Nonprofit management all-in-one for dummies / Beverly A. Browning [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browning, Beverly A., 1948- author.

Farris, Sharon, author.

Loughran, Maire, author.

Connolly, Alyson, author.

Singh, Shiv, author.

Diamond, Stephanie, author.

Series:

--For dummies.

For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (784 pages)

Edition:

1st.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : For Dummies, 2023.

Summary:

Learn the ins-and-outs of managing, funding, and handling the accounting for a nonprofit Nonprofits are not like other businesses. They're special. It doesn't matter if you're launching a career as part of a multi-million dollar organization or a volunteer running your local little league, you'll need special know-how to navigate the accounting practices and funding needs of a not-for-profit. Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies is your guide for know-how on making a nonprofit organization operate properly. This beginner-friendly reference helps replace your shelf of nonprofit how-to books with a single reference to answer your questions on how to manage a mission-focused organization, build budgets, and raise funds while staying within the confines of the laws governing nonprofits. You'll also find advice on valuable skills like marketing that benefit your organization. Learn how to run a nonprofit organization Find funding for your organization and stay tax compliant Get a grasp on nonprofit accounting principles Market your organization and fulfill your mission This 5-books-in-1 Dummies guide is excellent for volunteers who step up to run a nonprofit that's near and dear to their hearts or would-be professional non-profit managers who need advice on how to manage and grow an organization.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Book 1 Bringing Your A-Game to Nonprofit Management

Chapter 1 Journeying into the World of Nonprofit Organizations

What Is a Nonprofit Organization?

Comparing for-profits to nonprofits

Introducing the coveted 501(c)(3) status for nonprofits

Embracing and Sharing Your Inspiration

Honing Your Mission Statement

Keeping your mission statement short and sweet

Stating your mission - the goal for services

Specifying who will be served by the nonprofit

Explaining how you'll accomplish your mission

Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into your mission statement

Imagining Your Future with a Vision Statement

Capturing your vision statement

Asking "Where are we going?" and "Why?"

Finding the Resources to Do the Job

Who is giving to nonprofit organizations?

Supporting your mission with fundraising

Chapter 2 From the Top: Examining the Nonprofit Management Structure

Managing a Nonprofit: A Bird's-Eye View

Appreciating the Governing Board's Role and Responsibilities

Understanding the board's management oversight duties

Protecting your board from liability

Redefining the Nonprofit Founder's Role

Adding an Advisory Board

Expanding to Take on an Executive Director

Chapter 3 Strategic Planning: Embracing the Ongoing Process

Understanding the Importance of Planning

Making Your Organization's Strategic Plan

Getting ready

Working with your nonprofit's mission and vision statements

Hearing from all your stakeholders

Surveying the external situation

Looking at the internal situation

Calling in the SWOT team

Putting the plan in writing.

Ensuring that your goals make sense

Itemizing the parts that form your strategic plan

Adjusting your strategic plan when necessary

Putting Plans into Action

Defining and setting goals, objectives, strategies, and outcomes

Creating a work plan

Planning for Programs

Working as a team

Assessing needs

Determining the questions to be answered

Researching the best solutions

Brainstorming the resources needed to implement new programs

Estimating the cost of programs

Evaluating organizational and staff capability

Remembering special requirements

Fitting it into the mission

Thinking long term

Chapter 4 Evaluating Your Work: Are You Meeting Your Goals?

Knowing the Importance of Evaluation

Working Through the Evaluation Process

Selecting the right kind of evaluation

Planning for evaluation

Crafting valuable questions

Choosing evaluators: Inside or outside?

Conducting Your Evaluation

Analyzing Results and Putting Them to Work

Interpreting results

Using your evaluation to strengthen your work

Telling the truth

Sharing the evaluation results with your stakeholders

Chapter 5 You Can Count on Me! Working with Volunteers

Knowing Why People Volunteer

Designing a Volunteer Program

Considering a volunteer coordinator

Determining your need for volunteers

Writing volunteer job descriptions

Organizing volunteers

Searching for Volunteers

Getting the word out

Looking for volunteers at other organizations

Finding volunteers with special skills

Hiring interns

Interviewing and Screening Volunteers

Managing Your Volunteers

Providing adequate training

Keeping good records

Insuring your volunteers

Saying farewell to bad volunteers

Showing Appreciation for Your Volunteers

Chapter 6 Working with Paid Staff and Contractors.

Determining Your Staffing Needs

Getting Your Nonprofit Ready for Paid Employees

Developing your personnel policies

Determining work time and off time

Covering other important items

Exploring payroll setup options

Providing benefits and perquisites

Preparing to Hire

Composing a job description

Considering necessary qualifications

Establishing nonprofit salary levels

Considering factors that affect salary

Scoping out salaries of comparable positions

Announcing the position

Making the Hire

Looking at résumés

Interviewing candidates

Digging deeper with references

Making your decision

Onboarding a New Hire

Confirming employment terms in writing

Getting your new hire started on the job

Evaluating your new hire's progress

Looking to the future: Creating a professional development plan

Managing Employees

Recognizing what a manager or supervisor does

Clarifying the lines of communication

Holding regular staff meetings

Writing emails to staff

Chatting around the water cooler

Following the reprimand-and-dismissal process

Working with Independent Contractors

Differentiating an independent contractor from an employee

Establishing the roles for independent contractors

Finding a consultant: Ask around

Interviewing consultants

Developing and executing the contract

Book 2 Fundraising for Your Good Cause

Chapter 1 Developing Your Case Statement: Winning with Words

Stating Your Case

Understanding what the case statement is and how you use it

Getting started with your case statement

Making the Case Compelling

Developing a Case Statement: A Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Mission: Why are you here?

Step 2: Goals: What do you want to accomplish?

Step 3: SMART objectives: How will you reach your goals?.

Step 4: Programs: What exactly do you provide?

Step 5: Governance: What's the anatomy of your board?

Step 6: Staff: Who are the people behind your services?

Step 7: Location: Where do you live and work?

Step 8: Finances: Is your organization financially responsible?

Step 9: Development: What will you do in the future?

Step 10: History: What successes are you building on?

Giving Life to an Outdated Case Statement

Sharing Your Case Statement

Formatting your case

Putting the case statement to work: From paper to online posts

Chapter 2 Creating a Fundraising Plan

Drafting the Perfect Fundraising Plan

Starting with the case statement

Identifying your goals

Building a needs statement

Assessing your existing resources

Determining what you need

Setting your financial targets

Putting the all-powerful giving pyramid to work

Getting started with the right methods

Understanding the different fundraising methods

Creating a method comparison worksheet

Discovering fundraising markets

Avoiding Plan-Busters like the Plague

Budgeting Your Fundraising Efforts

Making sure you include everything in your budget . . . but don't overbudget

Figuring out the cost of raising money

Using Affordable and Functional Fundraising Software

Chapter 3 Mining for Donors

Finding Your Stakeholders

Recognizing Your Bread and Butter: Individual Donors

Understanding donor levels

Identifying potential donors

Doing Business with Corporate Donors

Finding Foundations That Care

Asking Your Board All the Right Questions

Where did you forget to expand your donor base?

Whom did you forget to ask?

Checking Out Potential Donors

Pursuing promising prospects

Finding the silver lining with unlikely prospects

Researching on the Internet.

Keeping Track of Your Organization's Donors and Their Contributions

Creating an effective donor information form

Keeping good donor records

Maintaining Confidence: The Issues and Ethics of Handling Personal Data

Chapter 4 Meeting Your Donor with Grace and Grit

Evaluating the Importance of a Visit

Preparing to Meet Potential Donors

Examining the Giving Relationship between the Donor and the Organization

Showing potential donors the value of their gifts

Getting more than money from your donors

Checking out what motivates giving consistency

Considering Your Donor's Context

Engaging potential donors with limited means (for now)

Connecting with affluent donors

Meeting reluctant retirees on their level

Cultivating the Initial Donor-Organization Relationship

Chapter 5 Cultivating Major Givers

Seeking a Major Gift Today for Tomorrow

Finding the Holy Grail of Fundraising: The Major Gift

Planning your way to major gifts

Reviving your pool of current donors

Targeting your major gifts

Cultivating new and existing donors who have a lot to give

Cultivating major donors in seven steps

Building a giving club

Recognizing Major Donors for Their Contributions

Meeting your donors' expectations

Providing donor recognition

Chapter 6 Making the Major Gift Ask

Pushing through the Fear by Focusing on the Greater Goal

Accepting that you have to talk about money

Understanding that "no" doesn't equal failure

Remembering that you're a donor, too

Choosing the Right People to Make the Ask

Teaming up for dollars

Flying solo

Developing the Mechanics of Asking

Recognizing the equitable exchange

Using the tools of the trade

Knowing the donor

Checking out each step of "the Ask"

Moving Beyond "No"

Rating Your Yes-Ability

Following Up after "the Ask".

Book 3 Applying for and Winning Grants.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781394172450

1394172451

9781394172443

1394172443

OCLC:

1381947184