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[Recommended Book]

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Average: 4.5 (25 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: 2.7 (3 votes)
By Laura Fredricks
Fredericks is one of today's top major gift fundraisers, always worth a read.
 
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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



[Recommended Book]

Confessions of a Successful Grants Writer

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By Joanne Oppelt, MHA, GPC
A Complete Guide to Discovering and Obtaining Funding

Do you want to tap into grant funding? Do you have responsibility to increase donations through foundation, corporate or government funders? Do you want to increase your acceptance rate?  Read more



[Tutorial]

Developing Your Case for Support

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Average: 2.7 (3 votes)
By Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE
CAPITAL VENTURE CEO/President

The Importance of the Case

Sometimes development professionals only think about the importance of having a case for support when they are preparing to launch a capital campaign. However, every organization needs a case for support for all of its fundraising activities. The case has been defined by some as "the reasons why an organization both needs and merits philanthropic support….," (AFP Fundraising Dictionary); ….a clear, compelling statement of all the reasons why anyone should consider making contribution…. (Harold J. Seymour) and "… an internal database …of information that will support the preparation of various documents and publications…" (Henry A Rosso). The case is all of this and more.  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



[Private Vault Tool]


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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[Recommended Book]

Getting Funded: The Complete Guide to Writing Grant Proposals

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By Mary Hall & Susan Howlett
Compete Successfully for Shrinking Funding Dollars

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In the existing climate of increased competition for reduced funding dollars, writing a winning grant proposal is essential.

Get the answers to your most troublesome questions. Drawing on over 60 years of experience in the field, authors Dr. Mary Hall, and Susan Howlett take you step by step, through this complex and sometimes frustrating process. Everything is covered, from current trends in funding to all the nuts and bolts necessary for writing a successful proposal.

By illustrating points with clear examples, incorporating checklists, a teaching guide for instructors, and other useful tools to keep you on track, the 4th Edition of Getting Funded continues to be the definitive reference on writing grant proposals available today.  Read more



[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

2.25
Average: 2.3 (4 votes)
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



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