Helpful Links

In order to better serve our members and other New Yorkers, we have compiled a list of helpful links. Each link is categorized below.

Advisory Group Links

Cancer Data Links

Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Links
Disparities
Implementation and Evaluation of State Cancer Plan Links
Chronic Disease Control and Prevention

Communications Committee Links

Evaluations Committee Links

Grants Links

Implementation Committee Links

Membership Committee Links

Policy Committee Links

Steering Committee Links

Cancer Data Links

Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Links

CDC Cancer Prevention and Control Links
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/linksalt.htm

National Cancer Institute Links
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/pdq/

Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.
http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/

American College of Surgeons Cancer Programs
http://www.facs.org/cancer/index.html

Disparities

Intercultural Cancer Council
http://iccnetwork.org/who/

Cover the Uninsured Week Databank
http://covertheuninsuredweek.org/databank/

National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/ses/

Cancer Health Disparities
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/

National Cancer Institute's Center to Reduce Health Disparities
http://crchd.nci.nih.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Office of Minority Health
http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AboutUs/aboutUs.htm

Institute of Medicine
http://www.iom.edu/

State Profile for Insurance Coverage: Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/

New York Census Map: Links to County Data for NY State Counties
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/new_york_map.html

Implementation and Evaluation of State Cancer Plans Links

CDC Comprehensive Cancer Control Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/library/

CDC Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion-State Profiles
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/states/new_york.htm

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of NCI
http://seer.cancer.gov

Chronic Disease Control and Prevention Links

CDC Online Journal: Preventing Chronic Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/

CDC The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/burdenbook2004

Grants

Charity Channel
www.charitychannel.com
This on-line community for nonprofit organizations offers classes, weekly articles and forums. Of particular interest to grant writers are the Grants & Foundations Review and Don Griesmann's Grant Opportunities.

Forum of the Regional Associations of Grantmakers
www.givingforum.org
Provides links to the 32 Regional Associations of Grantmakers across the United States. These, in turn, provide information about local foundations and offer opportunities and information with a local or regional focus. This website also covers topics of interest to grantmakers, such as rural philanthropy and trends in giving.

Foundation Center
http://foundationcenter.org
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. They accomplish this through information on their web site, through materials which can be purchased for an office library and through a network of 'Cooperating Collections' of materials at libraries across the nation, with librarians trained to assist individuals in using them.

Guidestar
www.guidestar.org
Provides information on IRS 990 forms. Allows users to view their own organization's form and update it as needed. A foundation's 990 form is also a useful tool to understand its giving patterns.

NYS Attorney General's Office, Charities Page
www.oag.state.ny.us/charities/charities.html
The Attorney General's office provides useful information to nonprofit organizations on a variety of subjects, including resources of Boards of Directors and information on questions to ask before and after signing a contract with a fund raising professional. The website also includes links to federal government web sites of interest to nonprofit organizations.

Philanthropy Journal
www.philanthropyjournal.org
The vision of the Philanthropy Journal is to help people understand, support and work in the nonprofit and philanthropic world, and help them recognize and solve social problems. This site offers daily updates on news and announcements of interest to the nonprofit sector.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
www.philanthropy.com
A comprehensive newspaper providing news of the nonprofit sector. The gifts and grants section includes foundation news and also information about newly funded grants. Total access to the site requires a subscription, but there is a lot of information to be had for free as well.

The Grantsmanship Center
www.tgci.com
This website provides information on a variety of training opportunities offered by TGCI, as well as a resources section with information about local, state, and federal funding opportunities. This is a very easy to navigate site.

Grants.Gov
www.grants.gov
Grants.gov is a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and access to approximately $400 billion in annual awards. You can search by grant open date, close date, agency name and category. You can also sign up for e-mail grant alerts. This site primarily provides information on federal government funding opportunities.