About the book
Everything you need to know as a nonprofit board member to raise more money and help your organization succeed in meeting its goals
Engaging and informative, this practical guide to fundraising contains valuable insights that nonprofit boards need to succeed in raising money in today's dynamic economic environment. While written expressly for board members, this useful handbook also provides advice to executive directors and advancement staff on how to partner with your board to build an unstoppable fundraising team.
A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members shows you how to raise more money by building board leadership and skills in fundraising. This book covers it all—the board's leadership role in fundraising; how to organize and train your board to raise funds; building a team with board and staff; raising funds for operations, major gifts and capital campaigns; how to ask for gifts; plus a guide for conducting a board retreat that will lead to fundraising success.
- Demystifies the ask by providing a straightforward guide on how to ask for, and close, gifts
- Features case studies, real life examples, and checklists in an easy to reference format
- Offers sample materials for a board retreat on building the successful fundraising team
- Also by Julia Ingraham Walker: Nonprofit Essentials: Jump-Starting the Stalled Fundraising Campaign
Entertaining, practical, and easy to use, this book will become a must-read for all board members, executive directors, and staff who want to build an effective fundraising team.
Editions of A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781118073568
- EBook
- ISBN 9781118236437
- EBook
- ISBN 9781118222492
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Everything you need to know as a nonprofit board member to raise more money and help your organization succeed in meeting its goals
Engaging and informative, this practical guide to fundraising contains valuable insights that nonprofit boards need to succeed in raising money in today's dynamic economic environment. While written expressly for board members, this useful handbook also provides advice to executive directors and advancement staff on how to partner with your board to build an unstoppable fundraising team.
A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members shows you how to raise more money by building board leadership and skills in fundraising. This book covers it all—the board's leadership role in fundraising; how to organize and train your board to raise funds; building a team with board and staff; raising funds for operations, major gifts and capital campaigns; how to ask for gifts; plus a guide for conducting a board retreat that will lead to fundraising success.
- Demystifies the ask by providing a straightforward guide on how to ask for, and close, gifts
- Features case studies, real life examples, and checklists in an easy to reference format
- Offers sample materials for a board retreat on building the successful fundraising team
- Also by Julia Ingraham Walker: Nonprofit Essentials: Jump-Starting the Stalled Fundraising Campaign
Entertaining, practical, and easy to use, this book will become a must-read for all board members, executive directors, and staff who want to build an effective fundraising team.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members about?
Everything you need to know as a nonprofit board member to raise more money and help your organization succeed in meeting its goals
Engaging and informative, this practical guide to fundraising contains valuable insights that nonprofit boards need to succeed in raising money in today's dynamic economic environment. While written expressly for board members, this useful handbook also provides advice to executive directors and advancement staff on how to partner with your board to build an unstoppable fundraising team.
A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members shows you how to raise more money by building board leadership and skills in fundraising. This book covers it all—the board's leadership role in fundraising; how to organize and train your board to raise funds; building a team with board and staff; raising funds for operations, major gifts and capital campaigns; how to ask for gifts; plus a guide for conducting a board retreat that will lead to fundraising success.
- Demystifies the ask by providing a straightforward guide on how to ask for, and close, gifts
- Features case studies, real life examples, and checklists in an easy to reference format
- Offers sample materials for a board retreat on building the successful fundraising team
- Also by Julia Ingraham Walker: Nonprofit Essentials: Jump-Starting the Stalled Fundraising Campaign
Entertaining, practical, and easy to use, this book will become a must-read for all board members, executive directors, and staff who want to build an effective fundraising team.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members?
Economics, Finance, Business and Management > Business and Management > Ownership and organization of enterprises > Non-profitmaking organizations
Where can I read a sample of A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781118073568
Is A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series The AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series
Who is/are the Author/s of the book A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members?
Julia I. Walker
Who is the Publisher of the book A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members?
Wiley
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781118073568) and ebook(ISBN 9781118236437) and ebook(ISBN 9781118222492)
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