The Center offers technical assistance, consultation, and training opportunities for board members, staff, and volunteers of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. The mission of the Nonprofit Resource Center of Texas is to be the leading provider of information, training, and consulting services for the nonprofit and philanthropic communities. The Regional Foundation Collection is a comprehensive reference collection of materials related to grantsmanship, philanthropy, fundraising and nonprofit management. The RFC is one of five cooperating collections of The Foundation Center of New York and can be reached at the Hogg Foundation Library, University of Texas at Austin. This booklet introduces State and local governments to innovative alternatives to traditional funding.
Traditional funding includes taxes and bonds.
The booklet provides a brief discussion of state revolving funds, leases, grants, public-private partnerships, taxes, bonds, pollutant trading, and other mechanisms. The focus is on nonpoint source pollution, but finding sources and mechanisms can be applied to environmental programs in general. State Grants Team, Governor's Office of Budget and Planning . Additional Private, Non-Profit Grant Links Council on Foundations . The Council on Foundations supports an internet site that provides information on foundation grant monies.