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[Recommended Book]

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Average: 4.9 (22 votes)
By Stephen R. Covey
Another example of how business principles can effectively be applied in the nonprofit world.

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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success—in business as well as personal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.  Read more



[Recommended Book]

Ask, The: How to Ask Anyone for Any Amount for Any Purpose

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Average: 4 (1 vote)
By Laura Fredricks
Fredericks is one of today's top major gift fundraisers, always worth a read.
 
Publisher's Description:
 

The Ask is a complete resource for teaching anyone—experienced in fundraising or not—how to ask individuals, in person, for a contribution to for a local nonprofit or a special event or community project, an enhanced annual gift, a major or planned gift, or a challenging capital campaign gift. Written by fundraising expert Laura Fredricks, The Ask shows what it takes to prepare yourself and others to make an effective ask and includes over one hundred sample dialogues you can use and adapt. Step by step, the book reveals how to listen, what to say, and how to follow up on each and every ask until you receive a solid and definitive answer.  Read more



[Tip Sheet]

Case for Support Tips

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Many organizations do not have a written case for support and often don’t even think about the need for one until they are ready for a capital campaign. Every organization should have a written case for support from which they will develop all their fundraising materials. Here are ten tips to make sure your case is compelling.  Read more



[Tool]

Evaluation for Nonprofit Organizations

Courtesy of the Foundation Center

Topical Resource Lists

The following bibliography was created to help grantmakers and grantseekers keep up with the latest developments in nonprofit evaluation. This resource list contains citations to selected works from the Foundation Center's Catalog of Nonprofit Literature, as well as links to useful Web resources. For additional reports, articles, and other materials on the topic, search the Catalog with the keywords "evaluation" or "assessment."  Read more



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Foundation Prospects Grid Worksheet

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A foundation prospect worksheet for organizing and tracking foundation prospects, guidelines and deadlines.  Read more


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[Tip Sheet]

Getting the Grant Tips

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Does your organization rely on grant funding to meet its annual budget? Have you lost a major grant? Do you lack the free time to research potential funders? Here are a few tips on finding grant opportunities and successfully competing for grant funding.  Read more



[Recommended Book]

Mega Gifts: 2nd Edition, Revised & Updated

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Average: 4 (1 vote)
By Jerry Panas
Panas interviews major donors and explores their motivation for giving — a real eye-opener!

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How do you top what is said to be the greatest selling fundraising book of all time?

How do you improve upon Mega Gifts, a book CASE Currents magazine called 'the most important fundraising book' written?

How do you, as Emeril Lagasse would say, 'kick it up a notch?" Jerold Panas knows how.  Read more



[Recommended Book]

Nonprofit Essentials: Major Gifts

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By Julia Ingraham Walker
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Part of the AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series, Nonprofit Essentials: Major Gifts is a professional guide to major gift fundraising, concisely presented in a format that is accessible, lively, and easy-to-read.

With in-depth advice from experienced fundraiser Julia Walker, this book takes the reader from the early stages of establishing a program through the core elements of all major gift programs: identifying and rating prospects; preparing the case; training volunteers; cultivating donors; making the ask; and providing recognition and stewardship for the gift.   Read more



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Project Budget Worksheet for Endowment Expenditures

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A worksheet to use for setting up the endowment budget for expenditures.  Read more


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