Purpose of the Gateway 

The purpose of the Greater Chicago Nonprofit Gateway is to provide easily accessible nonprofit resource information for nonprofit practitioners, educators, students, board members, donors, volunteers, management assistance providers and consultants and others interested in the local nonprofit community through the use of on-line technologies, to provide linkages to learning opportunities and local nonprofit events, and to help facilitate communication across the local nonprofit community.

Join the Gateway

The Gateway is a free resource for nonprofit professionals.  Members are able to post job announcements, donations/funding opportunities, and nonprofit tips (once contact information has been verified).  Posted items are featured in our weekly e-newsletter sent to all Gateway members.  For those who are interested in becoming a community blogger, please e-mail axselson@northpark.edu to request the blogging guidelines.

Management of the Gateway

The Greater Chicago Nonprofit Gateway is a project of the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management at North Park University in Chicago.   The Axelson Center, a component of North Park University, began in 1999 as a university-wide center, dedicated to the study and teaching of nonprofit management.   The Axelson Center Advisory Board has played a key role in the conception and ongoing development of the site.   In addition, valuable assistance and guidance has been provided by an informal coalition of nonprofit organizations dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector in the greater Chicago area.  

This website is managed by Tracey Starkovich, Program Manager for the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management.   If you have suggestions for improving the site or if you would like to be involved in the ongoing development of this site, please contact Tracey at:

Tracey Starkovich
Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management
North Park University
3225 West Foster
Chicago, Illinois 60625
tstarkovich@northpark.edu

Linking to GATEWAY 

If you would like a link paragraph to place on your website, please contact us at axelson@northpark.edu

Disclaimers of Endorsement and Liability 

Neither the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management nor North Park University receives any profit from resources or information presented on this website, with the exception of Gateway sponsors.

The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management attempted to secure permission from many of the organizations profiled on GATEWAY.   However, due to the quantity of profiled organizations, securing permission from all was not possible. Organizations profiled on GATEWAY may contact the Axelson Center at any time to have their information removed from GATEWAY.

The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management reserves the right at any time to remove information from GATEWAY without communication with the author or organization.

Views and opinions expressed in any resources and or references included in GATEWAY do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management and North Park University.

Neither the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management nor North Park University makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability for accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information contained in GATEWAY.

Businesses requiring legal or tax advice may benefit from a review of information and resources found on GATEWAY. However, neither the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management nor North Park University assumes any liability for the accuracy of legal or tax information contained therein.  The information found on GATEWAY is not meant to be a substitute for competent professional advice in these areas.

Inclusion of resources or references to them on GATEWAY or through email communication directly with our web site does not constitute or imply endorsement or support by The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management and North Park University.

The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management and North Park University shall not be liable for any claims, charges, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses of any nature, including without limitation any compensatory, incidental, direct, special, punitive, or consequential damages, loss of use, loss due to damage to property, claims of third parties, or other losses of any kind or character arising out of or in connection with the use of GATEWAY or any Web Site with which it is linked.  The user assumes total responsibility for establishing such procedures for data back up and virus checking as the user considers necessary.

 Gateway Code of Conduct 

By creating a Gateway membership, you agree to the following code of conduct.

Appropriate Language: The purpose of the Gateway community is to exchange resources that promote efficiencies in nonprofit organizations. My becoming a member, you agree to avoid personal attacks, inappropriate language, and profanity in your postings.

Relevance to Topics: Please make sure that your postings are relevant to the subject at hand.

Advertising/Solicitation: The Gateway community was created as a forum for providing peer-to-peer assistance and nonprofit resources. We ask that you refrain from posting unsolicited advertisements that do not pertain directly to the content area of the site.

 Online Privacy Statement

The policy of the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management is to respect the privacy of all website visitors to the extent permitted by law. This online privacy statement is intended to inform you of the ways in which this website collects information, the uses to which that information will be put, and the ways in which we will protect any information you choose to provide us.

We collect two types of user data: (1) technical data that is automatically collected from all visitors to the Gateway site (Automatically Collected Data); and (2) data that you voluntarily submit to us (described below under "Voluntarily Submitted Data").

Automatically Collected Data. We automatically collect Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses and domain names of the originating visitor’s computer on our server. We also track the number and frequency of hits per page by IP addresses, but we do not associate any individual IP address with any other personally identifying information except to detect security intrusions or certain unlawful activity.

In addition, if you come to the Gateway site from a website link, we may also identify the source of that link, so that we can evaluate what content is persuading web users to become involved in the Gateway.

Voluntarily Submitted Data. We collect Voluntarily Submitted Data, including personal data, that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and postal address, phone number, e-mail address, and similar information, when you become a member or participate in other activities on the Gateway site.

The Axelson Center uses this information in the following ways:

·         To periodically communicate with you concerning Axelson C enter matters, such as delivering to you information and updates on our activities and action alerts;

·         To indicate you as the author of any resources or comments that you post (all postings on the Gateway site require such identification);

·         To personalize the content that you see based on the activities and products that you have selected on the Gateway site;

·         To allow you to set and change user preferences;

·         To allow you to renew your membership to the Gateway.

Finally, we may disclose and use Voluntarily Submitted Data in special circumstances when it is necessary to enforce our Code of Conduct or Privacy Statement, or when we, under extraordinary and infrequent circumstances, believe that the law requires us to disclose your Voluntarily Submitted Data to third parties.

Except as described in this Privacy Statement, we will not share your Voluntarily Submitted Data with any third party unless we first notify you and offer you an appropriate choice to consent to such further use, for example, through an opt-out or opt-in request.