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ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ Avery, Sarah. “The IRS View of Nonprofit Governance,” GuideStar, December, 2009 http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2009/the-irs-view-of-nonprofit-governance.aspx?source=dec09nwsltr …..this article includes our Word the Day: Inurement Gordon, Susan “Effective Fundraising with Facebook Causes,” N Ten Nonprofit Technology Network, June 18, 2009: http://nten.org/blog/2009/06/18/effective-fundraising-facebook-causes (December 17, 2009) Higman, Rebecca and Katya Andersen “Online Donors: Why They Leave and How to [...]
ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ Fritz, Joanne. “What Do I Need to Know About Credit Cards for Accepting Donations” About.com Guide. http://nonprofit.about.com/od/faqsfundraising/f/creditcards.htm (December 3, 2009) FORUMS/TRAINING Discovery Education offers free webinars and access to archived webinars. See: http://community.discoveryeducation.com/ Foundation Center’s free webinars on grant seeking, proposal budgeting, your board and fundraising. They also offer fee based webinars: [...]
ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ Preston, Caroline. “Five Trends Help to Create “Nonprofits of the Future,” Chronicles of Philanthropy. November 9, 2009. http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/index.php?id=10105 Cohen, Rick. “Amaze your Friends with these Nonprofit factoids,” Blue Avocado http://www.blueavocado.org/node/460 (November 4, 2009) Anderson, Katya. “Four Essential Tweaks to Your Appeal in a Recession,” Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog October 26, 2009 http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/site/four_essential_tweaks_to_your_appeals_in_a_recession/ [...]
ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2008–2009 September 25, 2009: http://www.ala.org/ala/research/initiatives/plftas/2008_2009/librariesconnectcommunities3.pdf FORUMS/TRAINING November 3 Fund-Raising Forecast (Online Discussion at http://philanthropy.com/live/) at 12:00pm EST Sponsored by “Chronicles of Philanthropy,” this online discussion will discuss creative ways to approach fund raising and ‘learn what techniques and messages work best in [...]
ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ “Nonprofit Finance: What Board Members and Trustees Need to Know,” October 15, 2009. The Chronicle of Philanthropy [Transcript] http://philanthropy.com/live/2009/10/nonprofit_finance (Part of The Chronicle’s series of free live discussions featuring Nonprofit Finance Fund to provide advice to nonprofit and foundation leaders on how to manage in tough times. The series takes place every [...]
ARTICLES/BOOKS TO READ Discover the tools used by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and learn where you may need to make your organization (or grant application) stronger: Culick, Liza, “Due Diligence Tool for Use in Pre-Grant Assessment,” GeoFunders, 2004. http://www.geofunders.org/publications.aspx (September 30, 2009) Wilhelm, Ian, “Gates Allocates $400-Million for Charity Loans And Other Investments,” The Chronicle [...]
Articles to Read Have you settled into a ‘low pay, make do, and do without’ culture?” read this article that cautions not to skimp on overhead: Gregory, Ann and Howard, Don “The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle,” The Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2009 http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_nonprofit_starvation_cycle/ (September 2, 2009). Free or Somewhat Free Joomla: open-source content management systems: [...]
Articles to Read Newstead, Barry, “Nonprofits in Rural America: Overcoming the Resource Gap,” July 15, 2009 http://www.bridgespan.org./rural-funding.aspx (August 20, 2009). The following GuideStar article states that “Of the 72,000 foundations in the United States, fewer than 50 have endowments of more than $1 billion. The vast majority, more than 90 percent, have endowments of less [...]
Articles to Read Find out how much $25 can buy in ads on Facebook in this blog by the Social Media Subcouncil: http://govsocmed.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-much-exposure-can-25-buy-you-on.html From the New York Times: Banks no longer want to manage small non-profit investments? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204563304574314882717782344.html?mod=djkeyword (It may be time to consider your local Community foundation?) The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Prospecting Column explains [...]