Nonprofit kit for
Nonprofit Kit For Dummies
Helping you successfully start a nonprofit organization the right way or strengthening the governing, financial, and capacity-building framework of your existing nonprofit organization! Ready to do some good? Ready to give back to the community? You better be! Because in Nonprofit Kit For Dummies yo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J.:
John Wiley & Sons
c2022.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wairīpaburisshingujapan [2022] |
| Edition: | Sixth edition |
| Series: | --For dummies.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009645696706719 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1 Getting Familiar with the Nonprofit Framework
- Chapter 1 Journeying into the World of Nonprofit Organizations
- What Is a Nonprofit Organization?
- Comparing for-profits to nonprofits
- Introducing the coveted 501(c)(3) status for nonprofits
- Knowing Your Mission Before Entering the Nonprofit World
- Setting up a nonprofit
- Making plans and being flexible
- Embracing and Sharing Your Inspiration
- Finding the Resources to Do the Job
- Who is giving to nonprofit organizations?
- Supporting your mission with fundraising
- Chapter 2 Understanding What It Takes to Start a Nonprofit
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Starting a Nonprofit
- Doing Your Homework First
- Analyzing the competition
- Identifying the right people to help you
- Figuring out how you'll survive financially
- Acknowledging the reality of what's ahead
- Planning, plotting, and projecting
- Understanding Nonprofit Ownership
- Benefiting the public for the greater good
- Being accountable and transparent
- Looking at the Many Varieties of Nonprofits
- Identifying nonprofits by their numbers
- Adding rules and regulations to add to your file
- Comparing Nonprofits and For-Profits
- How they're alike
- How they differ
- Using a Fiscal Sponsor: An Alternative Approach
- Examining common details of a fiscal sponsorship relationship
- Finding a fiscal sponsor
- Chapter 3 Prioritizing Building Your Board of Directors
- Appreciating the Duties of a Nonprofit Board of Directors
- Primary role: Preserving public trust
- Secondary role: Dealing with planning, hiring, and other board tasks
- Sharing responsibilities among the board, staff, and volunteers.
- Recruiting the Right People for Your Board
- Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion in the board's composition
- Keeping it fresh: Terms of service
- Big boards or little boards
- Choosing officers and committees
- Introducing new and prospective members to the board and the organization
- Putting Staff Members on Your Board
- Using Your Board to Full Capacity
- Encouraging commitment from board members
- Holding effective board meetings
- Chapter 4 Creating Your Mission Statement and Vision Statement
- Honing Your Mission Statement
- Keeping your mission statement short and sweet
- Stating your mission - the goal for services
- Specifying who will be served by the nonprofit
- Explaining how you'll accomplish your mission
- Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into your mission statement
- Imagining Your Future with a Vision Statement
- Capturing your vision statement
- Asking "Where are we going?" and "Why?"
- Inviting Stakeholders to the Planning Table
- Encouraging and embracing stakeholder input
- Working together to finalize your statements
- Living by Your Mission and Staying Fixed on the Vision
- Chapter 5 Incorporating and Applying for Tax-Exemption Status
- Creating a New Entity: The Nonprofit Corporation
- Following your state's or territory's laws
- Understanding the required governing documents
- Deciding whether to have members in your corporation
- Finding the best name
- Writing the Articles of Incorporation
- Crafting a heading
- Article I
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV
- Article V
- Article VI
- Article VII
- Article VIII
- Signed, sealed, and delivered
- Securing Your Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Writing Your Organization's Bylaws
- Holding Your First Board Meeting
- Applying for Tax Exemption
- Tackling Form 1023 online.
- Discerning between public charities and private foundations
- Establishing public charity status
- Describing your activities
- Reporting salaries and conflicts of interest
- Dealing with financial information
- Collecting the other materials
- Paying the fee
- Navigating possible contribution barriers until tax-exemption status is approved
- Chapter 6 Adhering to Nonprofit Status Requirements
- Disclosing What You Need to Disclose
- What you do need to show
- What you don't need to show
- Using the web to satisfy disclosure requirements
- Avoiding Excessive Payments and Politicking
- Determining reasonable pay and benefits
- Using caution when getting involved in politics
- Why all the fuss? Understanding the increased scrutiny by the IRS
- Reporting to the IRS
- Filing Form 990-N
- Taking it easy with the Form 990-EZ return
- Tackling the long Form 990
- Getting your Form 990 to the IRS
- Reporting to Your State, Territory, and Local Governments
- Part 2 Bringing Your A-Game to Nonprofit Management
- Chapter 7 From the Top: Examining the Nonprofit Management Structure
- Managing a Nonprofit: A Bird's-Eye View
- Appreciating the Governing Board's Role and Responsibilities
- Understanding the board's management oversight duties
- Protecting your board from liability
- Redefining the Nonprofit Founder's Role
- Adding an Advisory Board
- Expanding to Take On an Executive Director
- Chapter 8 Strategic Planning: Embracing the Ongoing Process
- Understanding the Importance of Planning
- Making Your Organization's Strategic Plan
- Getting ready
- Working with your nonprofit's mission and vision statements
- Hearing from all your stakeholders
- Surveying the external situation
- Looking at the internal situation
- Calling in the SWOT team
- Putting the plan in writing
- Adjusting your strategic plan when necessary.
- Putting Plans into Action
- Defining and setting goals, objectives, strategies, and outcomes
- Creating a work plan
- Planning for Programs
- Working as a team
- Assessing needs
- Brainstorming the resources needed to implement new programs
- Facility Planning: Finding a Place to Do Your Work
- How much space and of what kind?
- Location, location, location
- Owning, leasing, or taking a free ride
- Making a move
- Deciding to take on a capital project
- Chapter 9 Evaluating Your Work: Are You Meeting Your Goals?
- Knowing the Importance of Evaluation
- Working Through the Evaluation Process
- Selecting the right kind of evaluation
- Planning for evaluation
- Crafting valuable questions
- Choosing evaluators: Inside or outside?
- Conducting Your Evaluation
- Analyzing Results and Putting Them to Work
- Interpreting results
- Using your evaluation to strengthen your work
- Telling the truth
- Sharing the evaluation results with your stakeholders
- Chapter 10 You Can Count on Me! Working with Volunteers
- Knowing Why People Volunteer
- Designing a Volunteer Program
- Considering a volunteer coordinator
- Determining your need for volunteers
- Writing volunteer job descriptions
- Organizing volunteers
- Hunting for Volunteers
- Getting the word out
- Looking for volunteers at other organizations
- Finding volunteers with special skills
- Hiring interns
- Interviewing and Screening Volunteers
- Managing Your Volunteers
- Providing adequate training
- Keeping good records
- Insuring your volunteers
- Saying farewell to bad volunteers
- Showing Appreciation for Your Volunteers
- Chapter 11 Working with Paid Staff and Contractors
- Determining Your Staffing Needs
- Getting Your Nonprofit Ready for Paid Employees
- Developing your personnel policies
- Exploring payroll setup options.
- Providing benefits and perquisites
- Preparing to Hire
- Composing a job description
- Considering necessary qualifications
- Establishing nonprofit salary levels
- Announcing the position
- Making the Hire
- Looking at résumés
- Interviewing candidates
- Digging deeper with references
- Making your decision
- Onboarding a New Hire
- Confirming employment terms in writing
- Getting your new hire started on the job
- Evaluating your new hire's progress
- Looking to the future: Creating a professional development plan
- Managing Employees
- Recognizing what a manager or supervisor does
- Clarifying the lines of communication
- Following the reprimand-and-dismissal process
- Working with Independent Contractors
- Differentiating an independent contractor from an employee
- Establishing the roles for independent contractors
- Finding a consultant: Ask around
- Interviewing consultants
- Developing and executing the contract
- Chapter 12 Money Matters: Preparing Budgets and Financial Reports
- Making a Budget = Having a Plan
- Beginning with zero
- Defining a good budget
- Budgeting based on your history
- Understanding and isolating general administrative and fundraising costs
- Accounting for in-kind contributions
- Creating Budgets for Programs or Departments
- Working Frequently with Your Budget
- Projecting Cash Flow
- Constructing your cash flow projection
- Deciding what to do if you don't have enough
- Borrowing to make ends meet
- Putting money away to make a nonprofit strong
- Keeping Your Books Organized and Up to Date
- Differentiating the various accounting systems
- Considering accounting software or an accountant
- Reviewing the Numbers: Financial Statements and Audits
- Preparing financial statements
- Seeing the value of an audit
- Knowing whether you need an audit
- Reading Your Financial Statements.
