Synopses & Reviews
Start a nonprofit and keep it running with this practical guide
Rescue a school library. Preserve an endangered species. Support the arts. Whatever it is you want to do to give back to your community, Starting & Building a Nonprofit provides the kick start you need.
Filled with user-friendly information, practical advice and step-by-step instructions, this book is your guide through the process of getting a nonprofit up and running. Learn how to:
- pick the perfect name for your organization
- structure a nonprofit to achieve your goals
- choose and obtain a federal tax-exempt status
- create a mission statement
- develop a strategic plan and initial budget
- launch a successful fundraising plan
- recruit and manage board members and volunteers
- hire and train staff
- obtain necessary insurance
- market your organization
- create a winning website
- keep your nonprofit running
Starting & Building a Nonprofit goes beyond paperwork -- it addresses the big picture, showing you how to create a solvent, efficient organization that will make a real difference. And the newly revised 4th edition has an updated chapter on building a website for your nonprofit, and updated forms and checklists to help you stay organized.
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Included Forms:
Checklist: Naming and Structuring Your Nonprofit
Checklist: Developing Your Strategic Plan
Checklist: Developing Your Initial Budget
Checklist: Your Board of Directors
Checklist: Your Workforce: Staff and Volunteers
Checklist: Fundraising
Checklist: Risk Management and Insurance
Checklist: Understanding Contracts and Agreements
Checklist: Marketing Your Nonprofit
Checklist: Publishing Informational Materials
Checklist: Spreading the Word Online About Your Nonprofit
Checklist: Managing Your Finances
Checklist: Getting Professional Help
Contractor Work-for-Hire Agreement
Volunteer Assignment Agreement
Nonprofit’s Initial Budget
Synopsis
Much like starting a typical, forprofit business, starting a nonprofit is a way to achieve your personal goals and make a living at the same time_ For many, going the nonprofit route allows them to stay truer to their themselves and pursue goals that may not be as commercially viable as traditional profitdriven business plans
About the Author
Peri Pakroo is a business and communications consultant, specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-up businesses for 20 years. She owns and runs P-Brain media (www.pbrainmedia.com), a strategic consulting and communications firm that develops information-rich media for web, print, video and other formats. Peri received her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1995. She is the author of The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit,The Small Business Start-Up Kit (national and California editions) and Starting & Building a Nonprofit (all from Nolo) and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investors Business Daily, and BusinessWeek. Peri teaches adult education courses at WESST (www.wesst.org) in Albuquerque, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate entrepreneurship among women and minorities in the state of New Mexico. She is active in supporting local, independent businesses and is co-founder of the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance. Visit Peri's blog at www.peripakroo.com.