Links

http://www.affund.org
The Andrus Family Fund works in the area of community reconciliation, among others. This web site is a gathering place for knowledge about "transitions," those critical junctures in time and process that, if properly attended to, lead to sustainable change.

http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org
The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy conducts in-depth nationwide research on the role and efficacy of faith-based social service programs.

http://www.law.gwu.edu/
Welcome to The George Washington University Law School website. We hope to convey here some sense of the gifted scholars and teachers, the remarkably diverse and talented student body, the broad and varied curriculum, the unbeatable location, and so much more, that makes GW an exceptional place to study law.

http://www.independentsector.org/
To promote, strengthen, and advance the nonprofit and philanthropic community to foster private initiative for the public good.

http://www.pewtrusts.com/
The Pew Charitable Trusts serves the public interest by providing information, policy solutions and support for civic life.

http://www.pewforum.org
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of how religion shapes the ideas and institutions of American society.

http://www.pewinternet.org
The Pew Internet & American Life Project will create and fund original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.

Government Related Links

"Care Act of 2003" as reported in U.S. Senate (PDF)

http://www.nationalservice.org
The Corporation for National and Community Service provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America.

http://www.state.in.us/fssa/faithworks/index.html
The State of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Division of Family and Children formed FaithWorks Indiana, an initiative to promote faith-based and community-based supportive services to families throughout Indiana.

http://www.faithandcommunityatwork.com/
Faith & Community at Work is designed to address faith-based organizations' involvement in community economic development from a broad faith perspective.

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/

http://www.irs.gov/charities/index.html

http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/charchoice/chchoice.html
Promoting and expanding services through cooperation and coordination among faith-based and community-based organizations.

http://www.dhs.state.tx.us/communitypartnerships/charitable/
Expanding the involvement of faith-based and community organizations in the public self-sufficiency effort while protecting the rights of beneficiaries and service organizations.

http://www.house.gov/scott/c_choice/cc_home.htm
Rep. Scott is a leading Congressional opponent of efforts to permit employment discrimination based on race or religion in federally funded programs.

http://santorum.senate.gov/index.html
Senator Santorum has been a leader in the fight to reform America's social welfare system. However, welfare reform is only a part of his broader vision to end urban and rural poverty by strengthening families, communities and the local organizations that sustain them.

http://lieberman.senate.gov/
Senator Lieberman is Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which is responsible for assuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal Government.

http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/
The mission of the Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives (CFBCI) is to empower faith-based and community organizations as they help their neighbors enter, succeed, and thrive in the workforce.

http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/index.html
The goal of the Center is to break down existing barriers and empower faith-based and community groups, enlisting them in support of the Department's mission to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence for all Americans.

http://www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/index.cfm
The aim of the HUD Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is to engage faith-based and other community-based organizations in HUD's mission.

http://www.dss.state.va.us/community/faith.html
Using an educational approach, the Virginia Faith-Based and Community Initiative staff provide technical assistance on capacity building to strengthen community based resources, on ways in which community groups and public agencies can collaborate, on the guidelines that apply when this occurs, and on the resources and opportunities for collaboration.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/
The White House Office and the Centers for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative -- located in seven Federal agencies -- are working to support the essential work of these important organizations. Their goal is to make sure that grassroots leaders can compete on an equal footing for federal dollars, receive greater private support, and face fewer bureaucratic barriers.

Research Related Links

http://www.urbancenter.iupui.edu/container.htm
The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment uses analytic and decision facilitation competencies to inform policy choices about complex societal problems, especially in Central Indiana.

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/prevention/faith.html
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is a statewide clearinghouse for prevention technical assistance and information about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs for the State of Indiana. It is Indiana's officially designated RADAR Network (Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource Network) State Center.

http://www.hudson.org/
Hudson Institute’s mission is to be America’s premier source of applied research on enduring policy challenges.

http://www.arnova.org/
ARNOVA is an international membership organization dedicated to fostering through research an understanding of the nonprofit sector, philanthropy and volunteerism.

http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/research_charitable_choice.html
Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religion Research has a twenty-seven year record of rigorous, policy-relevant research, anticipation of emerging issues and commitment to the creative dissemination of learning.

http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hauser/active_backup/programs/
The Joint Program on Religion and Public Life (JPRPL) is a collaborative initiative at Harvard University, launched in 2000, between Harvard's Divinity School and the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.

http://www.crrucs.org/
In 2000, Penn established within SAS a professional and graduate-level interdisciplinary and inter-university empirical research center dedicated to exploring the role of religion in contemporary urban America,” including but not limited to, “how local congregations, grassroots ministries, and other communities of faith matter in the daily lives of disadvantaged children, youth, and families.

http://las.alfred.edu/~soc/SSSR/
The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion was founded in 1949 by scholars in religion and social science. Its purpose is to stimulate and communicate significant scientific research on religious institutions and religious experience.

http://www.jcpr.org/
A national and interdisciplinary academic research center that seeks to advance our understanding of what it means to be poor in America.

http://www.ncced.org/fbi/
Faith-based Community Economic Development is a process whereby a community engages in social, economic, housing and other asset development - activities that build and lead to community and personal health (spiritual, financial and physical) and empowerment - through strategies that encourage cooperation and interdependency as expressions of religious or spiritual ministry, calling or beliefs.

http://www.publicagenda.org/
For over a quarter of a century, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life.

http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/
The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund awards research grants and organizes convenings to expand knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy, improve nonprofit practices, and inform public policy related to nonprofits.

http://www.brook.edu/
The Brookings Institution is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, education, and publication focused on public policy issues in the areas of economics, foreign policy, and governance.

http://www.mcauley.org/
Working with community-and faith-based organizations to build capacity and increase housing opportunities for low-income women and their families.

http://www.urban.org/content/PolicyCenters/NonprofitsandPhilanthropy/Overview.htm
The Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) conducts and disseminates research on the role and impact of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy

http://www.polis.iupui.edu/ruc/
The Polis Center's Project on Religion and Urban Culture, supported by grants from Lilly Endowment Inc., examines and encourages discussion about the role of religion in Indianapolis—and, by implication, in other mid-sized American cities.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion_online/index.html
CRCC studies the civic role of religion in Southern California and collaborates with congregations, academics, funders, and faith-based organizations in creative ways. CRCC is a broker for new partnerships, an intermediary for the media and faith-based groups, and a catalyst for innovative programs.

http://hometown.aol.com/jimcast/welcome.htm?f=fs
This site contains articles by Mr. Castelli and current projects being pursued in his effort to explore the possibilities offerd by faith based intiatives.

http://www.leaderu.com/focus/faithbased.html
Leadership U is a Resource BASE containing thousands of articles, reviews, research papers, essays, books & book chapters, commentaries, video & audio files, poems and more...

http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/FAQ/index.php?category=31
The National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.

http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html
Academic information and links concerning religious studies, world religions, and comparative religion.

Faith-Based Related Links

http://www.ncccusa.org/
The National Council of Churches, founded in 1950, is the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States.

http://www.uscongregations.org/
The U.S. Congregational Life Survey is the largest and most representative profile of worshipers and their congregations ever developed in the United States.

http://www.pcusa.org/research/
Research Services has been an integral part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since its formation in 1983. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) is one of only a few denominations that take a scientific approach to learning what its members think about issues concerning the church.

http://www.calchurches.org/
The California Council of Churches serves as a prophetic witness to the Gospel by educating faith communities to pursue justice, equity, and fairness in the treatment of all people, in particular those most vulnerable in society.

http://www.fact.hartsem.edu/
Faith Communities Today is the largest survey of congregations ever conducted in the United States. It is the most inclusive, officially sanctioned program of interfaith cooperation.

http://www.faith-works.org/
FaithWORKS is an inter-faith cooperative effort of the ministry associations of Shasta County, California to facilitate the involvement of faith-based communities in the implementation of Welfare Reform.

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cci.htm#faithbasedinitiatives
The Manhattan Institute is a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and responsibility.

http://www.cnbc.org/

http://www.iugm.org/
Rescue missions provide emergency food and shelter, youth and family services, rehabilitation programs for the addicted, education and job training programs and assistance to the elderly poor and at-risk youth.

http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
Catholic Charities USA supports and enhances the work of its membership by providing networking opportunities, national advocacy and media efforts, program development, training and technical assistance, and financial support.

http://www.ccda.org/
The mission of CCDA is to develop a strong fellowship of those involved in Christian community development. We desire to support and encourage existing Christian community developers and their ministries and help to establish new ones.

http://www.network935.org/
To nurture and strengthen local congregations, pastors, and lay leaders who are committed to and engaged in holistic mission by offering materials, developing new channels of communication, and researching what congregations most need to increase their holistic ministry.

http://www.calltorenewal.com/
Our diversity is a unique strength. As Christians from various faith traditions, we may see many other matters differently but we are united in our prayers, work and the exchange of ideas and strategies as part of our mission to overcome poverty in America.

http://www.worldvision.org/WorldVision/master.nsf/home!OpenPage
Founded in 1950, World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization serving the world's poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries.

http://www.clsnet.org/
The Mission of the Christain Legal Society is to be a national grassroots network of lawyers and law students, committed to proclaiming, loving and serving Jesus Christ, through all we do and say in the practice of law, and advocating biblical conflict reconciliation, public justice, religious freedom and the sanctity of human life.

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/
The Alliance Defense Fund is a servant organization that provides the resources that will keep the door open for the spread of the Gospel through the legal defense and advocacy of religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and traditional family values.

http://www.bjcpa.org/
The mission of the Baptist Joint Committee is to defend and extend God-given religious liberty for all, bringing a uniquely Baptist witness to the principle that religion must be freely exercised, neither advanced nor inhibited by government.

http://www.ajc.org/
Advancing democracy, pluralism, and mutual understanding.

http://www.ajcongress.org/
The mission of the American Jewish Congress is to protect fundamental constitutional freedoms and American democratic institutions, particularly the civil and religious rights and liberties of all Americans and the separation of church and state...

http://www.becketfund.org/
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a bipartisan and ecumenical, public-interest law firm that protects the free expression of all religious traditions.

http://www.ucc.org/justice/cc/index.html
Our intent and desire regarding faith based community intiatives is to engage you in a dialogue with us about the relationship between church and state partnering to address the issue of poverty in America.

http://www.uua.org/uuawo/issues/charitable_choice/action.html
The possible actions regarding the Federal Government's intiatives on Faith Based funding fall into three main categories: (1) Communicating opposition to your Members of Congress; (2) reaching out to religious groups in your community to have genuine dialogue about appropriate ways to meet human needs; and (3) educating your congregation and motivating members to carry out the above.

http://www.marriagesavers.com/
Founded in 1996, Marriage Savers® is a ministry that equips local communities, principally through local congregations, to help men and women to: Prepare for lifelong marriage Strengthen existing marriages, and Restore troubled marriage

Other Related Links

http://www.au.org/
Americans United for Seperation of Church and State speaks Out through the media, public forums, debates, lectures, and other avenues in defense of religious diversity and church-state separation.

http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLibertylist.cfm?c=37
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

http://www.resourcingchristianity.org/
This web site seeks to assist leaders and participants in Christian communities, scholars and other interested publics in better understanding the impact, trends and trajectories of Christianity in American society.

http://www.au.org/leg-issu.htm

http://www.tgci.com/
TGCI was founded in 1972 to offer grantsmanship training and low-cost publications to non-profit organizations and government agencies.

http://www.sff.org/grantmaking/moreinfo.html
The San Francisco Foundation mobilizes resources and acts as a catalyst for change to build strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy.

http://www.faithbasedcommunityinitiatives.org/fbci_members.htm
Our Vision is to educate and assist new and existing Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to apply and qualify for competitive Federal Funding.

http://www.cpjustice.org/
The Center for Public Justice is an independent civic education and policy research organization that bases its research, publications, training, and advocacy upon a comprehensive Christian political foundation.

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/
People for the American Way is an energetic advocate for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society.

http://www.stopreligiousdiscrimination.org/
The Coalition Against Religious Discrimination (CARD) is a national coalition opposed to so-called "Charitable Choice" initiatives.

http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_20000.html
Links to documents, profiles, and opinons about President Bush's new Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

http://www.gamaliel.org/Foundation/Resources.htm
The Gamaliel Foundation brings an array of resources to groups committed to creating powerful citizen organizations. It provides its affiliates with the tools to train and develop leaders and staff.

http://www.ncaf.org/index.html
Advocates for the nation's Community Action Agencies and the low-income Americans they serve.

http://www.nptaxpolicy.com/
Links to web sites dealing with tax related issues.

http://www.atheists.org/
Now in its fourth decade, American Atheists is dedicated to working for the civil rights of Atheists, promoting separation of state and church, and providing information about Atheism.

http://www.ppv.org/
Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults.

http://www.empowermentnetwork.com/default.htm
The Empowerment Network (TEN) is a resource hub for state legislators, grassroots organizations, and other civic leaders promoting American family and community renewal of civil society in the 21st century.

http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/FCBO/index2.asp
WIN has gathered information and resources on faith- and community-based involvement including research and policy analysis, related organizations, technical assistance providers and federal, multi-site, and state-specific initiatives.

http://www.ombwatch.org/
OMB Watch is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting government accountability and citizen participation in public policy decisions.

http://www.empowermentnetwork.com/
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