You may find one or more of the following websites useful to learning more about organizations working on behalf of LGBTQ communities and to managing your nonprofit more effectively.

LGBTQ Community Resources

AIDS Care Ocean State
AIDS Care Ocean State is dedicated to providing quality housing, case management, medical and nursing care, and prevention to adults, families, adolescents and children who are affected by or at risk for HIV infection.

AIDS Project Rhode Island
AIDS Project Rhode Island provides a non-judgmental save environment where people afflicted by HIV can access resources to make informed decisions regarding their quality of life, and to stop the transmission of HIV through advocacy, prevention, and education programs.

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
This website includes a directory providing a comprehensive listing of more than 300 foundations and corporate giving programs that have provided financial support to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender programs.

GLAD
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), founded in 1978, is New England’s leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.

Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign, America's largest gay and lesbian organization, works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity, to ensure that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

National Lesbian and Gay Task Force (NGLTF)
NGLTF is the national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, with the vision and commitment to building a powerful political movement.

Options
Options is Rhode Island's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Newsmagazine since 1983.

RILGBT-NEWS
The e-list for Rhode Island local news and announcements.

Rhode Island Alliance for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
The Alliance is a state-wide, nonpartisan organization formed to promote and secure full civil rights for Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual and Transgendered women and men in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Campaign for Marriage Equality
The Rhode Island Campaign for Marriage Equality is a grassroots movement that seeks a legal recognition of same-gender civil marriage in Rhode Island. The web site focuses on issues of civil society, civil marriage, and civil rights.

Rhode Island Pride
Rhode Island Pride is a nonprofit organization comprised of volunteers with a sincere interest in recognizing, promoting and celebrating the diversity and successes of the glbt community.

Senior Action in a Gay Environment
SAGE/RI Senior Action in a Gay Environment Rhode Island is an intergenerational and culturally diverse social organization whose goal is to empower elder lesbians and gay men to take part in decision-making that affects their lives.

Youth Pride
Youth Pride (YPI) provides support, advocacy, and education for youth and young adults impacted by sexual orientation and gender identity.

Nonprofit Management Resources

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is a nonprofit training, consulting and research organization with offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. It offers a broad range of services and helps nonprofits with the management tools, concepts and strategies necessary to shape change in their communities. Check out its weblinks, many of which are listed below.

Board Café
Free monthly electronic newsletter written for Board members and Executive Directors.

Board Source

Charity Channel
Join more than 45,000 of your colleagues on e-mail forums discussing such topics as grants and foundations, the law of tax exempt organizations, college and university advancement, health care philanthropy, arts and social organization fund raising, international fund raising, mentoring, and more.

Community Technology Center Network
A national, non-profit membership organization of more than 450 independent community technology centers where people get free or low-cost access to computers and computer-related technology, such as the Internet, together with learning opportunities that encourage exploration and discovery.

Eactivist
A Web portal that lists recent online advocacy events such as email and fax campaigns, petitions and more.

GuideStar
The donor's guide to the nonprofit universe.

Iknow
A clearinghouse for links to Web sites on nonprofit information. You can search these links by topic or by keyword.

Internet Nonprofit Center
This site is packed with news and innovative programs. Search IRS files with the Nonprofit Locator, and find answers with the Nonprofit FAQ.

Internal Revenue Service
What you need to know if your organization plans to apply for tax exemption.

Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
Templates and materials for nonprofit managers.

Nonprofit Gateway
A network of links to Federal government information and services.

Nonprofit Genie
A collection of FAQs on topics such as board development, consultants, databases, DSL, entrepreneurism, Federal Form 990, financial management, fiscal sponsorship, fundraising insurance, Internet and telephone systems, strategic planning, technology planning and volunteer management.

Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Opportunity NOCs (Nonprofit Organization Classifieds)
National, online classifieds for jobs in the nonprofit sector.

Stanford Social Innovation Review
A professional publication for nonprofit executives.

Using a Gender Lens Approach to Grantmaking
Though this background paper was written to assist grant applicants to Women's Fund of Rhode Island (WFRI) many of the questions and issues it raises apply to LGBTQ issues. It encourages prospective grant seekers to ask themselves a number of questions concerning their project or program to help determine if it "fits". Click here to access the (PDF format) report.