The infrastructure around generosity · editorial draft
Find peers, founder support and organizations that connect the sector. Start with the kind of help you need, then check the fit.
Some support a founder. Others connect chief executives, represent a sector, maintain local directories or provide professional learning. “Meta-charity” is useful shorthand here for work supporting the system around charities; it is not a legal status or a claim these organizations share one philosophy.
This selected directory summarizes official sources. Each entry explains its audience, geography, access and limits. Inclusion and numbering are not ratings, endorsements or evidence of a relationship with Charitology. Program selection, fees and membership conditions belong to the organization and may change.
Read an annotated guide
Find founder support, incubation and social enterprise programs. Compare the audience, application route and limits before choosing.
Read the guide →6 starting pointsExplore chief executive associations, professional communities and selective leadership programs, with their different access requirements.
Read the guide →6 starting pointsFind umbrella bodies, local support directories, civil society networks and nonprofit technology communities.
Read the guide →Browse the connections
18 sourced listings · editorial drafts
All 18 listings are shown. Enable JavaScript to filter them.
A selective incubation program for launching charities around researched ideas, with founder training, co-founder exploration and continuing support.
For: People preparing to found a new charity, including experienced founders starting something new
A launch program for organizations that distribute existing poverty interventions, using published challenges and a staged funding competition.
For: Founders planning a new organization to distribute an existing evidence-backed poverty intervention
A selective fellowship combining leadership development, seed support, expert resources and a continuing community across causes and regions.
For: Original founders and leading founding-team members of early-stage social impact organizations
An accelerator focused on the practical needs of tech nonprofits, combining nonprofit and product training with mentoring and founder peers.
For: Early-stage technology and AI nonprofit founders with a working minimum viable product
Practical learning and peer support for starting, sustaining or growing a social-purpose organization, with different routes for different stages.
For: People starting or leading charities, community projects, social enterprises, community interest companies (CICs) or other mission-led organizations
Awards combine venture funding with tailored support for social entrepreneurs at startup and early growth stages.
For: UK-resident founders and leaders starting or developing a UK-focused social venture
A leadership membership body combining practical advice, development and peer connection for civil society leaders.
For: Charity and social-enterprise CEOs, co-CEOs and eligible senior or former leaders.
A Canadian professional community for association management, with CEO-specific resources alongside wider staff development.
For: Association CEOs, executive directors and professional staff; broader than registered charities.
A Scottish leadership community with separate membership routes for executives, aspiring leaders and board chairs.
For: Chief officers, eligible aspiring leaders, and chairs or vice chairs of Scottish voluntary organizations.
An NCSS scheme that develops social-service leadership through roles and rotations across agencies.
For: Prospective social-service agency and professional-practice leaders, and agencies seeking leadership talent.
A cohort program combining CEO development, peer reflection and preparation for another leader to step into the CEO role.
For: Eligible for-purpose CEOs or equivalent leaders, with a designated Step-Up Leader and organizational support.
A professional membership route for fundraising learning and peer connections in Southern Africa.
For: Individual fundraising professionals and nonprofit staff developing fundraising practice; not a CEO-only association.
A UK network connecting development and humanitarian organizations through peer learning, shared advocacy and organizational support.
For: Organizations working in international development and humanitarian response
A global membership alliance focused on citizen action, civic freedoms and civil-society connections across issues and borders.
For: Civil-society organizations, networks, movements and individuals aligned with civic participation and human-rights principles
A sector-wide network connecting nonprofit infrastructure, operating resources and public-policy work through state and regional associations.
For: State nonprofit associations and the charitable nonprofits they support
A network of local infrastructure organizations supporting voluntary and community groups, with a public route to find a nearby member.
For: Local infrastructure organizations, and charities or community groups seeking their local support
An English voluntary-sector membership community offering operating guidance, member resources, training and opportunities to learn with peers.
For: Charities, voluntary organizations and community groups, with the main membership route focused on England
A nonprofit technology network combining product access, learning resources and community connections, with separate local qualification routes.
For: Nonprofits and other eligible social-benefit organizations seeking technology resources, education and peer connections
No listings match those filters. Try a broader term or clear the filters. This directory is a selected starting set, not complete global coverage.
Ask how others handle a specific job: welcoming a donor, assigning a task, finding a local partner or testing an assumption. Participation should respect the group’s purpose and rules. A membership or contact link is not an invitation for unsolicited promotion. The website and pilot program describes an optional, bounded way to learn with a team after its agreement.
Use the fundraising hub for methods and follow-up planning. In Charity OS Resources, you can manually record a useful reference; Projects and tasks can give the next step an owner. These links open modules after sign-in and organization choice. They do not copy this directory, join a network or contact anyone.
Know a missing or changed listing? Suggest a network or correction with an official source. GitHub issues are public; use organization-level links and leave private contact details out.