How to Make the Most of Online Giving
Fundraising Online: Using the Internet to Raise Serious Money for Your Nonprofit Organization
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Handbook for Maximizing the Board’s Potential at Small Charities
Great Boards for Small Groups: A 1-Hour Guide to Governing a Growing Nonprofit, by Andy Robinson, offers insights into what the best-managed boards can bring to the small nonprofit groups they oversee. The book notes that small charities often succeed because of a dedicated, hard-working group of…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Three Ways Grant Makers Can Improve Communications
Foundation Communications: The Grantee Perspective, by Judy Huang, identifies three effective ways foundations can convey their goals and strategies to the nonprofit organizations they support. Analyzing three years of data from nearly 17,000 grantees of 142 foundations, the report suggests that…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Charities Undervalue Social-Marketing Approaches, Book Says
Social Marketing in the 21st Century
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Become a Nonprofit Chief Executive
The Not-for-Profit CEO Workbook: Practical Steps to Attaining & Retaining the Corner Office
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Create Strategic Plans to Prepare for the Future, Book Urges
Nonprofit Strategic Positioning: Decide Where to Be, Plan What to Do
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Common Mistakes That Board Members Make
The 10 Symptoms of Dysfunctional Boards: Your Guide to Great Governance
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Companies Can Invest in Charities and Make Money, Report Says
Investing for Impact: Managing and Measuring Proactive Social Investments, by Mark Kramer and Sarah Cooch, studies ways a company can pour money into environmental or human-service organizations while staying true to its corporate mission. Commissioned by the Shell Foundation, this report reviews…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Methods for Creating Productive After-School Programs
Getting It Right: Strategies for After-School Success, by Rebecca Raley, Jean Grossman, and Karen E. Walker, reports on research by Public/Private Ventures on how to establish after-school programs that attract young people and produce strong academic and social results. Among the most successful…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Advice for Fund Raisers Shooting for Big Gifts
Dream Builders, by Nick G. Costa, outlines approaches to attracting big gifts. The book profiles several organizations that are raising money for capital campaigns and shows how they apply Mr. Costa’s suggestions, which include learning when to casually engage potential donors and when to ask…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions