Resource Development

From keeping up with the latest trends, to training opportunities, to coalition-building and networking,
the tools below can help you strengthen your organization and build your capacity to do more in your community.

AmeriCorps

Learn more about planning and operational grants available through AmeriCorps

Career Pathways in Volunteer Engagement

AL!VE's comprehensive job-leveling initiative designed to map out the career progression and competencies needed for professionals in the volunteer engagement field

A Conversation Starter for Funders and Nonprofit Leaders

Practical tools and actionable steps to bolster your collective efforts in moving missions forward and cultivating stronger communities

Getting Federal Dollars to Communities: An Action Agenda

A guide for philanthropy and movement building organizations working to ensure that federal resources translate into meaningful quality of life improvements

Grants.gov

Everything you need to know about applying for government grants

Guide to Switching Nonprofit CRMs

CharityEngine's step-by-step guide to researching and implementing a change in your organization's CRM

Local Civic Health: A Guide to Building Community and Bridging Divides

A guide for mapping and evaluating how local spaces build or discourage community, and collecting and analyzing data about civic health

Nonprofit Coalition Connection

Nonpartisan resource designed to support advocacy engagement for organizations belonging to collaborative working groups such as associations or coalitions

Nonprofit Resource Center from the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond

Offers a variety of capacity-building opportunities, resources, grantmaking, and events for organizations in the nonprofit sector

PACE - Faith Guide

A guide exploring the role of faith communities in shaping and making American civic life, providing a framework for funders to engage with faith communities as partners in advancing a stronger and more inclusive democracy

Points of Light Employee Engagement Programs Guide

Information on corporate volunteerism and employee engagement

Recommended Books on Service & Volunteerism

Reading list of books related to volunteer management, civic and community engagement, nonprofit management, impact, resource development, and more

Serve Virginia Volunteer Engagement Toolbox

Evidence-based resources related to volunteer recruitment, retention, capacity, development, and trust, as well as employee volunteerism

Service Enterprise Initiative

A national change management program that helps organizations gain a greater return on volunteer investment to better achieve their mission

Service Enterprise Initiative (Central Virginia)

A national change management program that helps organizations gain a greater return on volunteer investment to better achieve their mission, coordinated in central Virginia by the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond

StriveTogether Training Hub

Provides easy-to-access, high-quality virtual training, grounded in proven approaches and tested by leaders across the country

The Trust Crisis

Article on the public’s declining regard for nonprofits, how it may hurt fundraising, advocacy, and hiring, and how data can help

Virginia Funders Network

A statewide membership association composed of nearly 120 philanthropic organizations

Virginia Volunteerism Summit

The Commonwealth’s leading event for organizations and individuals making a difference in their communities

Volunteer Management Webinars from Volunteer Fairfax

Free webinar series on diverse topics of interest to volunteer directors, managers, coordinators, and other volunteer engagement leaders

The Virginia Community
Engagement Index

See how and why others in Virginia give of their time, talents and voices to community causes. Check out our Virginia Community Engagement Index findings.

What’s Your Volunteer Personality?

Pair your passion with purpose. Take our Volunteer Personality Quiz and find out which volunteer direction is best for you.