Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Pakroo J.D., Peri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413331513 ISBN 13: 9781413331516

Publisher: NOLO, 2024

Synopsis

Build a great nonprofit

Whether you’re aiming to protect the environment, support the arts, or help people in need, understanding how to set up a solid nonprofit organization is a great foundation for being as effective as you can be.

With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions, this essential guide will help you get your nonprofit up and running—and keep it going. It explains how to:

• develop a strategic plan and budget

• recruit and manage board members, volunteers, and staff

• market your organization to your target audience

• raise money, including traditional methods and crowdfunding

• build a website, use social media strategically, and avoid copyright troubles

• adopt policies that are legally sound

• with downloadable forms

• and much more.

Whether you’re dreaming of starting a nonprofit or are already running one, Starting and Building a Nonprofit will help your organization succeed. The fully updated tenth edition contains new material on defining and tracking goals when developing a digital strategy. It also includes information on additional fundraising tools to get financial support, such as using premium content platforms like Patreon and Substack. 

About this title

About the Author

Peri Pakroo (www.peripakroo.com) is a business author and coach, specializing in creative and smart strategies for self-employment and small business. She has started, participated in, and consulted with start-up businesses for more than 20 years. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Pyragraph (www.pyragraph.com), an online career magazine for artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, writers, and other creative workers worldwide. Peri received her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. She is the author of The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, The Small Business Start-Up Kit (national and California editions) and Starting & Building a Nonprofit (all from Nolo) and has been featured in numerous national publications including Entrepreneur, Real Simple, Investor's Business Daily, and BusinessWeek.

Edition details

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413331513
• ISBN 13: 9781413331516
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288