Fundraising Resources

Werth-It Resources

Some of the websites mentioned below are found in Six Websites to Solve Your Problems by Katherine Wertheim. Also included is a little-known tip for getting government grants information.
For helpful fundraising tips you can use right now: 60 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Immediately.
For figuring out what kind of fundraising to do based on the resources you have: The C.A.T.E. Formula.
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For building a better board of directors: BoardSource.
For information on other nonprofit organizations: GuideStar. (Also, the IRS 990 forms of other nonprofits are on the Guidestar website, and they will list the salaries of the top five staff members if they make more than $50,000 a year, plus the salaries paid any board members, so that you can conduct a comparison with similarly-sized organizations.)
To learn how to write grants and to find information on funders: Foundation Center.
To learn how to plan and evaluate, and to write a plan online: Innovation Network.

To think differently about how we help the people we serve: Begging for Change by Robert Egger.
To learn to embrace change within our organizations: Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, foreword by Kenneth H. Blanchard.
To learn how to change your thinking first and then create change: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hil.

To learn how to ask people for money in person: Speaking of Money with Hugh Downs, available through BoardSource.

To become more organized and spend time on the things that matter most: Franklin Covey and Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People.

Help with fundraising, finding fundraising consultants, finding coaches, going to luncheons and conferences: Association for Fundraising Professionals.
Help with public relations: International Association of Business Communicators.

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