Nonprofit Organizations category: 797 books
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction
Annual Report 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) Annual Report 2014 is the 14th such report and covers the period 1 January–31 December 2014. It presents JFPR’s background and rationale, implementation progress, and achievements. Established in May 2000, JFPR provides direct grant assistance to the...
by Jason Penn
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
In my experiences, I far too often see small nonprofits play it safe and refuse to hire and pay appropriate wages to a development professional who can easily raise three to five times their total budget within their second year. What would you say if you give me $50, and at the end of the year, I...
Philanthropy in Practice
Pragmatism and the Impact of Philanthropic Action
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Philanthropic foundations are experiencing a crisis of professional identity. They attract considerable hopes due to an unusually high degree of independence and freedom of manoeuvre, which theoretically places them in a privileged position to find novel solutions to societies’ most severe and intractable...
Benefit Auctions
A Fresh Formula for Grassroots Fundraising
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
In a climate in which community services funding is more and more scarce and the causes are getting more and more urgent, grassroots fundraising is the brightest light at the end of the tunnel. The easiest grassroots fundraiser is a benefit auction, and this book offers tried-and-true methods for...
Writing Off Ideas
Taxation, Philanthropy and America's Non-profit Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Tax-exempt foundations grew substantially in the twentieth century, both in their financial importance and in the scope of their activities. This challenging book examines the economic, cultural, and intellectual implications of tax-exempt organizations. How do various tax laws influence foundations...
ChangeMaker Pocket Guide
Passion, Energy, Values, & Vision
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Shelley Wood is on a mission to create a new generation of joyful ChangeMakers who can tackle the myriad challenges facing our world today. Distilling twenty years of observation and study, she offers a head start to the next generation of leaders who want to make the world a better, more awake, and...
by George Foster, Chris Mason, Mr John Meehan
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
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`Management for Social Enterprise is a great introduction to the rich variety of social enterprises in the UK. It is also a useful tool to help us to build more effective social enterprises that really deliver on their missions by people...
ALTERNATIVE FUNDRAISING FOR AID-DEPENDENT CHARITIES
A Complete Reference for Grant Research and Grant Writing
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The significance of this Handbook lies in providing a solution to the problem of grant writing facing the aid-dependent Charities today. Grant writing is a skill where expertise has an immediate outcome: more funds for Charities to accomplish their goals.
The Handbook shows that, in order to...
by Rodney Jackson, Emmett D. Carson
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
A Philanthropic Covenant will feature eight essays from several prominent African American grantmakers, scholars, activists and clergy that will examine critical elements of modern philanthropy and how they affect Black communities for good and for ill. Each chapter will include statistical documentation...
Applied Wisdom
Bad News Is Good News and Other Insights That Can Help Anyone Be a Better Manager
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Success in business demands the effective management of people. James C. Morgan, who for nearly three decades led the high-tech powerhouse Applied Materials Inc. to both financial success and to the designation as one of America’s most admired companies and best places to work, provides a simple,...
Managing Health in Africa
The Health Systems Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
An authoritative analysis of the challenges of public health management in Africa, with concrete suggestions on how to overcome them. The three authors have a combined experience of more than 83 years in national and international health work. The topics they cover include the status of public health...
Wikipedia, The Free Collaborative Encyclopaedia
The unexpected rise of one of the world’s most popular sites
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Find out how Wikipedia became an internet giant in just 50 minutes!
With over 40 million articles in almost 300 languages and dialects, Wikipedia is the largest and most influential encyclopaedia in the world. This success is all the more astonishing considering that the site relies on volunteers...
by Ann E. Robertson, Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Girl Scouting came to Washington, DC, in June 1913 when Juliette Gordon Low decided her new girls� empowerment movement needed a national headquarters. Although the headquarters moved to New York City in 1916, the council in Washington, DC, is still actively involved in the programs. Girl Scouts of...
La Wikipedia
Una revolucionaria enciclopedia libre y colaborativa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Un modelo de enciclopedia libre que transforma el mundo de la información
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para descubrirlo todo sobre la Wikipedia, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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