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By The Alliance for Nonprofit Management
Jossey-Bass
Released: 2008-11-03
Kindle Edition (160 pages)
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In the highly competitive arena of grantseeking, fundraisers need resources in order to win grants and fulfill their organization’s mission. This new, thoroughly updated edition of the bestseller offers a guide that any organization can use to secure funding from private foundations or the government. Filled with updated examples, this guide directs the novice grantseeker and offers a refresher course for experienced grantwriters. Following the process presented will improve anyone’s ability to transform an idea that needs support into a proposal that demands funding. As part of the new Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series, Winning Grants has sold over 75,000 copies in its first two editions and has established itself as a leader in the grantseeking market. |
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By Alex Wilmerding & Aspatore.com
West
Released: 2009-06-21
Kindle Edition (106 pages)
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Term Sheets & Valuations is the first ever in-depth look at the nuts and bolts of terms sheets and valuations. The book, written by leading venture capitalist Alexander Wilmerding of Boston Capital Ventures, covers topics such as What is a Term Sheet, How to Examine a Term Sheet, A Section-by-Section View of a Term Sheet, Valuations, What Every Entrepreneur & Executive Needs to Know About Term Sheets, Valuation Parameters, and East Coast Versus West Coast Rules. In addition, the book includes an actual term sheet from a leading law firm with line by line descriptions of each clause, what can/should be negotiated, and the important points to pay attention to. A must have book for any executive, entrepreneur, or financial professional. Praise for Term Sheets & Valuations: "This primer should be required reading for every entrepreneur. It is short, authoritative and worth its weight in gold." - Murray Low, Executive Director, Columbia Business School, Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship "An invaluable resource for executives and financial professionals." - Graham D.S. Anderson, General Partner, EuclidSR Partners "A valuable resource for entrepreneurs..." - Jeffrey Donohue, Esq. |
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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic book in the field provides a conceptual foundation for the fund raising profession. Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising examines the profession's principles, strategies, and methods and is filled with practical examples. Guided by the enduring philosophy of fund raising master Henry A. Rosso, contributors explain the reasoning behind the planning and selection of strategies for all fund raising activities, including building your case for support, approaching donors, managing campaigns, and demonstrating stewardship. Read a Charity Channel review: http://charitychannel.com/publish/templates/?a=293&z=25 |
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By Mike P. McKeever
Nolo
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Everything you need to create a business forecast that potential investors can embrace! Thinking of starting a business or raising money to expand an existing one? This popular book will show you how to write the business plan and loan package necessary to finance your business and make it work. With How to Write a Business Plan, you'll learn how to figure out if your business idea will make money, estimate operating expenses, prepare cash flow, create profit and loss forecasts, determine assets, liabilities and net worth, find potential sources of financing, think first before borrowing from friends and relatives and present your plan to lenders and investors. How to Write a Business Plan provides a CD-ROM with spreadsheets that help you determine and forecast cash flow, financial statements, sales revenue, and profit and loss. It also provides three sample business plans you can modify for your own use. The 8th edition is completely updated, providing all-new resources, both online and off. |
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By Bill Connors
Wiley
Released: 2010-02-04
Kindle Edition (290 pages)
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A non-technical guide to The Raiser's Edge-the most widely-used fundraising database package on the market-for the fundraising professionalThe first-ever guide to The Raiser's Edge database package for the fundraising professional, Fundraising with The Raiser's Edge: A Non-Technical Guide educates your nonprofit about what The Raiser's Edge can do for you and will help you more effectively work with the staff who are responsible for data entry and output. - Helps your organization get much greater return on The Raiser's Edge, and use it to raise more money more effectively and with less stress
- Contains specific and clear direction on the key areas you should know without technical discussion
- Includes numerous checklists to give you practical takeaways
Providing you with the non-technical details you need to know to recruit, manage and retain quality database personnel, Fundraising with The Raiser's Edge: A Non-Technical Guide will help you in your day-to-day fundraising work without needing to become a database expert. |
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By Jane C. Geever
Foundation Center
Hardcover (271 pages)
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The newest edition of our most popular Guide, with grantmaker perspectives on the latest trends in reviewing proposals.
In the fifth edition of our essential Guide, author Jane Geever provides detailed instructions on preparing successful grant proposals. Incorporating the results of 40 interviews with grantmakers across the nation, the Guide reveals their priorities in reviewing submissions and provides insight into what makes a winning proposal.
The Guide outlines the entire proposal-writing process:
* Pre-Proposal Planning Tips
* Components of the Proposal
* Guidance from Grantmakers
To illustrate key points, excerpts from successful grant proposals are inserted throughout the Guide. And a complete model proposal is included in the appendix. An updated bibliography features selected resources on proposal development, including web and print sources. A new chapter focuses on crafting an effective evaluation component, addressing the heightened interest in outcome-based assessment of funded projects.
Author Jane C. Geever is founder and chairman of the development consulting firm, J.C. Geever, Inc., established in 1975 as the first woman-led fund raising company admitted into membership in the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC). Ms. Geever is a nationally recognized author and lecturer who has created successful proposals to foundations for more than 35 years.
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By Laura Fredricks
Jossey-Bass
Released: 2009-12-30
Kindle Edition (272 pages)
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A completely revised edition of the must-have resource for increasing your nonprofit's bottom lineThis thoroughly revised and updated edition of the best-selling book The Ask is filled with suggestions, guidelines, and down-to-earth advice that will give you the confidence to ask anyone for any size gift, for any purpose. Written in winning language, filled with sample dialogues, and offering a wealth of tips and tools, this book addresses common mistakes made when asking and shows how to correct each mistake, providing guidance and direction on how to make a great ask. - Offers step-by-step guidance for learning personal solicitation skills
- Filled with real-world tools and techniques for raising money or support
- Contains advice for overcoming situations such as hesitating to ask for money and following through on the ask
- Written for fundraisers from any size organization
Includes information on how to apply asking skills to a fundraiser's personal and professional pursuits. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. |
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By John Mutz
Association for Fundraising Professionals
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Find out how to cultivate donors and solicit donations online
Covers new changes in tax and philanthropy law
Whether you're a small outfit or a big organization, you're competing for donors' dollars and time. This hands-on, vital guide shows you how to take full advantage of the strategies and resources available and advises you how to promote your cause, research potential donors, organize events, write winning grant proposals, and utilize the latest technology.
Discover how to
* Define your group?s focus
* Create a viable plan
* Organize your board of directors
* Find and train volunteers
* Market via print and online
* Promote yourself with the media |
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By John A. Tracy
For Dummies
Released: 2007-09-24
Kindle Edition (384 pages)
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If you’re a small business owner, managing the financial affairs of your business can seem like a daunting task—and it’s one that far too many people muddle through rather than seek help. Now, there’s a tool-packed guide designed to help you manage your finances and run your business successfully! Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies explains step by step how to handle all your financial affairs, from preparing financial statements and managing cash flow to streamlining the accounting process, requesting bank loans, increasing profits, and much more. The bonus CD-ROM features handy reproducible forms, checklists, and templates—from a monthly expense summary to a cash flow statement—and provides how-to guidance that removes the guesswork in using each tool. You’ll discover how to: - Plan a budget and forecast
- Streamline the accounting process
- Improve your profit and cash flow
- Make better decisions with a profit model
- Raise capital and request loans
- Invest company money wisely
- Keep your business solvent
- Choose your legal entity for income tax
- Avoid common management pitfalls
- Put a market value on your business
Complete with ten rules for small business survival and a financial glossary, Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies is the fun and easy way® to get your finances in order, perk up your profits, and thrive long term!
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By L. Baugh
McGraw-Hill
Paperback (224 pages)
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A practical guide to developing and writing winning business and marketing proposals, this book covers all the basics, from picking the right projects to bid on, to doing initial research to producing the document to following up. |
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