Grantseeking
The
Foundation Center offers 125 very helpful Frequently Asked Questions and free tutorials on:
Philanthropy News
Digest Message Board
Lively discussion board for seeking and offering assistance with the grants process.
http://members4.boardhost.com/PNDtalk/
Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Proposal Writing by Andy Robinson (book)
If you're new to proposal writing, this book will give you the skills you need to raise money from grants. Author and activist Andy Robinson describes in plain English just what it takes to win grants for social justice. Second edition published in April 2004.
www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787965782.html
Development
Grassroots
Fundraising by Ellen S. Ryan (online article)
Expanding the base of financial support can be difficult because grassroots
organizations focused on social and economic justice work are often so busy working on their issues and programs that they develop a hand-to-mouth relationship to money. Here are some tips for growing beyond this vicious cycle.
http://www.virginia-organizing.org/live/sites/default/files/ Organizing%20Toolbox%20Articles%20by%20Ellen%20S.%20Ryan.pdf (first six pages)
Securing
Your Organization's Future by Michael Seltzer (book)
- Prepares your organization for success when venturing into the world of funding
resources.
- Helps you determine the best mix of funding resources for the long term.
- Provides you with a blueprint for planning and implementing a solid strategy for securing financial
support.
www.fdncenter.org/marketplace/catalog/product_monograph.jhtml ?id=prod10045&navCount=1&navAction=push
Grassroots
Fundraising Journal
Practical tips and tools to help you raise money
for your organization. Books, print magazine, free e-newsletter, archived articles, and more. Kim Klein's work is highly-recommended for showing anyone how you can raise funds from non-grants sources in your community without feeling intimidated.
www.grassrootsfundraising.org
Nonprofit
Organizations
The Foundation Center offers three pages about establishing nonprofit organizations:
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/establish/index.html
http
://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/starting_nonprofit.html
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/guides/nonprofit.html
How
to Form a Nonprofit Corporation by Anthony Mancuso (book)
A very popular and widely used handbook, good for all 50 states.
Includes a CD with prototypes of necessary incorporation documents.
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-141330348x-0
These
are two good sources of books on many nonprofit topics:
www.powells.com/subsection/BusinessNonprofit.html
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-131453.html
Starting
a Business
By and large, foundations do not make grants to for-profit enterprises. If you are trying to start a for-profit business, this article will show you how to begin.
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/business.html
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