Whether you want to serve a community need, assist citizens, or advocate for animals—your aspiration is a noble one and likely an ideal mission for a nonprofit organization. The experts at Entrepreneur show you how to turn your desire for change into a successful—and satisfying—business. This indispensable guide helps you determine if your business idea is nonprofit or for-profit, understand and identify their business mission and vision, staff and run a lean operation, select and manage a board of directors, manage finances to the satisfaction of the IRS, find a location and set up shop, master fundraising, use social media and other cost-effective outreach, and manage sustainability and growth. All startup steps are supported by insider knowledge from successful entrepreneurs, dollar-stretching tips, missteps to avoid, resources, and more.

Containing handy checklists, worksheets, and lists of resources, a standard handbook describes, step-by-step, all of the phases of creating and operating a new nonprofit agency, including obtaining tax-exempt status and creating a strategic plan. Original. UP.

FOLLOW YOUR PASSION Serving missions rather than profits, the nonprofit sector employs 11 million people, making it the third largest industry in the United States, and often provides our communities’ most fundamental services. Whether your mission is to save puppies, feed children, or preserve history, Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization equips you with the tools you need to start, run and grow your organization. This guide provides mission-driven entrepreneurs like you with the latest industry research and pairs it with advice from real-world nonprofit leaders to teach you how to: Determine if your business idea is nonprofit or for-profit Manage the day-to-day operations and onboard key staff and volunteers that help you achieve goals Write a business plan, mission statement, and grant proposals that gain funding and help grow the organization Manage your finances to the satisfaction of the IRS Integrate the latest technology, apps, and social media strategy to aid in volunteer tracking, donation facilitation, and audience outreach Plus, gain insight and hard-won lessons from nonprofits like the Susan B. Komen Foundation, Prosperity Indiana, the Melanoma International Foundation, and the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits No matter what kind of nonprofit you want to start, this guide will turn your hope for change into help for a deserving community—starting now!

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This book will help you in being able to start up your own nonprofit group from the ground up. Starting a nonprofit group is not easy and will require work, time, and patience from everyone involved. But, in the end, the work will be worth it because you will have started a business that will begin to impact your town, county, state, maybe even go as far as to impact people nationwide. Everyone has heard of the big nonprofit organizations that are worldwide and reaching out to those that they help. The goal with this book is to give you the steps and help you get to that point. Everyone you are intending to help will, hopefully, get the help that you are wanting them to get! Keep your mind open when going through this book in order to find out how to make your nonprofit business from start to finish. There are rules in place in order to keep nonprofits on the right track, make sure that you follow all the guidelines when it comes to any nonprofit business. It's not going to be easy to start up the nonprofit organization, but in the end, it will be worth it. Just make sure that you stick to your guns and don't give up. This book will give you the basic tools that you need in order to start your own organization. All the work will come from you and take a lot of time, but with the right idea, you will be able to start a high-impact nonprofit organization that will be able to reach out to many.

While there are other nonprofit-focused books on the shelves, all are dedicated to management and sustainability, there is almost no focus on how to start a nonprofit organization from the ground up. Start Your Own Nonprofit Organization gives mission-driven entrepreneurs everything they need to know to start and run their own nonprofit. This indispensable guide helps entrepreneurs determine if their business idea is nonprofit or for-profit, understand and identify their business mission and vision, staff and run a lean operation, select and manage a board of directors, manage finances to the satisfaction of the IRS, find a location and set up shop, master fundraising, use social media and other cost-effective outreach, andmanage sustainability and growth. All startup steps are supported by insider knowledge from successful entrepreneurs, dollar-stretching tips, missteps to avoid, resources, and more. Also included are insightful interviews with Catherine Poole, founder of Melanoma International Foundation, the director of an animal sanctuary in California that also works to engage at-risk youth, a volunteer coordinator for The Museum Center in Cincinnati, and Ellen Koenig, Director of Education and Resources with the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits.

Is making a difference in the world a current motive of yours? Do you want to start your own nonprofit organization? Are you unsure of the necessary steps needed to make this a success? If you answered yes to the above questions, you have come to the right place. Once you have finished reading this book, you will find it easier to start a nonprofit organization.The lesser-known fact is that there are different types of organizations that qualify as a nonprofit organization. There are rules you must abide by when you start a nonprofit. The chapters in the book will make it easier for you to abide by these rules. The information in this book will give you a good push of inspiration and help you get started. Over the course of the book, you will discover: What is a nonprofit organization? Characteristics of a nonprofit organization. Myths and mistakes people tend to make when setting up a non-profit organization. Elements to consider when you work on setting up the organization. Different types of nonprofit organizations. Writing a vision and mission statement. How to choose the type of organization you want to be. Selecting the name of the organization. Selecting the board of directors. Filing the documents to set up the organization. Preparing the bylaws. How to create the binder. How to operate the nonprofit organization profitably and Much, much more! You will also learn to develop a website to help you gather more support from donors and volunteers. This book has all the information you need to know about how you should set up a nonprofit organization. You will also learn what you must do to set up a nonprofit organization that works like a for-profit organization. There is no shame in making a profit through your operations since a surplus will always help you through difficult times.Every non-profit organization makes a difference in the lives of so many communities. A social entrepreneur is someone who wants to start a non-profit to make a difference in the lives of the community and the world. A social entrepreneur cares deeply about the issues that people face and will work hard to find ways to help alleviate those issues. Your organization will not succeed just because it works toward a good cause. There are many organizations out there that work toward various causes, so how do you attract the right people to support your organization? It does take a lot of effort to succeed in running a non-profit organization. You need to learn the right techniques, and this 4 in 1 book set will provide that information. So, what are you waiting for? Click on the Buy Now button and grab a copy of your book today.