People turn to New Jersey non-profits every day.

Non-profits turn to the Center for Non-Profits.

For 25 years, the Center has been providing leadership and services for New Jersey non-profits, and remains New Jersey's only umbrella organization for all charities in the state. Through advocacy, education, capacity building programs and member services, the Center gives non-profits the knowledge and tools they need to pursue their missions more effectively, strengthening non-profits as individual organizations and as a community.

Serving Those Who Serve

Non-Profit Capacity Building

• Non-Profit Help Desk - Over 3,500 non-profit legal and management questions answered each year.
• Legal guidance for newly forming non-profits - including alternatives to starting a new group.
• Workshops/Seminars on important non-profit management topics such as boards, grantwriting and more.
• Convening conferences/issue discussions about emerging trends.
• Faith- and Community-Based Technical Assistance - non-profit assistance and workshops with a special sensitivity to faith- and community-based organizations.
• Connecting non-profits to valuable information and resources through our comprehensive network of non-profit providers and services.

Publications

• Providing timely, accurate information on the non-profit topics that matter most via two newsletters (Front & Center and CenterPieces), our Web site at www.njnonprofits.org, and e-mail alerts.
• Producer and exclusive source of reference books such as Hiring, Firing & Risk Management: Employment Law for New Jersey Non-Profits and Thinking of Forming a Non-Profit? What to Consider Before You Begin.
• Resource library: members can consult a wide array of references from national and in-state experts at our on-site library in North Brunswick. Discounts on non-profit references from major publishers are also available through the Center.

Strengthening the Non-Profit Voice

Advocacy/Public Education

• Promoting sound public policies to boost the ability and effectiveness of non-profits throughout New Jersey.
• The only entity representing our state's entire charitable sector.
• Preserving non-profits' advocacy rights.
• Uniting our state's non-profits around common goals.
• Conducting research to document our sector's size, value needs and strength, through studies such as the New Jersey Non-Profit Salary and Benefits Survey and issues/trends surveys.
• Secured legislation to protect non-profit trustees from liability in performing their duties.
• Spearheaded sweeping reform of NJ fundraising laws.
• Promoted tax incentives for charitable giving.
• Serving as reliable, accurate resource for government and the media.
• Working with grantmakers to strengthen funder/grantseeker relationships.

Helping Non-Profits Stretch Scarce Resources

• Cost-saving programs, such as directors' and officers' liability insurance, volunteer insurance and an unemployment trust.
• Workshop and publication discounts for members.
• Leveraging non-profits' dollars by serving as a single resource for all of these services and more.

As a Center member, you can tap into valuable member benefits and help strengthen the voice of the non-profit community. Join today!

Want more information? Contact us.

The Center's Board of Trustees

The Center Staff

The Center's Strategic Plan, 2005-2008 (PDF file)

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