Nonprofit Kit For Dummies

by Stan Hutton, Frances Phillips

Starting a nonprofit is one of the most exciting and gratifying adventures that you�ll ever partake in, especially when you seal the deal on your first grant. But like all adventures, running a nonprofit organization is a real challenge.

Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, Second Edition shows you the fun-and-easy way to get your nonprofit up-and-running. It contains savvy advice from the experts on everything from incorporating and managing your nonprofit to unbeatable tactics for raising money and managing public relations. This hands-on, no-nonsense guide is packed with tons of useful information that will give you everything you need to:

Plan your nonprofit for the community Write a buy-in guaranteed mission statement Incorporate and apply tax exemption Build your board of directors with the right people Design a volunteer program Have a paid staff run your nonprofit Create budgets and financial reports Craft the perfect fundraising plan Write a great grant proposal Raise money from individuals

Included in this must-have resource is a bonus CD-ROM that contains sample grant proposals, over a dozen budget and cash flow projections, multiple fundraising plans to choose from, and a list of indispensable Web resources to keep your nonprofit on track. Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, Second Edition is the ultimate nuts-and-bolts guide to getting your nonprofit off the ground and giving back to your community!

Genres: Business, Reference, Nonfiction, Money

358 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2001

Reviews

[Birdie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who would think that a book on starting a nonprofit would keep me awake on a five hour plane trip? This one did. The author outlined the steps I need to take to start my nonprofit, so that I got excited with the vision and felt that I can actually accomplish the tasks ahead of me!

I desire to honor my Marine son who died of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)while on a training run, by starting a nonprofit with the mission of screening for, educating and hopefully preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the military.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book touched on every facet of non profits that I needed to know in order to feel like I had a strong handle on my initial entrée into the non profit world.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and helpful.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

So I've reviewed several books in order to provide a recommendation to clients for a book if they want a lot of great background info starting a nonprofit. This is the best of the lot and is what I will recommend.

[C. Shepard · Rating 5 out of 5]

The problem with reading books like this online is that you might not have control over what edition you read. I read an older edition on Libby app which was handy, but the links were so old they were broken. I get in a print book this is hard to fix, but online? I did find most of the info in it relevant, though. Led me to purchase the most current edition. This is a pretty thorough but easy to follow guide on starting and running a nonprofit organization. A winner if you're wanting the fast-track know-how to get started properly.

[Liz Covert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little dry, but what a lifesaver!

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has been invaluable while working on my Capstone project.