The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Nonprofit with CD

All you need to establish, manage, and maintain a successful nonprofit business

By Jim Goettler

Format: Paperback + CD

SKU# Z4941

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A successful nonprofit organization needs more than a good idea and enthusiastic volunteers. It needs careful planning, realistic goals, and sustainable financing. With The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Nonprofit with CD, nonprofit advisor Jim Goettler walks you through each step of the process. Learn how to take an idea from a grassroots group to a federally recognized nonprofit organization. This book features information on:

The differences and similarities between organizations and corporations
Forming the initial board of directors and filing incorporation documents
Attracting the best volunteers and staff members
Using publicity and community outreach to raise money
Turning a for-profit organization into a nonprofit one

A bonus CD includes sample documents needed for any new nonprofit: articles of incorporation, bylaws, budgets, and IRS nonprofit status applications and instructions. With these tools, you'll be able to turn your dreams and passions into a thriving nonprofit organization.

Jim Goettler is a nonprofit consultant, community organizer, and national political activist. For more than twenty years, he has advised a wide variety of nonprofit organizations, ranging from local arts organizations to major music and art festivals to long-term care facilities. He is a former board member for several nonprofits, including Seattle Events, the Washington State Alternative Artisans Guild, Reclaim the Media, and the Northwest Community Partnership, as well as a past president of the board of the Seattle Folklore Society.

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