Special Events: Proven Strategies for Nonprofit Fundraising (Hardcover, signed by the author)

by Alan L. Wendroff (Author).

Special Events: Proven Strategies for Nonprofit Fundraising, Second Edition is the complete guide to making your next nonprofit event the rousing success it can be. Packed with author and development professional Alan Wendroffs realistic insights and pointers, this text provides a logical and comprehensive outline of event planning, with a special emphasis on fitting these events into the larger framework of the nonprofits organizational goals.  

High Impact Philanthropy: How Donors, Boards, and Nonprofit Organizations Can Transform Communities (Hardcover) by Alan L. Wendroff (Author), Kay Sprinkel Grace (Author) 

A definitive text about transformational philanthropy in the 21st century. A guide for nonprofit organizations, their staff leaders, their board members, other volunteers, and the nonprofit donor-investor. Includes eight main ideas of philanthropy, including solid strategies for traditional major gifts programs to make them transformational.

Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment (Hardcover) by Kay Sprinkel Grace (Author) 

Do you or your volunteers fear rejection or feel like a beggar when fundraising? Do you worry about soliciting donors too often? Are you tired of the relentless cycle of fundraising activities necessary to generate revenues for your programs? Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment, dispels these concerns and helps you: Learn how to position your organization in the community as a constructive, vital, and successful social investment; and develop an investor relationship with donors and engage their values-based commitment capacity to make a difference in their communities  

Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising (Paperback) by Cheryl A. Clarke (Author) 

Grantwriters, it turns out, have plenty in common with fiction and nonfiction storytellers. Like these other writers, grantseekers need to transport readers to another location and teach them about people they may know nothing about. Grantwriting is often a tedious experience. To better capture the imagination (and wallet) of your audience, observe your agency in action as would a reporter, then craft what you see into a narrative as would a novelist. This is a passionate, clear, knowledgeable guidebook, sure to "put the joy and creativity back into the grantseeking process.

Grant Proposal Makeover: Transform Your Request from No to Yes (Paperback) by Cheryl A. Clarke (Author), Susan P. Fox (Author)

"Grantwriters, development directors, executive directors—all nonprofit executives who want to write high-quality grant proposals that catch and then keep the attention of donors should read this excellent guide."—Tony Silard, executive director, The Center for Social Leadership  

"Working through six major problem areas with examples plus invaluable comments by foundation staff, Clarke and Fox go far beyond the basic 'how-to-write-grants' book."—Michael Wells, CFRE and editor, Charity Channel and Foundation Review; author, Grantwriting Beyond the Basics