The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Nonprofit All you need to establish, manage, and maintain a successful nonprofit business - Goettler, Jim (Adams Media, 2010)
Includes index
Top ten things every organizer of a nonprofit must remember -- Introduction -- Organizer to organizer--let's talk! -- Understanding organizations and corporations -- The first organizing meeting -- The initial board of directors -- Articles of incorporation -- By-laws -- Filing incorporation documents -- Record-keeping systems -- Developing a budget -- Bank accounts -- Fundraising -- Board development -- A business plan -- A mission statement -- Publicity and outreach -- Staff -- Finally! The 1023 -- Board liability insurance -- Operations staff and the board of directors -- Personnel issues -- Changing from a for-profit organization to a nonprofit -- Appendix A: Sample documents -- Appendix B: Tribal nonprofit organizations -- Appendix C: Web resources -- Appendix D: General resources for nonprofits
A successful nonprofit organization needs more than a good idea and enthusiastic volunteers. It needs careful planning, realistic goals, and sustainable financing. With The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Nonprofit, nonprofit advisor Jim Goettler walks you through each step of the process. Learn how to take an idea from a grassroots group to a federally recognized nonprofit organization. This book features information on: The differences and similarities between organizations and corporations; Forming the initial board of directors and filing incorporation documents; Attracting the