The Nonprofit Survival Guide

There are nearly a million nonprofit organizations in the United States vying for funding from an ever-diminishing pool of resources. Whether you're directing or working for a nonprofit or founding a new one, your biggest concern is how to make it sustainable through tough economic times. This book shows you how to keep your organization working regardless of whether you are successful in securing grants. You'll learn how to obtain space, equipment and tools at little or no cost, how to minimize insurance and legal fees, and how to use volunteers and keynote programs to stay lean and successful. Checklists help you initiate and file paperwork and create a master assets and inventory document that will keep your directors, officers and volunteers up to date on everything you own and lease, including Internet and social media resources. Realistic hands-on strategies are provided that can save your organization significant amounts of money each year and prevent the mistakes that cause so many nonprofits to fail.

Nuts and Bolts: A Survival Guide for Non-profit Organizations provides down-to-earth, practical advice from two veterans of the non-profit and fundraising sector to strengthen your non-profit organization, to build community support, to secure necessary funding, and to express appreciation to supporters and friends. This guide is full of examples of matters well- and badly-handled to help you improve management of your non-profit organization and make it more successful.

Madia offers critical insights into why today's nonprofit organizations must understand the basics of social networks and how incorporating social media into existing plans can catapult fundraising efforts.

There are nearly a million nonprofit organizations in the United States vying for funding from an ever-diminishing pool of resources. Whether you're directing or working for a nonprofit or founding a new one, your biggest concern is how to make it sustainable through tough economic times. This book shows you how to keep your organization working regardless of whether you are successful in securing grants. You'll learn how to obtain space, equipment and tools at little or no cost, how to minimize insurance and legal fees, and how to use volunteers and keynote programs to stay lean and successful. Checklists help you initiate and file paperwork and create a master assets and inventory document that will keep your directors, officers and volunteers up to date on everything you own and lease, including Internet and social media resources. Realistic hands-on strategies are provided that can save your organization significant amounts of money each year and prevent the mistakes that cause so many nonprofits to fail.

"The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers is a comprehensive resource for emerging professionals pursuing their first position in the nonprofit sector. Whether you are a current student, a recent graduate, or someone entering the workforce for the first time, this book will provide you with indispensable advice, relevant strategies, and nonprofit-specific resources to strengthen your job search. Written by nonprofit career experts, The Idealist Guide is designed to be easily accessible and convenient to read." -- Amazon.com viewed October 9, 2020.

A nonprofit's real-world survival guide and nitty-gritty how-to handbook This down-to-earth book shows how to hack through the bewildering jungle of marketing options and miles-long to-do lists to clear a marketing path that's right for your organization, no matter how understaffed or underfunded. You'll see how to shape a marketing program that starts from where you are now and grows with your organization, using smart and savvy communications techniques, both offline and online. Combining big-picture management and strategic decision-making with reader-friendly tips for implementing a marketing program day in and day out, this book provides a simple yet powerful framework for building support for your organization's mission and programs. Includes cost-effective strategies and proven tactics for nonprofits An ideal resource for thriving during challenging times Fast, friendly, and realistic advice to help you navigate the day-by-day demands of any nonprofit Written by one of the leading sources of how-to info and can-do inspiration for small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations, Kivi Leroux Miller is,among other things, a communication consultant and trainer, and president of EcoScribe Communications and Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com.

Why is it impossible to raise enough money? What can I do about my board before it's too late? Why are fundraisers like me always on the verge of a nervous breakdown? What in the world is wrong with nonprofits, and how do we fix it? In THE FUNDRAISING SURVIVAL GUIDE, Will Caverly takes you on a journey through the most difficult and degrading job in the modern nonprofit: development, also known as fundraising, also known as the most dismal profession. This cynical manual for the development professional skewers the Third Sector, taking you on a humorous ride through the failings of charitable organizations and the people that fund them. In this book, you will learn: Why penitence is an inefficient way to do good; Why charitable organizations are always on the verge of failure; How to deal with the board, your staff, and everyone else getting in your way; Why you should fire all your volunteers, effective immediately; What kind of damage you can do with a pen via grant writing; How to hunt down donors who don't want to be found; And what we can do to end development as a profession, once and for all. In the tradition of Dave Barry (Big Trouble), C. Northcote Parkison (Parkinson's Law), and Laurence J. Peter (The Peter Principle), this unserious book will have you seeking out new employment in no time. Will Caverly has never worked in a nonprofit, but he hears good things about them. He is the author of HERE, the BEES STING, a beekeeping thriller, and a breakdown of his work can be found on his website, www.willcaverly.com.