Nonprofit Kit For Dummies?

By Stan Hutton, Frances Phillips, Frances N. Phillips

Book Overview

The Nonprofit Kit For Dummies is the only comprehensive guide of its kind at a reasonable price. This is a nuts-and-bolts guide for real people -- nonprofessional managers and volunteers who hope to start a nonprofit but don't know where to begin or who already run one but are struggling with a multitude of decisions and tasks -- real-life issues like staffing, budgeting, fundraising, tax reports, and facilities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076455347X
• ISBN13: 9780764553479
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.9" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (With CD-ROM)

It's exactly what I needed. Not too technical and a broad view of non-profit organizations. Also a step by step list to prepare for and start various types of non-profits. Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (With CD-ROM)

Develop a system a dummy could use...

For months I was learning how to start a non-profit through alot of second-hand sources and word of mouth. Hours online and months of hairpulling later, someone recommended this book and within 2 weeks all my ducks were in a row and now I'm waiting on them instead of myself.

all-in-one resource

This book puts it all together, with very savvy advice on not just what to do to launch and sustain a non-profit, but how to do it well, with realistic goals. My favorite sections are the ones on writing: how to develop a mission statement and a grant proposal. But all the nuts & bolts information about budgeting and raising money is excellent, too. The advice also is very flexible, so it can apply to nonprofits that are social service-oriented, arts-oriented, etc. A good starting point for all of us who want to turn dreams into realities.

Now I don't feel so dumb!

Great book for someone starting at ground zero! Before I found this book, I was struggling with my fear of overlooking some important aspect while starting a non-profit, the Financial Literacy Infusion Project (FLIP). My intrepidation was actually putting some of FLIP's potential funding in jeopardy. When I looked at the scope of topics in the table of contents, I breathed a sigh of relief. I was on my way to filling in some important "holes" I had overlooked and feeling confident that I was developing a strong foundation for FLIP.Hutton & Phillips cover the gamut of starting and running a non-profit in a reader-friendly format. NP for Dummies is also loaded with references and resources for more information on any subject covered. The CD is also a definite, easy to use PLUS!