Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
PANO is a statewide organization serving and strengthening the charitable nonprofit sector through leadership, advocacy, education, and services in order to improve the quality of life of Pennsylvania's people.

Neighborhoods Online: Philadelphia
Online resource center for neighborhood builders who work to build strong neighborhoods throughout the City of Philadelphia. This searchable site provides access to information, message boards, ideas, and programs related to improving the quality of life in Philadelphia's neighborhoods, such as listings of public and private resources, contact information, events, hearings, and census data.

Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
PACDC is dedicated to advocacy, policy development, and technical assistance for community development corporations and other organizations in their efforts to rebuild Philadelphia communities and revitalize its neighborhoods.

Building Community in the American Tradition
This online manual and discussion guide, developed by the Institute for the Study of Civic Values in Philadelphia, provide a framework for neighborhood and community planning, and includes information that shows how local groups can use federal programs to build communities that are clean, safe, economically-viable, and decent places to live.

Leadership for a Changing World
Seeks to recognize, strengthen and support leaders, and to highlight the importance of leadership in improving peoples' lives. The program seeks to confirm that resourceful leaders are bringing about positive change in virtually every community.

Community Building Resource Exchange
This site, sponsored by the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families, provides a broad array of resources and information about innovative community-building efforts to revitalize low-income neighborhoods, and improve the life circumstances of the residents and their families.

The Community Built Association
The goal of CBA is to further the theory and practice of involving volunteers in the design, organization and creation of community projects that reshape the physical environment. The philosophy and process are rooted in a firm belief in volunteerism; empowerment and the value of community; and a commitment to the positive value of communities recreating and strengthening themselves.

Association for Community Health Improvement
This organization seeks to stimulate and encourage collaborative action and efficient use of resources from multiple sectors and community systems, by promoting the initiation, development and sustainability of initiatives that result in healthy people and healthy communities.

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Internet Nonprofit Center: Information For and About Nonprofit Organizations
The Internet Nonprofit Center offers information for and about nonprofit organizations in the United States, including listings of the legal name and exact location of any nonprofit registered with the Internal Revenue Service; and information on a wide range of topics of interest to leaders and managers of nonprofit organizations from a variety of points of view.

Philanthropy News Network
This site features the nonprofit sector's only free daily news, information, and resource web site produced by a nonprofit for nonprofits.

NonProfit Gateway
A network of links to Federal government information, resources and services of interest to the nonprofit sector.

CompuMentor
A nonprofit technology assistance organization, which provides person-to-person services, low-cost software, and online resources geared toward the technology needs of the nonprofit sector.

Diversity Web
An interactive resource hub for higher education with a diversity of its own. Resources include a Diversity Digest, innovations, research, trends and other resources pertaining to diversity in higher education.

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Free Management Library
Complete, highly-integrated library for nonprofits and for-profits, covering 72 popular categories of topics, including leadership skills and systems thinking, starting and growing an organization, and related employment and legal information.

The Urban Institute
Developed by a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization, this site provides information about community building, and policy briefs of interest to community leaders.

The Empowerment Zone
This mega-site offers a wealth of information and ideas related to the theme of empowerment, and helping individuals and communities achieve self-actualization and full citizenship.

System Dynamics/Systems Thinking Mega Link List
One of the most complete listings of systems thinking and system dynamics sites around.

Stop the Hate
This collaborative web-based education campaign provides information and graphics (see sample below), which have been donated by artists from around the world, to help spread this simple, yet powerful message, about tolerance and inclusiveness.

Research It!
Just one reference source of iTools, which contains easy-to-use reference materials and tools, such as dictionaries and thesaurus; word translation (in 188 languages) and web page translators; shipping and mailing tools (zip code finder, package tracking); maps, atlas and geographical search features; biographical and quotations search engines; IT encyclopedia and dictionary; legal dictionary; telephone directories; facts database; and more.

Library of Congress Research Tools
The Library of Congress offers a wide variety of online databases and Internet resources to the public via the Web, including its own online catalog; an easy-to-use gateway for searching other institutions' online catalogs; and extensive links to other resources on the Internet.

Core Rules of Netiquette
"Netiquette" is network etiquette--the dos and don'ts of online communication. Based on Virginia Shea's book, this site covers the basics of both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace, and provides links to additional information about Internet etiquette.

Time100 Polls
To mark the turn of the century, TIME Magazine profiled the most influential people of the 20th Century from five fields of endeavor, including leaders, revolutionaries, thinkers and heroes, who helped shape the last one hundred years.

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Inspiration Peak
An informative site that provides inspirational quotes in a searchable database, related books, e-cards and other resources, including free e-mail subscriptions to receive inspirational messages regularly.

Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures
The electronic magazine of The Positive Futures Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people's active engagement in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.

Spirituality and Health: The Soul/Body Connection
This non-denominational electronic magazine reports on the people, the practices, and the ideas of the current spiritual renaissance, including guidance on a variety of spiritual practices, original writing from leading authors in the field, reviews of the latest resources for people on spiritual journeys, and a forum for the active exchange of ideas among various disciplines and communities.

The Wisdom of the World: 1,000 Messages for the New Millennium
This comprehensive site contains the sayings of thinkers who have considered our history and our future, both practically and philosophically, over the past millennia. It focuses on what might be useful for us all to learn and pass on to future generations, and is geared toward those seriously concerned about trying to make the world a better place in the future.

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Leadership with an Eye to the Future