Edited by a professor of nonprofit management at George Washington University who also edited Educational Fund Raising in 1993, New Strategies offers multiple perspectives on advancement in higher education institutions from thirty-two distinguished practitioners in the field of educational development....

Levenson, a veteran fundraiser and consultant, helps educators navigate the process of obtaining government and private funding, including guidance on conducting prospect research, developing grant proposals and creating a comprehensive fundraising plan....

Written for foundation staff, trustees, board members, or philanthropic advisors, From Grantmaker to Leader offers insights from philanthropic experts into critical issues facing philanthropy, including the intergenerational transfer of wealth, accountability and governance, venture philanthropy, and strategic partnerships and collaboration....

Hopkins covers what kinds of organizations are tax-exempt, what types of expenses are tax deductible, which sources of income are untaxed, which are taxed, and which can jeopardize an organization's tax-exempt status, as well as which types of political activities are permitted by tax-exempt organizations and which are not....

Tolson's emphasis is on the "stewardship-driven" church, and he writes from a Christian perspective, generously sprinkling Bible verses throughout the text to provide further justification for giving....

Divided into five parts —— "Why Should I Give?", "How Should I Give?", "To Whom or for What Should I Give?", "What Should I Give?", and "Can Giving Be Taught?" — —The Perfect Gift includes Bible stories, commentary, short stories, essays, and poems....

Connolly, senior vice president at the Conservation Company, and Lukas, director of national services for the Wilder Center for Communities at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, define capacity building as "the process of strengthening an organization in order to improve its performance and impact"....

Festen and Philbin shed light on questions such as: "Faced with so many nonprofits competing for grants, how do foundation officers spot the ones that glow?" "What are the signs of a healthy nonprofit organization that would benefit the most from financial support?"....

Moore imparts at least thirty years' worth of wisdom as a working artist, teacher, and marketing professional to help others achieve financial success while maintaining their artistic integrity, including seven strategies for artists to promote their work and become successful....

The Foundation Center's Rebecca MacLean reviews a wide-ranging collection of essays — edited by the director of the Center for Civil Society Studies at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies — that addresses how various types of nonprofits, from churches to nursing homes to museums, are faring in the current political climate....

Designed as a how-to guide, The High Performance Board accomplishes its objective by carefully delineating sixty-four principles for improving a board's performance and efficiency and provides recommendations for jump-starting the process as well as checkups for self-assessment....

A solid resource for givers at every level from modest to substantial, this revised edition of Inspired Philanthropy guides the reader through the development and implementation of a giving plan, with exercises that clarify previous patterns and methods of giving,....

Roberts provides an enjoyable and practical introduction to Community Service Learning (CSL) by walking the reader through the logistics and the magic behind CSL projects at the K-8 level in several schools in Massachusetts....