Creating and managing a non-profit organization / Gale Harley, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harley, Gale, editor.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--United States--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Nonprofit organizations.

New business enterprises--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

New business enterprises.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a guide with information on creating and managing a non-profit organization. The book details the 10 basic steps to form a nonprofit which include identifying your directors and incorporators; naming your organization and developing the mission of the organization; developing your Articles of Incorporation and bylaws; incorporating with the state or territory; preparing and submitting your federal application and state application (if applicable) for tax exemption; developing the organization's strategic plan; developing the organization's budget; developing the human resour

Contents:

""CREATING AND MANAGING A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (WITH ACCOMPANYING CD-ROM)""; ""CREATING AND MANAGING A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (WITH ACCOMPANYING CD-ROM)""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: National Non-Profit Tool Kit""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Mission Statement""; ""III. Incorporating the Non-Profit""; ""1. Forming a Non-profit Corporation""; ""2. The Articles of Incorporation""; ""3. Bylaws""; ""4. Employer Identification Number""; ""5. Other""; ""IV. Applying for Tax Exemption""; ""V. Board of Directors""

""VI. Strategic Planning""""Developing the Strategic Plan""; ""VII. Managing the Non-profit""; ""A. Personnel Policies""; ""B. Financial Management""; ""Basic Financial Statements""; ""Budgeting""; ""Line Item Budget""; ""Program Budget""; ""Steps to Budgeting""; ""C. Insurance for Non-profits""; ""D. Ongoing Compliance""; ""Federal IRS Form 990""; ""E. Partnerships""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Eight Steps for Creating Partnerships""; ""3. Maintaining Partnerships""; ""VIII. Project Development""; ""Project Planning""; ""Why is Project Planning Important?""

""Project Planning Helps Us To""""Project Development Steps""; ""1. Identify the Vision""; ""2. Conduct a Needs Assessment to Identify the Problem""; ""3. Assess Available Resources""; ""4. Determine the Project Goal""; ""5. Select a Project Approach/Strategy""; ""6. Develop Project Objectives and Activities""; ""8. Develop a Project Evaluation Plan""; ""Outcomes and Impacts""; ""Impact Indicators""; ""Methods/Procedures""; ""Reporting""; ""9. Develop a Sustainability Strategy""; ""10. Prepare the Line Item Budget, Budget Justification, and Cost Effectiveness""; ""Line Item Budget""

""Personnel""""Fringe Benefits""; ""Travel""; ""Equipment""; ""Supplies""; ""Contractual""; ""Other""; ""Indirect Costs""; ""Budget Justification""; ""Personnel""; ""Fringe Benefits""; ""Other""; ""Cost Effectiveness""; ""11. Write the Project Summary/Abstract""; ""Summary""; ""IX. Proposal Writing""; ""Foreword""; ""Step 1: Know yourself""; ""Step 2: Introduction""; ""Step 3: Know what you are talking about""; ""Step 4: Get input from stakeholders""; ""Step 5: Problem/Needs Statement""; ""Step 6: Look for funders""; ""Step 7: Know your funder""; ""Step 8: Goals/Objectives/Outcomes""

""Step 9: Methods/Work Plan""""Step 10: Evaluation""; ""Show How You Will Prove You Did It""; ""Step 11: Budget""; ""Show How You Will Spend the Money""; ""Non-Federal Share or Match""; ""Step 12: Future Funding/Sustainability""; ""Show How You Will Continue the Project""; ""Step 13: Organizational Capacity/Adequacy of Resources""; ""Prove You Are Capable""; ""Step 14: Key Personnel""; ""Impress with the Quality of Your People""; ""Step 15: Summary/Abstract""; ""Sum It up""; ""Step 16: Send It""; ""Submitting through http://www.grants.gov""; ""Submitting Hard Copy""; ""Step 17: Follow up""

""Step 18: Do the Project or Try Again""

Notes:

"(with a accompanying CD-ROM)."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 12, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-503-5

OCLC:

898892723