Fundraising Books

Fundraising with the Raiser’s Edge: A Non-technical Guide
By Bill Connors

Fundraising Mistakes That Bedevil All Boards (and staff too): A 1-hour guide to identifying and overcoming obstacles to your success
By Kay Sprinkel Grace

Save America's Treasures

2010 Funding for Cultural and Historical Artifact Preservation
Save America's Treasures is an annual grant program designed to provide critical investments in the preservation of the nation's most significant and endangered cultural treasures. The grant is administered by the National Park Service in collaboration with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

Seven Turning Points

Seven Turning Points: Leading through pivotial transitions in organizational life
by Susan Gross

Susam Gross is a noted organizational development consultant and has spent more than 40 years strengthening nonprofit organizations so that their people and programs succeed. This book goes beyond describing symptoms and challenges and offers nonprofit leaders usable advice on what to expect and what to do, based on the author's real-life experience with hundreds of nonprofits.

New Books!

Nonprofit Guide to Going Green
by Ted Hart, Adrienne Capps and Matthew Bauer

The Influenial Fundraiser: Using the Psychology of Persuasion to Achieve Outstanding Results
by Bernard Ross and Clare Segal

The Ask: How to Ask for Support for Your Nonprofit Cause, Creative Project, or Business Venture [updated and expanded]
by Laura Fredricks

Nonprofit Finance for Hard Times: Leadership Strategies When Economies Falter
by Susan Raymond

The Art of Giving

The Art of Giving: where the soul meets a business plan
by Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon
A comprehensive guide on how to be a canny, street-smart, effective philanthropist, regardless of your income level.... a perfect companion for nonprofit program and development executives who would like to introduce donors to their work and their organizations.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Blockbuster

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation supports original research and broad-based education that is related to science, technology and economics. All nonprofits are eligible. Applications are accepted on an on-going basis.

Blockbuster is committed to supporting outreach programs and partnerships that are designed to deliver measurable, positive results in communities that its members and employees call home. Whenever possible, Blockbuster incorporates cash contributions with volunteerism and in-kind donations to help achieve maximum impact. All nonprofits are eligible. Applications accepted on an on-going basis.

Nonprofit Management

Nonprofit Management: everything you need to know about managing your organization
With companion CD-Rom, this book covers all the basics: how to create a plan, fund a mission, recruit and keep volunteers, create and follow a budget, perform SWOT analysis and lots more.