Philanthropy is a booming business, with hundreds of billions of dollars committed to the social sector each year. Money Well Spent, an award-winning guide on how to structure philanthropy so that it really makes a difference, offers a comprehensive and crucial resource for individual donors, foundations, non-profits, and scholars who focus on and teach others about this realm. Behind every successful grant is a smart strategy. Paul Brest and Hal...

This collection of essays and blog postings is intended to help you understand the elements of and prepare for a capital campaign; so that, when you hire a staff campaign director or engage counsel, their time (and your money) will be used most effectively.

Webster's New World Grant Writing Handbook walks readers through every step of the grant writing process-from defining the project and getting and interpreting a foundation's guidelines to submitting and following up on the grant application. With clear, concise explanations, thorough coverage, illustrative examples, and expert advice, this helpful, complete resource gives grant writers all the information and guidance they need to succeed.

A Practical Framework for Positive Social Change In 1987, Anne Firth Murray had the idea that funding should go to grassroots women's organizations around the globe and that the recipients themselves should decide how to use that money. From that idea, The Global Fund for Women was born. The organization became a major force for good in the world, embodying a new paradigm of philanthropy. In these pages, Murray shares her wisdom, offering guidelines...

The life stage model is a powerful tool for understanding - objectively - your organization's current status and preparing it to move ahead to the future. This useful guide helps you understand where your organization is in its life and how to avoid unnecessary struggles and act on opportunities to boost your organization's development.

We are entering a new era-an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be under way, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract greater financial support and leverage that funding to maximum effect. As Good to Great author Jim Collins writes in his foreword, this book offers "a...

The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization focused on alleviating problems caused by poverty in New York City. Michael M. Weinstein is the Foundation's senior vice president, and Ralph M. Bradburd was a long-time consultant. Together, they worked to develop a metric-based approach called 'relentless monetization,' which made sure the money they took in and granted out was used effectively and resulted in long-term change. In this book,...

Les organisations internationales humanitaires (OIH), qu'elles soient intergouvernementales ou non gouvernementales, sont devenues un acteur incontournable des interventions à la suite de catastrophes naturelles ou de conflits armés. L'importance grandissante de leur rle dans la protection des civils s'explique notamment par la croissance du nombre de catastrophes dans les dernières décennies et par les incidences des conflits sur les populations. Les...

Everyone loves a good event, but not everyone will have the ingredients to make it happen. This book is designed to help you determine whether special events are right for your nonprofit; and, how to be sure that your event is unique/memorable, not just another dinner, luncheon or auction.

Written by fundraising experts Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, Keep Your Donors is a new, winning guide to making disappointing donor retention rates a thing of the past. This practical and provocative book will show you how to master the strategies and tactics that make fundraising communications profitable. Filled with case studies and based in part on the CFRE and AFP job analyses, Keep Your Donors is your definitive guide to getting new donorsand...