordable rates, combined with unparalleled client service.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Frank Russell Company
Mr. Louis Rowan
800/426-7969, ext. 5784
Fax: 253/502-2341
E-mail: lrowan@russell.com
909 A Street, Tacoma, WA 98402
Frank Russell Company offers a full range of investment services that combine the best of outside managers with tailored solutions. Over 20 years experience working with endowments, foundations and other nonprofit organizations has helped us to understand the challenges you face in balancing public interest activities with preservation of assets. Our investment program, specifically designed for endowments, foundations and other nonprofits organizations, is rooted in our manager of managers investment process. Call us to learn how Russell's combined consulting, investment and technological expertise can help you achieve your investment goals.

PHILANTHROPIC ADVISORS

The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc. (TPI)
617/338-2590
Fax: 617/338-2591
E-mail: get2us@tpi.org
Website: www.tpi.org
77 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
TPI is a tax-exempt consulting practice that provides planning, program design, and management services to individual family, corporate and community foundation donors, as well as research and educational programming for the philanthropic field. Since 1989, TPI has helped hundreds of donors develop effective strategies to address the social issues of greatest concern to them.