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Starting & Building a Nonprofit

A Practical Guide

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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide

Pub. Date: Mar 2009
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 336 pp
ISBN: 9781413309416
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"Offers practical advice to allow nonprofits to set up their operations so that they run smoothly and efficiently..."

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Director, Member Services,
Association of Small Foundations

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Summary

If you're ready to start a nonprofit and save the world, here's the book you need.

Rescue a school library. Preserve an endangered species. Support the arts. Whatever it is you want to do to give back to your community, Starting & Building a Nonprofit provides the kick start you need.

Filled with user-friendly information, practical advice and step-by-step instructions, this book is your guide through the process of getting your nonprofit up and running. It explains how to:

  • pick the perfect name for your organization
  • structure a nonprofit to achieve your goals
  • choose a federal tax-exempt status
  • create a mission statement
  • develop a strategic plan and initial budget
  • launch a successful fundraising plan
  • recruit and manage board members and volunteers
  • hire and train staff
  • obtain necessary insurance
  • market your organization 
  • and much more

Starting & Building a Nonprofit goes beyond paperwork -- it addresses the big picture, showing you how to create a solvent, efficient organization that will make a real difference.  All the forms you'll need are included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM. And the newly updated 3rd edition has a brand new chapter on building a website for your nonprofit, along with essential new details on getting the word out and marketing your nonprofit.

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"Offers tons of practical advice and step-by-step instructions..."
Accounting Today
"Describes the steps required to start and run a nonprofit organization, including how to decide whether to form a charity, and how to conduct long-term planning, manage finances, and develop a website."
Chronicle of Philanthropy
"Everything needed to start and build a nonprofit -- this resource makes it easy to navigate the startup process and make informed decisions."
Mona Lisa Wallace,
Executive Director,
East Bay Nonprofit Coalition
"Takes readers through the nuts and bolts, from deciding on a name to bookkeeping."
Library Journal
"Planning and management, not good intentions, are the keys to success -- this book lays out the framework and insight to make that happen. "
Randolph Belle,
Nonprofit Management
& Development Consultant

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