With the intent of helping nonprofit organizations develop a fuller perspective of the hazards associated with the use and misuse of technology, Herman provides practical suggestions for managing the full range of pitfalls that will help give organizations more control of their technology resources without consuming significant human or financial resources in the process....

Whether you are new to fundraising or an experienced professional, whether you are a board member, volunteer, or employee, this book provides everything you need to create a plan that works for your organization...

The booklet gives an overview of an ideal presentation, discusses who should lead the orientation, who should attend, where and when it should be held, what should be included and suggestions and tips for a successful session....

Clarke, a fundraising consultant and trainer, is also a published short story author, and she came to realize that fundraising —— and specifically proposal writing —— incorporate many of the techniques used in storytelling....

Charities and other nonprofit organizations are actually businesses — they provide services or products, employ people, use resources, need money to run — so the authors put a nonprofit spin on private sector methods: devising strategies, identifying markets, setting up an organization to service "customers," calculating risks, working out where the resources are coming from, setting prices....

The National Center Journal was started to provide such a resource for families and individuals involved in their family's philanthropy as well as to improve understanding of the needs of donors, their families, and advisers....

The Nonprofit Handbook provides a complete overview of the entire development function, from strategic planning to hands-on practical guidance for various kinds of fundraising, with extensive samples, charts, checklists, and timelines as well as a suggested reading list and other recommended resources....

The third in a series by co-authors Quick and New, The Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit, a step-by-step guide to developing a budget, provides a practical reference tool for any novice development staff member....

The guide aims to show the benefits of a board's self-assessment, how to conduct a self-assessment, and how to use the results, and gives excellent instructions in preparing for the self-assessment, with sample letters to be sent to the members after agreement to hold a self-assessment retreat, a cover letter for the questionnaire, a time table, and a sample agenda....

This compilation of essays written by more thanfifty researchers, academic scholars, and respected members of the philanthropic community from both the United States and Europe takes a comparative approach to evaluate the philanthropic activities that exist across European countries, highlighting the diversity of philanthropic traditions in different legal, social, and political cultures....

Selections culled from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries range from essays by Daniel Webster, John Marshall, and Alexis de Tocqueville to important scholarly works by W. E. B. DuBois and Kathleen McCarthy, and, taken together, deepen our understanding of the enduring theme of civil society in the United States....

The Foundation Center's Bon Iniya reviews The Family Foundation Handbook, a compilation of valuable legal, tax-related and programmatic guidelines and suggestions for families (and their professional advisers) who are interested in starting a family foundation....

Even before the atrocities of 9/11, the nonprofit world was in need of a single source of pragmatic perspective and advice on the sometimes bewildering world of the Internet — told not from a single author's perspective, but from the viewpoint of the acknowledged leaders in the nonprofit online world; this book was created to fill that gap....

Dowie, whose chief criticism of foundations is that they siphon wealth away from the tax base, where it could be used for the betterment of all, in favor of an agenda arrived at by one person or a small group of people, nonetheless concludes that third sector philanthropy is and can be a viable instrument of social change.....