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. Find out how to: work with individual donors analyze the donor base plan special events solicit grants from foundations and corporations get media coverage use the Web to further fundraising goals start a side business to raise funds Best of all, Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits contains expert advice written in plain English, cutting out the jargon and "consultant speak" that's all too common in many nonprofit books. The 3rd edition is updated to include a new focus on fundraising in the down economy and features input from development professionals across the U.S. And, you can read up on latest studies on who gives the most and why and the latest tips for "greening" your nonprofit's special events. Plus, you'll get the latest tax figures, guidelines for the new IRS Form 990, and updated resource recommendations and contact information.

An all-in-one guide to locating and securing available grants As the amount of established granting foundations increases, more money becomes available—but the application process can be long, tedious, and is always highly competitive. Grant Writing For Dummies guides you through the entire grant-winning process and helps you stay current with application protocol and new grant opportunities to find a piece of the available $500 billion in government grants. If you're new to the grant writing process or have applied for grants in the past but had difficulties, Grant Writing For Dummies gives you fast and easy access to discover how to separate yourself from the pack and secure your grant in a slow, post-recession economy; advice for NGOs (non-government organizations) and NPOs (non-profit organizations) seeking assistance in the non-domestic grant arena; information on applying online for e-grants; formatting suggestions for a clean and organized e-application; step-by-step instruction for registering with and using Grants.gov, the largest online federal grant database; lists and recommendations for up-to-date grant opportunities via newly created Web sites and databases; strategic advice for grant writers during research, program design, and the application process, in order to keep current with the increasing expectations of granting boards; and more. Interactive CD is packed with sample materials and templates to get you started on your proposals Ready-to-use phrases for every successful proposal Guidance on locating available grants, carefully applying, and ultimately winning grants for both non-profit and for-profit grant seekers Grant Writing For Dummies provides you with invaluable guidance and the knowledge and know-how to give yourself the best chance to win grants.

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

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Product Description: An updated and revised edition offering new information on some of the most popular topics in grant writing. This new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Grant Writing provides essential information on how to start a freelance business, covering such topics as getting that first assignment, pricing, state regulations, organizing and customizing proposals, researching funders, and much more...read more

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Product Description: The 2008 Cumulative Supplement contains the following new chapters: Chapter 1A: Initial Considerations for Entering a Fund Raising Campaign Chapter 10A: Working as a Successful Planned Giving Officer to Raise Charitable Funds Chapter 42A: Nonprofit Organizations: Practices and Problems Chapter 56A: Funding the Cost of Charity...read more

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Practical and proven guidelines for launching and growing a successful planned giving program For planned giving officers and development staff members, document development is a critical part of the job. Nonprofit employees must create documents that take many forms, including: detailed proposals describing complicated gift options; marketing materials; correspondence to donors, professional advisors, and staff members; exhibits; agreements; presentation materials; and IRS and tax-related documents. This workbook, together with the documents contained on the accompanying CD-ROM, will help employees of development organizations draft, design, and develop a variety of documents that can accomplish their organization's goals. The Planned Giving Workbook contains a CD-ROM with 425 documents to assist nonprofit development staff, mentors, and planned giving officers in their jobs. These documents serve as models, or templates, to be used in planned giving and development. The documents are divided into seven categories, with one chapter of the Workbook devoted to each type of document. The seven categories are: * Marketing * Agreements * Correspondence * Administrative Documents * Exhibits * Presentations * Tax and IRS Documents Planned giving officers, development professionals, nonprofit executives, and consultants will find the Planned Giving Workbook to be a vital tool for long-term fundraising. (view table of contents)

A Complete Guide to Personal Philanthropy Are you one of the newly wealthy with an interest in "giving back" . . . an heir to money you'd like to share with a favorite cause . . . or simply someone who would like to do good in your community? There are more opportunities than ever for people of every financial station to make a difference through charitable giving. But how do you choose among the many options available, and how do you know which type of gift is best for you? Invest in Charity: A Donor's Guide to Charitable Giving will teach you everything you need to know to devise and follow an effective charitable giving plan. It explains how to find the right charity; understand the tax, estate, and financial considerations; and select a gift-whether it's a one-time cash gift or a lifelong annuity. Covering everything from researching the legitimacy of a nonprofit organization to navigating the tax and estate laws that apply to you, this guide will help you make your bequest with complete confidence that it's right for your charity and for you.

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