FUNDRAISING AND CHARITABLE GIVING
IDEAS AND TRAINING

You’ll find a wealth of useful, specialized material such as successful career case studies and tips on international fundraising and on-the-job stress. Relevant bibliographic information is featured at the end of each chapter, and listings of helpful Internet sites and important statistics are included. Careers in Fundraising offers up-to-date and in-depth advice for students interested in an exciting career and professionals looking for a new challenge.

This long-awaited revision of Kent Dove's standard-setting bestseller is a comprehensive, systematic guise-packed with practical tools and advice-for planning and managing a successful campaign. The dramatically expanded resource section offers samples of key elements of a capital campaign, including a complete volunteer kit, sample budget report, program brochures, newsletters, a strategic plan, and market survey questionnaires, among other invaluable tools. A must-have for any organization, large or small, this authoritative book will help seasoned professionals and newcomers alike improve the effectiveness of capital campaigns.

This is currently the #1 best-selling fund-raising book in America. Because of heavy demand, there may be some delays in shipping (up to 3 or 4 weeks depending on publisher supply). Amazon.com will notify you regarding the status of your order if there is a delay in shipment.

Corporate philanthropy is on its way out. A new concept called "corporate social investing"-which requires that every commitment of money and/or product/equipment/land which a company makes must have a significant business reason-is taking its place. The transition has implications to every business and nonprofit organization in America. This book provides the strategic plan for making the transition to corporate social investing. By following the practical steps described here, businesses and nonprofits can forge creative alliances that can boost corporate profits while at the same time providing added resources for schools, colleges, cultural organizations, civic groups, and other important charities.

Weeden's breakthrough plan, based on his innovative concept of corporate social investing, has the potential to dramatically change the way businesses and nonprofits interact. If widely implemented, it could substantially increase corporate support for nonprofits, turning the tide against cutbacks, offering profound benefits to businesses, and revitalizing the essential services nonprofits provide.

Demystifying Grantseeking is an inspirational and instructional guide to grantseeking. The authors--successful grantseekers in their own right--show you how to overcome the common fears fundraisers often experience and offer sound, practical advice to successful grantseeking. The book provides you with a systematic and logical way of searching for grants, and helps to identify which foundations to approach so fundraisers don't waste time on dead-end proposals.

The essential "How-To" resource for Finding Funding from government, foundations, and corporations is now bigger and better. This new edition builds on the basics that have helped thousands of individuals, community based and nonprofit organizations, schools and government prepare winning grant proposals. This book includes a full glossary of terms and a computer diskette with hundreds of funding sources, sample letters, budgets and templates for every element of a grant proposal.

Dr. Daniel M. Barber is a professor of public policy and a former chair of the Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration at California State University, and the founder and CEO of Grantwriters.com. He has bachelors and masters degrees in journalism and urban studies, and a doctorate in public administration. Dr. Barber began his grant writing career while a graduate student at the University of Miami. In 1971 he was named the first Executive Director for the South Florida Regional Planning Council where, through grants and contracts, he expanded the Council's initial membership base over 10 times its size. As Assistant Director of the Illinois Office of Manpower and Human Development, he handled multimillion-dollar grant programs in emplohment and training, community services, and economic opportunity. Dr. Barber has developed a wide variety of web-based training materials including the Grantwriters.com website of online courses and information. As Director of the Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration, he organized one of the country's first graduate level grant writing courses.

Fundraising For Dummies is a complete, fun-to-read guide to the art and science of raising money for nonprofit endeavors, from Little League to big foundations. Revealed! Secrets of writing grants that get the green.

How to conduct effective grass roots campaigns, phone and mail solicitations, events, and more.

Tips on starting a nonprofit organization from scratch.

Find the secret formula for getting the grants your organization needs.

Grants are a key source of support for most nonprofit organizations, particularly new organizations or those starting new programs. This guide, developed out of a series of seminars, helps grantseekers develop a strategic plan for finding funds for their programs. It outlines how to develop a program that will receive funding, provides the best methods for writing a grant proposal, and includes a disk that will allow organizations to customize the forms and exercises in the book.

Tap into deep government, foundation, and corporate pockets to fulfill your nonprofit organization's needs for funding. An expert tells you how to successfully target these institutions and get them to put their money behind your organization's cause.

This clear, step-by-step guide to writing a winning grant proposal delivers: An overview of what types of grants are available and how to apply for them Strategies for cutting through red tape A guide to the grant-writing terminology An explanation of why some proposals succeed while others fail Samples of successful grant proposals The proper etiquette for following up a proposal and getting a response

This is the FIRST "how-to" book for the field of grants consulting. If you are looking for a start-up guide to enter this emerging home-based business, then this book is the one for you! This book is for budding entrepreneurs who are amazed, dazed and even crazed trying to figure out how to break into the field and make a full-time living writing grants and doing other grants-related consulting. It's short, but detailed and hits the target as the leader of "how-to" books in the consulting field!

Bev Browning, the guru of grant writing, packs into this compact book everything you need to know to break into the field, make it your full-time career and avoid many of the pitfalls she’s experienced firsthand.

*Easy ways to learn the trade
*Must haves for your home office
*Deciding what to charge
*Marketing tips
*Getting clients
*Drafting client agreements
*Choosing projects
*Building a track record
*And much more!

You benefit because Bev's "been there, done that" since parlaying a volunteer position as a grant writer into a full-time career as a respected grant writing consultant, workshop facilitator, author and small press publisher. Her reputation is built on a decade and a half of experience in winning public and private funding for her clients. You name a cause, Bev has probably written a grant for it. You name a type of nonprofit organization, she's probably contracted with one. As of February 2001, Bev has raised $50 million for nonprofits throughout the United States and European Union.

For busy fundraisers, writing letters of appeal can be confusing and laborious. Now, a guide from the nation's premier letter-writing tutor--direct mail expert Mal Warwick--shows fundraisers what makes the best letters work. Whether its general advice about the most effective mail strategies, or specific advice for those interested in the details of a direct mail campaign, Warwick keeps fundraisers on track when he reminds: "You're writing for results--not a Pulitzer Prize."

Nonprofit organizations are subject to a complex set of regulations and law that reflect the diverse organizations that are covered under these rules: charitable organizations, social welfare organizations, memberships organizations, advocacy groups, and many more. These organizations face a special set of rules governing everything from how they charter their organization, to their methods of measuring unrelated business income, and how they lobby (and if, in fact, they should continue to be allowed to lobby). Nonprofit lawyers, accountants, and directors need an easy-to-use reference work in understandable language to help them comprehend the issues and make informed decisions.

Unlike other areas of fund-raising, planned giving brings fund-raising professionals into contact with lawyers, accountants, financial planners, consultants, and wealthy donors. They need to be able to speak the same language as the donors and their advisors while still keeping their own organization's goals in mind. This book can help them address these and other vital issues related to starting, marketing, administering, and expanding a planned giving program.

Private foundations are subject to a unique and complex set of (mostly tax) regulations that govern everything from how much money they give away to their investment policies and procedures. This is the only single-volume reference that covers all aspects of tax compliance for private foundations.

With approximately 50,000 private foundations in the U.S. and the increasing scrutiny of the IRS, this much needed, annually updated manual provides a wide range of tax rules and regulations for these foundations. Co-authored by a lawyer and tax accountant, it includes practical tax compliance suggestions and in-depth legal explanations, line-by-line instructions, sample-filled IRS forms, and complete citations.