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250 questions for starting a nonprofit / by Stephens, Martin.;

"From budgets to bylaws, 250 Questions for Starting a Nonprofit provides you with the knowledge you need to make a plan, set realistic goals, and obtain sustainable financing for your nonprofit. This easy-to-understand guide walks you through each step of the process with Q&As that show you how to turn a grassroots idea into a federally recognized organization."--Page [4] of cover.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations.; Nonprofit organizations;

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Nonprofit management all-in-one / by Browning, Beverly A.,1948-author.;

Book 1: Bringing your A-game to nonprofit management. Journeying into the world of nonprofit organizations -- From the top: examining the nonprofit management structure -- Strategic planning: embracing the ongoing process -- Evaluating your work: are you meeting your goals? -- You can count on me! Working with volunteers -- Working with paid staff and contractors -- Book 2: Fundraising for your good cause. Developing your case statement: winning with words -- Creating a fundraising plan -- Mining for donors -- Meeting your donor with grace and grit -- Cultivating major givers -- Making the major gift ask -- Book 3: Applying for and winning grants. Grant-writing basics for beginners -- Preparing for successful grant seeking -- Venturing into public-sector grants -- Navigating the federal grant submission portals -- Researching potential private-sector funders -- Finding federal grant opportunities that fit your needs -- Winning with peer review scoring factors -- Preparing preliminary documents -- Sharing your organizational history and developing the narrative -- Incorporating best practices to build the program design narrative -- Preparing project management plans and sustainability narratives -- Creating a budget that includes all the funding you need -- Checking off the mandatory requirements for compliance -- Waiting on the grant maker's decision -- Book 4: Being smart about nonprofit bookkeeping and accounting. Starting with bookkeeping and accounting -- Setting up the chart of accounts for nonprofits -- Recording transactions and journal entries -- Balancing the checkbook: donations and expenses -- Balancing cash flow: creating an operating budget -- Staying in nonprofit compliance -- Accounting for payroll and payroll taxes -- Doing the accounting for tax form 990 -- Analyzing the statement of activities -- Reporting financial condition on a statement of financial position -- Eyeing the statement of cash flows -- Organizing the statement of functional expense -- Closing the nonprofit books -- Book 5: Speaking on behalf of your nonprofit. Getting started with public speaking -- Crafting a captivating speech -- Using visual aids -- Practicing your speech -- Overcoming performance anxiety -- Book 6: Spreading the word through social media marketing. Launching SMM campaigns -- Developing your SMM voice -- Finding the right platforms -- Practicing SMM on your website.Learn the ins-and-outs of managing, funding, and handling the accounting for a nonprofit Nonprofits are not like other businesses. They're special. It doesn't matter if you're launching a career as part of a multi-million dollar organization or a volunteer running your local little league, you'll need special know-how to navigate the accounting practices and funding needs of a not-for-profit.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations;

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Strategic planning for nonprofit organizations : a practical guide for dynamic times / by Allison, Michael(Michael J.).; Kaye, Jude,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Section One. First Steps: 1. Step 1: Set up for success -- Step 2: Stakeholder engagement -- Step 3: Mission, vision, values -- Step 4: Environmental scan -- Step 5: Theory of change and program portfolio -- Step 6: Business model -- Step 7: Organization capacity -- Step 8: Leadership -- Step 9: Complete your strategic plan -- Step 10: Using your plan successfully.This edition offers a conceptual framework and detailed process suggestions for strategic planning by nonprofit organizations.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Strategic planning.;

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The nonprofit strategy revolution : real-time strategic planning in a rapid-response world / by La Piana, David,1954-; Campos, Melissa Mendes,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The strategy revolution -- Why a strategy revolution? -- The strategy pyramid -- Understanding oranizational strategy -- Organizational identity and strategy formation -- Developing a strategy screen -- Big questions, strategy formation, and implementation -- Forming programmatic strategies -- Forming operational stategies -- Putting it all together -- Essential tools for forming strategy."In this groundbreaking book, strategy expert David La Piana introduces “Real-Time Strategic Planning,” a fluid, organic process that engages staff and board in a program of systematic readiness and continuous responsiveness." - Amazon.com

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Strategic planning.;

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Starting & building a nonprofit : a practical guide / by Pakroo, Peri.;

Naming and structuring your nonprofit -- Developing your strategic plan -- Developing your initial budget -- Your board of directors -- Your workforce: staff and volunteers -- Fundraising -- Risk management and insurance -- Understanding contracts and agreements -- Marketing your nonprofit -- Publishing informational materials -- Spreading the word online about your nonprofit -- Managing your finances -- Hiring lawyers, accountants, and other professional help -- List of forms available on the nolo website -- Index.With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instruction, this guide will help you get your nonprofit up and running. It explains how to: develop a strategic plan and budget; recruit and manage board members, volunteers, and staff; market your organization to your target audience; raise money including traditional methods and crowdfunding; build a website, use social media strategically, and avoid copyright troubles; adopt policies that are legally sound; and more.

Subjects: Law for laypersons.; Nonprofit organizations; Nonprofit organizations;

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The little book of boards : a board member's handbook for small (and very small) nonprofits / by Hanberg, Erik.;

What does a board do? -- Your first job : attending meetings -- Beyond meetings -- Improving your board -- Being on a board when there is no executive director -- How to be an officer on the board -- How to be a board president -- A leadership position for Dennis -- appendix A. Robert's rules of order -- appendix B. How to update your bylaws -- appendix C. Creating an effective committee structure -- appendix D. Board recruiting."Told with a conversational style, this book will lead you through the basics of being on a board, how meetings work, and what’s expected between meetings. In addition, at the back of the book are several in-depth resources for understanding Roberts Rules of Order, bylaws, committee structures, board leadership, and much more.Perfect for any new board member—or for an entire board that is feeling lost—this book and its common sense approach will serve you every year you are on the board.This book has helped thousands of boards improve how they work together for their nonprofit." - Amazon.com

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Boards of directors.;

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Nonprofit management 101 : a complete and practical guide for leaders and professionals : essential resources, tools, and hard-earned wisdom from 55 leading experts / by Heyman, Darian Rodriguez,1974-editor.; Brenner, Laila,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.This intensely practical, comprehensive guidebook is for both leaders new to the nonprofit sector looking for a quick primer on all the issues that matter, as well as established veterans looking to understand how all the pieces fit together. Showcasing practical tips and takeaways, this how-to manual and resource guide provides easy to implement solutions for organizations seeking to expand impact and meet mission.The big picture- What the field is all about and where you fit in / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner -- Nonprofits in the United States / Robert Glavin and Marco Tavanti -- Taking charge of your nonprofit sector career / Shelly Cryer and Kimberly Hendler -- Building strong social movements / Paul Rice -- Managing organizations and people / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner. Thriving as an executive director / Joan Garry -- Strategic planning: turning a dream into reality / Jeanne Bell, updated for second edition by Steve Zimmerman -- Nonprofit partnerships: collaboration, alliances, and strategic restructuring / David La Piana and Bob Harrington -- Risk management and insurance / Pamela David -- Attracting and hiring staff: acquiring the best talent / Cassie Scarano and James Weinberg -- How to promote diversity and inclusion / Michael Watson -- Nonprofit law and finance / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner. Nonprofit law / Bruce R. Hopkins and Virginia C. Gross -- Nonprofit advocacy and lobbying / Nayantara Mehta, Nancy Chen, Marcia Avner, and Jeannie Fox -- Nonprofit financial management / David Greco -- Nonprofit technology and IT / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner. Technology planning / Amy Sample Ward -- The nonprofit guide to web design / George Weiner and Rachel Clemens -- Measurement, evaluation, and learning plans / Lovely A. Dhillon -- Constituent relationship management / Kevin Bromer and Lori Freeman -- Fundraising / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner. Fundraising: knowing when to do what / Andrea McManus -- Individual donor and major gift strategies: the 80% solution to fundraising / Kay Sprinkel Grace -- How to seek a grant / Tori O'Neal-McElrath. Updated for second edition by Darian Rodriguez Heyman -- Online fundraising / Katya Andresen and Rebecca Ruby Higman. Updated for second edition by Kishshana Palmer and Taylor Shanklin -- Online peer-to-peer fundraising / Nicci Noble and Sean Sullivan -- Cause marketing 101: moving beyond corporate sponsorships to strategic partnerships / Mollye Rhea -- Social enterprise 101: an overview of earned income strategies / Rick Aubry -- Marketing and communications / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner. Nonprofit marketing: the why and how of branding / Jennie Winton and Zach Hochstadt -- Moving millennials to act: strategies and tactics for marketing, fundraising, and activism / Derrick Feldman -- Using digital tools to tell your story / Beth Kanter. Updated for second edition by Carie Lewis -- Crafting an effective newsletter strategy / Kivi Leroux Miller -- Painless and effective event planning: let's get this party started! / Marika Holmgren -- Public relations for nonprofits: getting exposure for your cause / David Fenton -- Boards and volunteers / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner. Board governance / Vernetta Walker and Emily Heard. Updated for second edition by Darian Rodriguez Heyman -- Getting your board to fundraise / Bob Zimmerman. Updated for second edition by Ann Lehman -- Volunteer recruitment / Greg Baldwin -- Volunteer engagement and management / Gary Bagley and Michelle Nunn -- Closing thoughts / Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner -- Afterword: We all have the capacity to be social prophets / Lynne Twist.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations.; Fund raising.; Nonprofit organizations; Leadership.;

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Social media for social good : a how-to guide for nonprofits / by Mansfield, Heather.;

Web 1.0: the static Web -- Websites, E-newsletters, and "donate now" campaigns -- Web 2.0: the social Web -- Getting started with social media -- Facebook and Facebook Apps -- Twitter and twitter Apps -- Youtube and Flickr -- Linkedin -- Blogging -- Web 3.0: the Mobile Web -- Social media and the Mobile Web -- Mobile Websites -- Group text messaging and text-to-give technology -- Smartphone Apps.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Social marketing.; Social media.;

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Effective fundraising for nonprofits : real-world strategies that work / by Bray, Ilona M.,1962-author.;

Includes index.Your fundraising companion -- Fundraising tools -- Developing your fundraising plan -- Attracting individual supporters -- How to keep the givers giving -- Midscale and major donors -- Funds from the great beyond: bequests and legacy gifts -- Special events -- Raising money through business or sales activities -- Seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and government -- Integrating nonprofit communications into fundraising efforts."The success or failure of a nonprofit depends on its ability to solicit donations from individuals, companies, and institutions. This book offers advice and stories from over 50 experienced fundraisers, foundation staffers, journalists, and more. It explains how to make a fundraising plan, work with individual donors, solicit grants from foundations and corporations, and much more. This book also provides creative grassroots strategies and dozens of real-life success stories and cuts out the jargon and "consultant speak" that's so common in books about fundraising for nonprofits"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Fund raising; Nonprofit organizations;

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Joan Garry's guide to nonprofit leadership : because nonprofits are messy / by Garry, Joan.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature: they believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion, can make you feel there are too many obstacles to overcome. Garry shows you how to build a powerhouse board, create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program, renew your passion for your mission and organization, and become a bigger difference in the world.The superpowers of nonprofit leadership -- You've got to get me at hello -- Co-pilots in a twin-engine plane -- The key is not in the answers. it's in the questions -- You can do this -- managing the paid and the unpaid (or, I came to change the world, not conduct evaluations) -- When it hits the fan -- Hello, I must be going (or navigating leadership transitions) -- You are the champions.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Boards of directors.; Leadership.;

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