Selected Books on Starting and Running a Nonprofit Organization

 

 

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A number of the titles listed below are regularly updated with new editions. 

A.  Starting a Nonprofit Organization

How to form a nonprofit corporation.  Anthony Mancuso.  2009.

The nonprofit handbook: everything you need to know to start and run your nonprofit organization.  Gary M. Grobman.  2008.

Nonprofit governance:  law, practices, and trends.  Bruce R. Hopkins.  2009.

Nonprofit law for religious organizations: essential questions & answers.  Bruce R. Hopkins.  2008.

Starting & building a nonprofit: a practical guide.  Peri H. Pakroo.  2009.

Starting and managing a nonprofit organization: a legal guide.  Bruce R. Hopkins.  2009.

B.  Managing a Nonprofit Organization

The budget-building book for nonprofits: a step-by-step guide for managers and boards.  Murray Dropkin.  2007.

Every nonprofit's tax guide: how to keep your tax-exempt status & avoid IRS problems.  Stephen Fishman.  2010.

Forces for good: the six practices of high-impact nonprofits.  Leslie R. Crutchfield.  2008.

Good governance for nonprofits: developing principles and policies for an effective board.  Fredric L. Laughlin.  2007.

Human resource policies and procedures for nonprofit organizations.  Carol L. Barbeito.

2006.

Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations: a strategic approach.   Joan E. Pynes.  2009. 

 Jossey-Bass reader on nonprofit and public leadership.  James L. Perry (ed.)  2010.

Managing the non-profit organization: practices and principles.  Peter F. Drucker.  1990.  (A classic work)

 Nonprofit board answer book: a practical guide for board members and chief executives.  2007.

Nonprofit management: principles and practice.  Michael J. Worth.  2009.

Nonprofit meetings, minutes & records: how to run your nonprofit corporation so you don’t run into trouble.  Anthony Mancuso.  2008.

Not-for-profit accounting made easy.  Warren Ruppel.  2007.

Strategic planning for nonprofit organizations: a practical guide and workbook.  Michael Allison.  2005.

Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: a guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement.  John M. Bryson.  2004.

C.  Fundraising and development for a Nonprofit Organization

After the grant: the nonprofit's guide to good stewardship.  Judith B. Margolin (ed).  2010.

Complete guide to fundraising management.  Stanley Weinstein.  2009.

Effective fundraising for nonprofits: real-world strategies that work.  Ilona Bray.  2008.

Financing nonprofits: putting theory into practice.  Dennis R. Young.  2007.

Foundation Center's guide to proposal writing.  Jane C. Geever.  2007.

Foundation fundamentals.  Foundation Center.  2008.

Fundraising law made easy.  Bruce R. Hopkins.  2009.

Grantseeker's guide to winning proposals.  Judith Margolin.  2008.

Winning grants: step by step.  Mim Carlson.  2008

Linda Halliburton.  Revised 7/15/2010.