Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success (StartUp Series) - Softcover

Kimball, Cheryl; Entrepreneur Magazine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159918527X ISBN 13: 9781599185279

Publisher: Entrepreneur Press, 2014

Synopsis

Whether you want to serve a community need, assist citizens, or advocate for animals—your aspiration is a noble one and likely an ideal mission for a nonprofit organization. The experts at Entrepreneur show you how to turn your desire for change into a successful—and satisfying—business.

This indispensable guide helps you determine if your business idea is nonprofit or for-profit, understand and identify their business mission and vision, staff and run a lean operation, select and manage a board of directors, manage finances to the satisfaction of the IRS, find a location and set up shop, master fundraising, use social media and other cost-effective outreach, and manage sustainability and growth. All startup steps are supported by insider knowledge from successful entrepreneurs, dollar-stretching tips, missteps to avoid, resources, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Based in Irvine, CA, Entrepreneur Press provides aspiring, emerging, and growing entrepreneurs with actionable solutions to every challenge, leading them from business idea to business success. The author of several books in the Start Your Own series, Cheryl Kimball is the Director of Development and Community Relations for a New Hampshire animal shelter and president of the board of directors for the New Hampshire Farm Museum.

From the Back Cover

How will you better the world?

Whether you want to serve a community need, assist citizens, or advocate for animals—your aspiration is a noble one and likely an ideal mission for a nonprofit organization. Let the experts at Entrepreneur show you how to turn your desire for change into a successful—and satisfying—business.

Follow our experts as they take you step by step through the nonprofit sector detailing basic requirements for establishment, startup funding, day-to-day operations, staffing, and much more. Plus, gain valuable insider insight from practicing nonprofit founders sharing time-saving tips, missteps to avoid, and resources worth knowing.

Covers:
• Developing a staff and running a lean operation
• Selecting and maintaining a Board of Directors
• Managing finances to the satisfaction of the IRS
• Finding the best location to set up shop
• Outfitting your organization with the essential equipment
• Raising the funds you need through grants, campaigns, events, and donors
• Embracing social media and other effective, low-cost outreach tools
• Managing sustainability and growth
• And More

No matter what kind of nonprofit you want to start, this guide will help you start and run a rewarding organization. Turn your hope for change into help for a deserving community—starting now!

Edition details

• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159918527X
• ISBN 13: 9781599185279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170