The Foundation Center's Margaret Morth reviews this comprehensive step-by-step guide to PR, which can be used as an ongoing reference and practical how-to manual, whether one is building an entire PR campaign from scratch or seeking some advice on how to pitch and place a radio interview....

The twenty-four contributors to Nonprofit Internet Strategies show how the Internet enhances —— not replaces —— communications, public relations, and fundraising efforts, and using electronic media for fundraising requires the same deliberate behavior on the part of a nonprofit as traditional fundraising: communication, public relations, use of volunteers, and "the ask"....

PND interviews Juan C. Brito, the Foundation Center's Director of Human Resources, about Human Resources Policies and Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations, which covers topics including establishing policies, nondiscrimination issues, recruitment, hiring, termination, compensation, supervision, work conditions, administration, volunteer management, and client policies....

Ogilvie provides an insightful and accessible examination of what motivates philanthropic participation in American society, based largely on a personal interest and field of study for the author —— the establishment and maintenance of faith-based homeless shelters....

The Grant Writing Handbook provides a comprehensive overview, taking the reader through the entire process, from finding the right funding opportunities, to writing persuasive proposals, to following up later, all with an emphasis on corporate and foundation fundraising; it also delves into how to research foundations and corporate giving programs that best suit your nonprofit and gives practical advice on how to solicit funds....

Walker, a capital campaign specialist with more than twenty years experience as an independent fundraising consultant, has written a guidebook suitable for senior staff members and fundraising professionals, that discusses a variety of planning techniques and devices are discussed, including campaign plans, feasibility studies, campaign budgets, gift tables, and multimedia promotional materials....

Drawing upon the successful model of the Caribbean Women's Health Association in Brooklyn, New York, as a template for future community-based health organizing efforts, the authors suggest ways that practicing public health professionals can address issues ranging from the role of the health advocate in immigration cases, the relationship between class and health, and the role of women in promoting community health....

The book covers the continuum of the grantseeking process — learning appropriate vocabulary, understanding the variety of funding sources, creating models for project development, writing the proposal, preparing the budget, the writing process, proposal review, and managing the grant — and provides numerous examples of the components of a proposal....

In this companion volume to The Millionaire Next Door, a book that achieved bestseller status when it was published in 1996, Stanley focuses on how successful self-made businesswomen made their money and the motivations and concerns behind their giving — not only do these women donate more of their income to charities than men do, but they also give more than three times as much to family members, most often in the form of a forgiveness loan....

The Foundation Center's Antoinette Marrero reviews a collection of columns, speeches and other writings spanning Eisenberg's thirty-year career, many of which originally appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy — and a repeating theme of which is a lack of leadership and accountability among philanthropic and nonprofit leaders....

Janice Rosenberg reviews The Not-for-Profit CEO, which illustrates that leadership skills have changed dramatically over the years. In order to succeed, a CEO must have highly recognized credentials and significant work experiences....

Competition may be seen by many as an uncouth practice or unwelcome dynamic in the nonprofit sector, but authors La Piana and Hayes offer a thought-provoking challenge for nonprofit managers to move beyond the current emphasis on collaboration and redefine, and perhaps even embrace, this strategy.....

Erika Wittlieb reviews two books by the same title: Warda covers issues such as choosing and registering the name of the organization, preparing articles of incorporation, creating bylaws, and applying for tax exempt status at both the federal and state level; Mancuso provides very clear instructions on the steps necessary to obtain nonprofit status....

Sandy Pon reviews a useful aid in understanding the federal government's highly detailed yet sometimes ambiguous instructions for research grant applications, written by a former director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Linguistics Program who served an NSF program officer for twenty-five years....

Based on a study of thirty Canadian and American family foundations, this book is less a practical guide and more of a scholarly analysis that focuses on how family foundations are created and evolve, exploring topics ranging from family involvement to how the foundations approached accomplishing their missions....