Books in the Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series series

Provides key tools to help managers of nonprofits ensure that their organization pursues its mission, meets the changing needs of the community - and has enough money to make ends meet-while also satisfying the demands of funders, clientele, boards, staff, and bankers.

The complete guide to the basics of nonprofit financial management Let's be honest. Most books about financial management are densely written, heavy on jargon, and light on practicality.

Suitable for professionals representing and advising tax exempt organizations, this guide offers a variety of planning tips, guidance, and helpful information for meeting clients needs. It features a digest of recent legislation, court opinions, and IRS public and private rulings, as well as checklists of forms and an inventory of penalties.

To survive in today's world, nonprofit organizations must keep pace with changes in technology, the needs of those they serve, and the requirements of funding sources.

In the wake of a rash of scandals in the nonprofit sector, Congress has passed legislation that allows it to impose penalties against individuals and organizations for any violation of the Internal Revenue Code. This book shows nonprofit professionals how to comply with these regulations to avoid potential fines or other sanctions.

The only single-volume resource to cover all aspects of managing a volunteer program Fully revised, The Volunteer Management Handbook, Second Edition provides practical guidelines, suggestions, and checklists to help nonprofit managers develop comprehensive strategies for starting and running successful volunteer programs.

A focused, invaluable guide to nonprofit legal terminology and definitions The Bruce R. Hopkins Nonprofit Law Dictionary is a thorough professional reference for the terminology and definitions surrounding the law of tax-exempt organizations. Author Bruce R.

Offers step-by-step guidance on how to write effective grants that get the funding you need. This title provides examples of completed proposals and case studies to demonstrate how the grant seeking process typically works. It also includes a companion CD-ROM containing guide sheets and templates that can be downloaded, customized, and printed.

A Complete Guide to Personal Philanthropy Are you one of the newly wealthy with an interest in "giving back"... an heir to money you'd like to share with a favorite cause...

Much has changed since the second edition came out in 2000. Nonprofits are much more competitive, managed care has taken hold at the state and federal level, and radical changes in information technology have occurred.

Includes chapters on such topics as Making your Data Collection Meaningful, Sales for Non Profits, Strategic Leadership of Volunteer Organizations in an International Context, and Organizational Culture and Not for Profit Organizations.

A must-have guide that enables managers and trustees of private foundations, as well as their lawyers and accountants, to successfully navigate today's increasingly complex tax laws and reporting requirements Private foundations are the most regulated of nonprofit organizations.

Complete with real-life stories and anecdotes, forms and checklists, agendas and group facilitation techniques, this easy-to-use book, written by a well-respected and successful non-profit executive, will finally answer the question of how to build a great board with a quick and simple framework that really delivers.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED As not-for-profits must increasingly achieve greater results with less resources, they are continually seeking ways to use such scarce resources with more economy, with greater efficiency of processes and people within their organizations, and with increased effectiveness of results in order to further their missions.

Nonprofit managers have been slow to embrace the digital age. Although technology has transformed the face of the for-profit sector and how it operates, nonprofit use of technology to improve internal functioning and to change the way services are delivered is almost nonexistent.

To be a successful grant seeker, one must master budgeting, learning how to make the budget an integral part of the grant proposal. This book helps grant-seekers craft a budget and financial plan that translates an innovative vision into a concrete reality grantors can understand and support.

A complete set of tools for applying entrepreneurial strategies and techniques to your nonprofit As a follow-up to their book Enterprising Nonprofits, the authors of Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs provide a full set of practical tools for putting the lessons of business entrepreneurship to work in your nonprofit.

Nonprofit managers often focus on mastering the core competencies of their jobs--fund raising, financial management, board development, and leadership--rather than on becoming wide-ranging executives like their for-profit counterparts.

Provides answers to fund-raisers' questions such as: How do the intermediate sanctions rules apply to fund-raisers? What are the rules as to property valuation? How do the gift substantiation and quid pro quo contributions rules work? What disclosure rules apply? What rules apply to auctions and other special events? And, more.

FROM GRANTMAKER TO LEADER The past one hundred years has borne witness to an extraordinary revolution in the constitution and activities of philanthropic foundations. The evolution of the governance of foundations-from founder to family to professionals to institutions-has necessarily altered the role that foundations play within a society.

Estate planning has more procrastination, indecision, and inertia associated with it than any other area of planning. Affluent baby boomers, in particular, as the beneficiaries of the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history, have a daunting set of financial concerns with which to contend.

Critical legal information for enhancing and expanding the activities of charitable fund-raisers As the competition for gifts grows increasingly intense, managers and fund-raisers for charitable organizations must learn how to work with tax and business law to optimize their return.

Praise for Nonprofit Boards That Work "This book offers a refreshing and candid look at the challenges of nonprofit boards. It moves away from theoretical frameworks to take you inside the real world of nonprofit organizations...

Corporate giving currently accounts for nearly 10 percent of all charitable donations nationwide, and most experts agree that the flow of corporate resources earmarked for nonprofit programs is on the rise. Yet, many fund raisers are held back from tapping this gold mine by the fear they don t know how to "play the system" correctly.

The First and Only Complete Guide to Successfully Managing Faith-Based Organizations Faith-Based Management Written by a leading international expert on faith-based management, this book describes proven management strategies and techniques developed at some of the world's most successful places of worship and faith-based service organizations.

"A unique book with a unique approach, this is destined to become a classic. " --Charitable Gift Planning News In this deeply humane and informative book, Douglas White deftly weaves together personal insight and level-headed advice in a probing look at the human side of planned giving.

Program-related investments (PRIs) are hybrid grants/loans made by foundations to charities. They allow foundations to stretch their limited funds further. This book provides foundations with guidelines for evaluating PRIs, monitoring grant recipients, and tracking returned funds.

This cash management and investment handbook for nonprofit managers helps managers from diverse backgrounds learn to manage their organization's money.

Change has dramatically confronted higher education in the last decade, challenging it to its very roots. Colleges and universities have been rocked by a volatile economy, changing demographic trends, weakening public opinion, lagging state and federal support, and other forces. Leaders from the most highly respected institutions in the country have examined the important issues facing higher education today and this book offers their insights on restructuring administrative operations, new revenue opportunities, debt management, capital renewal, endowment management, and more.