Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization

Description

Preface; Chapter 1: Saving the World -- Being True to a Mission; Chapter 2: Before Opening Your Door -- Setting Your Nonprofit Up for Success; Chapter 3: Board of Directors -- Choosing the Right Founding Directors; Chapter 4: Finances -- Number Count, Even for a Nonprofit; Chapter 5: The Executive Director -- The Nonprofit CEO's Role in the Organization; Chapter 6: Staff -- The Fine Balance of Having Enough Staff; Chapter 7: Volunteers -- Heroes of the Nonprofit Community; Chapter 8: Equipping Your Nonprofit -- Figuring Out What You Need to Run Your Shop and How to Get It.;While there are other nonprofit-focused books on the shelves, all are dedicated to the management and sustainability, giving little to no focus on how to start a nonprofit?this book fills the void. Led by the experts at Entrepreneur, mission-driven entrepreneurs gain everything they need to know to start and run their own nonprofit organization. Including:?Determining if their business idea is nonprofit or for-profit?Understanding and identifying their business mission vs. vision?Staffing and running a lean operation?Selecting and managing a Board of Directors?Managin. Preface Chapter 1: Saving the World -- Being True to a Mission Chapter 2: Before Opening Your Door -- Setting Your Nonprofit Up for Success Chapter 3: Board of Directors -- Choosing the Right Founding Directors Chapter 4: Finances -- Number Count, Even for a Nonprofit Chapter 5: The Executive Director -- The Nonprofit CEO's Role in the Organization Chapter 6: Staff -- The Fine Balance of Having Enough Staff Chapter 7: Volunteers -- Heroes of the Nonprofit Community Chapter 8: Equipping Your Nonprofit -- Figuring Out What You Need to Run Your Shop and How to Get It. Chapter 9: Development -- Raising the Funds You NeedChapter 10: Master of Your Domain -- Website Essentials Chapter 11: Socially Acceptable -- The Unavoidable World of Social Media Chapter 12: Sustainability and Growth -- Keeping Things Going Appendix A: Sample Strategic Plan Appendix B: Resources for Nonprofits Glossary Index.