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• Starting & Building a Nonprofit

  a Practical Guide

  Pakroo, Peri,

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  This essential guide to starting and running a nonprofit organization includes practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions. It explains how to develop a strategic plan and budget; recruit and manage board members,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation

  a Step-by-step Guide to Forming a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit in Any State

  Mancuso, Anthony,

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  Breaking down the complicated process of forming a non-profit corporation, an expert in the field shows how to choose a legal name, incorporate in any state, create bylaws, keep records and handle tax challenges.

• Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits

  Real-world Strategies That Work

  Bray, Ilona M., 1962-

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  The success of a nonprofit depends on its ability to raise donations from individuals, companies, and institutions. This book includes advice and stories from more than 50 experienced fundraisers, foundation staffers, journalists, and more. It…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Lead Nonprofits

  Turning Purpose Into Impact to Change the World

  Grono, Nick,

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  How to Lead Nonprofits is a highly practical guide to harnessing the power of purpose to shape everything your organization does-internally and externally-as you seek to change the world

• Social Startup Success

  How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference

  Janus, Kathleen Kelly,

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  What is the key to nonprofit success? The answers Janus received reveal five key strategies responsible for the most successful social startups: testing ideas, measuring impact, funding experimentation, leading collaboratively, and telling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

  Strategies for Impact Without Burnout

  Kanter, Beth, 1957-

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  The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit presents realistic strategies for leaders looking to optimize organizational achievement while avoiding the common nonprofit burnout. With a uniquely holistic approach to nonprofit leadership strategy, this book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Managing a Nonprofit Organization

  Wolf, Thomas, 1945-

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  The book looks at the pillars of nonprofit management--assembling a cohesive team, recruiting the right members for the board, creating good internal policies and sound financial management, ensuring long-term sustainability, and providing effective…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Managing and Leading Nonprofit Organizations

  a Framework for Success

  Dann, Paul L.,

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  In light of growing complexity and increasing challenges, today's organizations require leadership practice that is highly adaptive, flexible, and effective. Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations provides readers with the capacity to develop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Great Fundraising Organizations

  Why and How the World's Best Charities Excel at Raising Money

  Clayton, Alan,

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  In Great Fundraising Organizations, renowned nonprofit consultant Alan Clayton delivers a proven blueprint for charities and non-profits worldwide to scale their fundraising efforts and their effectiveness. Based on data gathered over twenty years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grant Writing Mastery

  a Complete Guide to Getting Funding and Writing Winning Proposals for Nonprofits, Community Programs, and Creative Projects

  Lee, Hoong Yee

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  Grant Writing Mastery is the ultimate guide you’ve been searching for. Written by Hoong Yee Lee, an expert grant previewer and funder, this book will walk you through every step of the grant writing process, from finding the perfect grant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grant Writing for Dummies

  Browning, Beverly A., 1948-

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  Browning gives you everything you need to get started with your grant application. She helps you move through the grant-writing process and apply for some of the billions of dollars available from public and private sector sources. From creating a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Grant-writing Book You'll Ever Need

  Karsh, Ellen,

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  Two expert authors who have won millions of dollars in government and foundation grants present this comprehensive, step-by-step guide for anyone seeking grants in today’s difficult economic climate.

• Grant Writing With AI

  Lindsell-Roberts, Sheryl,

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  This book covers how to boost your chances of being selected for funding, craft inspiring stories that tug at reviewer's heartstrings and wallets, write spot-on executive summaries, and crack the keyword code so electronic scanners notice you. Find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Building a Storybrand 2.0

  Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

  Miller, Donald, 1971-

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  In Building a StoryBrand 2.0, Donald Miller teaches marketers, business owners, and nonprofits to use his fully revised system of the seven universal elements of powerful stories to dramatically improve how they connect with customers and grow their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Nonprofit Marketing Guide

  High-impact, Low-cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause

  Leroux Miller, Kivi, 1969-

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  The Nonprofit Marketing Guide boils down the best of today's nonprofit marketing theories into practical, cost-effective, can-do strategies and uncovers the street-tested tactics that you really can pull off on your own.

• I Have My 501(c)3! Now What?!?

  Your Blueprint to Starting Your Nonprofit Without Being the Sole Funder

  Mathis, Alesha,

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  Have you started your nonprofit but don't know what to do next? Are you spending your own money with no end in sight? I Have My 501(c)3! Now What?!? Your Blueprint to Starting Your Nonprofit Without Being the Sole Funder lays out the plan which sets…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fundraising for Social Change

  Klein, Kim,

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  Widely considered the 'bible of grassroots fundraising,' this practically-grounded guide is an invaluable resource for anyone who has to raise money for important causes. A strong, sustainable fundraising strategy must possess certain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

  a Leadership Fable

  Lencioni, Patrick, 1965-

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  Presents a workplace fable on dysfunctional teamwork, citing the fictional example of CEO Kathryn Petersen, who identifies five "corruptions" that get in the way of her company's teamwork and how she implements action steps to overcome them.