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33 Funder-Friendly Elements No Grant Proposal Should Be Without Would you like to know how you can effectively get inside your funder's head to: |
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50 Asks in 50 Weeks: A Guide to Better Fundraising for Your Small Development Shop 50 Asks in 50 Weeks will help you: Raise more money; Create a basic development plan; Identify new prospects; Ask for gifts more frequently; Review the basics of fundraising; Work with your board on fundraising; Hire your first development staff member; and Work as a cohesive development team with your executive director, development staff members, and board members. |
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Achieving Excellence in Fundraising The third edition of this acclaimed resource, Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, explains the fundraising profession's major principles, concepts, and techniques. With contributions from noted experts in the field, and filled with illustrative examples, this book demonstrates why fundraising is a strategic management discipline and clearly defines each step in the fundraising cycle. |
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Asking About Asking Asking about Asking will equip you to seek and find larger donations; maximize the results from fundraising volunteers; ask questions more insightfully; listen more skillfully; respond in ways that are more engaging; assist donors in maximizing their philanthropic experience; and cultivate and solicit gifts more confidently. |
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Capital Campaigns: Everything You Need to Know Capital Campaigns: Everything You NEED to Know will equip you to determine your organization's readiness for a campaign; help you decide if and when you need a planning study; show you how to allocate your human and financial resources effectively; guide you in creating a compelling case statement; provide you with the tools to evaluate your chances for success; give you how-to advice to plan every aspect of your campaign; and put at your fingertips ample examples of sample forms and charts. |
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Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants
Demystifying Grantseeking is an inspirational and instructional guide to grantseeking. The authors--successful grantseekers in their own right--show you how to overcome the common fears fundraisers often experience and offer sound, practical advice to successful grantseeking. The book provides you with a systematic and logical way of searching for grants, and helps to identify which foundations to approach so fundraisers don't waste time on dead-end proposals.
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Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies that Work Raise money for your nonprofit with unique advice and tactics. Getting tax-exempt status for your nonprofit organization is just the first step toward succeeding in your mission -- ultimately, your nonprofit's effectiveness depends entirely on your ability to raise money. Fortunately, Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits will show you how. Featuring advice and stories from over 40 experienced fundraisers, foundation staffers, journalists, and more, the 3rd edition of Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits offers strategies for raising donations from individuals, companies, and institutions, and covers the tools and staff you'll need to get the job done. |
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Fast Fundraising Facts for Fame & Fortune |
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Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy? Fundraising as a Career: What, Are you Crazy? will: --Introduce you to the nonprofit world --Walk you through your career options --Help you develop the qualities that will make you a great fundraiser --Provide hints on how to transition into development and how to get started on the right foot once you do --Show you how to advance within the fund development office or even into senior management of the organization --Provide nonprofit employers with an insider's view of the traits to look for when recruiting or promoting a development professional. |
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Fundraising for Dummies Fundraising For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to take advantage of the latest strategies and resources available for raising money through everything from special events to online donations, in both good and bad economic times. The authors teach you how to market your organization using the most up-to-date tools and technologies available through the Internet. This expanded edition also offers information about philanthropy and tax law. |
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Fundraising for Social Change This bestselling book is one of the most widely used in the field by nonprofit organizations across the country. A soup to nuts description of how to build, maintain and expand an individual donor program, this book is often called "the Bible of grassroots fundraising." |
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Fundraising for the Long Haul
In this companion to her classic, Fundraising for Social Change, Kim Klein distills her 25 years of experience and wisdom to provide the practical guidance for sustaining a long-term commitment to social change for organizations that are understaffed and under-resourced. Part of the new Kim Klein's Chardon Press Series from Jossey-Bass which focuses on providing fundraising and organizational development tools for community-based and social change organizations.
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Grant Writing for Dummies, 4th Edition (Paperback), 3rd Edition (Kindle) An all-in-one guide to locating and securing available grants
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Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy: Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy is your seminal guide to prepare for the coming intergenerational transfer of wealth that will affect your nonprofit and philanthropy in general. |
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Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy “An invaluable resource that distills the essence of strategic philanthropy for those seeking to achieve a greater social impact.”--Bill Gates, cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Nonprofit Essentials: Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers "Linda Lysakowski brings into focus the realities of enlisting volunteers to ensure success in a campaign. She clearly outlines logical steps that lead to inspiring passion in the volunteer, who is so essential to reaching a goal. I wish such a comprehensive treatise had been available to me forty years ago!" |
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Nonprofit Essentials: The Development Plan The Development Plan takes the reader through the development planning process and helps both novice development officers and seasoned professionals to create a plan that contributes to an organization's realization of its mission. |
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Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals This handbook can educate and empower a whole generation of nonprofit leaders and professionals by bringing together top experts in the field to share their knowledge and wisdom gained through experience. |
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Planning Guide for the Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations: Strategies and Commentaries An indispensable reference tool, offering professionals hands-onlegal and tax planning tips. |
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Relationship Fundraising: A Donor Based Approach to the Business of Raising Money Internationally acclaimed fundraising consultant Ken Burnett has completely revised and updated his classic book Relationship Fundraising to offer fundraising professionals an invaluable resource for learning the techniques of effective communication with donors in the twenty-first century. Filled with illustrative case histories, donor profiles, and more than two hundred action points, this groundbreaking book shows fundraisers how to:
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Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times: What Good Causes Need to Know to Survive and Thrive "This book is an extraordinary combination of philosophy and how to, all aimed at helping nonprofits build a movement for social justice. Kim distills three decades of fundraising and organizing experience into a book that will be helpful for novice and veteran alike." |
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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising - 2nd Edition This book walks readers through all the main phases of the proposal, highlighting the creative elements that link components to each other and unify the entire proposal. |
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Team-Based Fundraising Step-by-Step: A Practical Guide to Improving Results Through Teamwork In Team-Based Fundraising Step by Step, Carlson draws on popular team-building theory and successful techniques--as well as on her years of fundraising experience--to offer a fresh framework for helping teams become more unified in their fund development activities. |
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The Complete Guide to Fundraising Management There are now more than 1 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, and the fundraising industry is one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy. The Complete Guide to Fundraising Management presents step-by-step guidance on planning, self-assessment, continual improvement, cost effective fundraising strategies and much more. An accompanying website contains checklists, grids, and sample forms. Plus, the Third Edition adds a chapter on internet fundraising as well as updated statistics. Fundraising professionals will benefit from the practical advice on managing the complexities of a development office. |
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The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Hanbook: Getting the Money You Need From Government Agencies, Businesses, Foundations, and Individuals This book is for individuals who are dedicated to helping their communities but who need useful recommendations on how to raise money. |
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The Fundraising Feasibility Study: It's Not About the Money "The Fundraising Feasibility Study provides fundamental information on one of the most important, if little understood, elements of successful fundraising. Written by a cadre of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the field, it offers insights and useful information that will be valuable to practitioners and scholars alike." |
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The Nonprofit Development Companion: A Workbook for Fundraising Success (The AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series) A comprehensive workbook covering all aspects of successful nonprofit development. One of the most significant factors in the success of any marketing and fundraising program is the ability and willingness of the organization to take the time to develop an integrated development plan with realistic budgets, timelines, and areas of responsibility. The Nonprofit Development Companion examines all aspects of successful development and includes useable templates and examples that can be adapted for application within any nonprofit organization. |
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Working Across Generations: Defining the Future of Nonprofit Leadership The authors provide a range of ideas on how to approach generational shifts in leadership so that the contributions of long-time leaders are valued, new and younger leaders' talent is recognized, and groups are better prepared to work across generational divides. |
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You and Your Nonprofit: Practical Advice and Tips from the CharityChannel Professional Community YOU AND YOUR NONPROFIT has been written for those who want to learn more about the nonprofit sector or improve their knowledge and skills related to nonprofit leadership, management and fundraising. |
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Yours for the Asking: An Indispensable Guide to Fundraising and Management "Ren Levy has written the definitive handbook on fundraising. It should be required reading for boards of directors and senior staff of nonprofit organizations. The lessons learned from Ren's broad experience are equally relevant to corporate executives as they endeavor to establish and strengthen customer relationships." |
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