The fourth edition of Fundraising for Social Change is a comprehensive text providing nonprofit organizations with budgets of less than $1 million with the information and tools they need to successfully raise money from individuals. In her practical, accessible style, the legendary Kim Klein takes the reader through each strategy in a step-by-step process with the kind of detail that makes this text one of the most user-friendly and celebrated fundraising books available. This new edition of Fundraising for Social Change is completely revised and updated, and has new chapters on fundraising on the Internet, making fundraising a career, and working with the executive director, and expanded chapters on planning and conducting major gifts campaigns, using direct mail effectively, and conducting capital and endowment campaigns for small groups. Fundraising for Social Change is one of the most widely used books on fundraising in the United States. Written for practitioners, it is used not only by those needing a hands-on, specific and accessible how-to book, but also as a required text in dozens of college and nonprofit management courses around the country. It has become a seminal reference for other writers on the topic. Fundraising for Social Change teaches nonprofits everything they need to know about: Asking for Money, Building a Donor Base, Using Direct Mail Inexpensively, Effectively Producing Special Events, Identifying Prospects, Running a Major Gifts Campaign, Making Fundraising Your Career, Using Technology Effectively, Organizing a Capital Campaign, Getting the Board of Directors to Raise Money, and much, much more! "Fundraising for Social Change is a must for anyone involved in fundraising - from the smallest community-based group to regional and national organizations. Kim Klein makes the art of fundraising user-friendly. In more than 30 years of fundraising and grantmaking for progressive efforts, I have not found a more worthwhile tool." - Ray Santiago, Seva Foundation, Berkeley, CA

In today's uncertain environment, where nonprofits find themselves grappling with the continued dowturn in the economy, the ongoing war on terrorism, government's cutbacks in social services, and a wave of organizational scandals--groups everywhere are straining to keep up with the increased demand for their services while struggling to generate funding. Fundraising in Times of Crisis draws on renowned consultant Kim Klein's more than twenty-five years of fundraising experience. This much-needed resource shows troubled groups how to identify what is really going on and how to assess the damage. Fundraising in Times of Crisis helps executive directors and development professionals of nonprofit organizations plan for both the short and long term and explains how to evaluate the success of their efforts. Checklists, tips, action steps and a wealth of examples walk you through the process of self-assessment and map out a road to recovery. No matter what your particular crisis--the sudden loss of an executive director, a public scandal, a major donor attrition, or a daunting increase in the demand for services--this book will show you how to survive and thrive in tough times.

Product Description: Stir It Up--written by renowned activist and trainer Rinku Sen--identifies the key priorities and strategies that can help advance the mission of any social change group. This groundbreaking book addresses the unique challenges and opportunities the new global economy poses for activist groups and provides concrete guidance for community organizations of all orientations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A collection of the best articles from past 20 years of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal offering nonprofit organizations a wealth of tips, strategies, and guidance on how to raise money. 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Fundraising expert Kim Klein has trained thousands of groups and individuals to cultivate assets that make good works possible. The Ask and You Shall Receive training package is a do-it-yourself, start-to-finish program on jumpstarting fundraising efforts. A peer-led program designed for use with its companion Participant Manual, the Ask and You Shall Receive Leader Manual walks you through the most common fundraising scenarios with dependable information, methods, prompts, and preparation guidelines. Realistic time allowances keep the training within reach of busy volunteers.

Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Written for grassroots organizations working for social change, this book is a welcome addition to the literature on grant-seeking. Author and activist Andy Robinson describes just what it takes to win grants, including how grants fit into your complete fundraising program, using your grant proposal as an organizing plan, designing fundable projects, building your proposal piece by piece, and more...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)