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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide (9th Edition) Spiral-Bound | February 23, 2021

Peri Pakroo

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Starting & Building a Nonprofit explains in detail how to start a nonprofit that’s both effective and sustainable, and can continue doing its good work even if the founders move on. It is written for people who are passionate about a cause, but who might not know the first thing about the legal structure of nonprofits or how to manage them. It explains from A to Z how to organize people, money, and resources legally and strategically, in line with the unique rules governing nonprofit organizations in the U.S.

Build a great nonprofit

More people than ever are committing themselves to serving their communities and changing the world. 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
  • and much more

Whether you are dreaming of starting a nonprofit or are already in the trenches, Starting and Building a Nonprofit will help your organization make a real difference in the world. The fully updated ninth edition contains new material on developing and implementing meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion policies within your organization. It also covers recent changes to the law, including new incentives for donors under the CARES Act.

With Downloadable Forms

Download and customize essential forms, including Contractor Work-for-Hire Agreement, Volunteer Assignment Agreement, and sample budget forms. (details inside).

Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1413328385
Item Weight: 1.0 lbs
Dimensions: 7.0 x 1.0 x 9.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars Up to 30 ratings
"Takes readers through the nuts and bolts, from deciding on a name to bookkeeping." Library Journal

"Describes the steps required to start and run a nonprofit organization.."Chronicle Philanthropy

"Offers tons of practical advice and step-by-step instructions..." Accounting Today

"Pakroo, a business and communications consultant specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits, provides a guide to starting and building a nonprofit. Chapters cover naming and structuring the nonprofit, developing a strategic plan and initial budget, the board of directors, staff and volunteers, fundraising, risk management and insurance, contracts and agreements, marketing, publishing informational materials, creating an online presence, managing finances, and hiring lawyers, accountants, and other professional help." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc., ProtoView

"Offers practical advice to allow nonprofits to set up their operations so that they run smoothly and efficiently..." Deborah Brody Hamilton, Former Director, Member Services, Association of Small Foundations

"Partly because of the current national political climate, the increasingly urgent need to address social, economic, and infrastructure needs, more people than ever are committing themselves to serving their communities and changing the world through creating and joining nonprofit organizations to advocate for and work in behalf of those issues. Whether seeking 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 possible. With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions, and now in a fully updated and expanded eighth edition, "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" is an essential, step-by-step guide will help get a nonprofit organization up and running -- and keep it going! "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" covers such fundamental issues as: Developing a strategic plan and budget; Recruiting and managing board members, volunteers, and staff; Market a non-profit organization to a targeted audience; Raising money including traditional methods and crowd-funding; Building a website, using social media strategically, and avoiding copyright troubles; Adopting policies that are legally sound; and so much more! Whether aspiring to start up a nonprofit or are already 'in the trenches', "Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide" will help any organization make a real difference in the world in this age of social media. " The Midwest Book Review, Taylor's Bookshelf

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.