books about: nonprofits

books about: nonprofits

books:

Nonprofits

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

John Wood

Collins Business, 2007

Greeting John
Namaste John. Kasto Cha?? You have made all Nepalese indebted with your incomparable deeds. You are true hero in our hearts. Yes, we salute you from the core of our heart.

Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

Jim Collins

HarperCollins, 2005

Excellent companion addressing not-for-profits' unique needs
Jim Collins is the author of "Good to Great," an influential business and leadership book. In the time since the publication of the book, Collins realized that there exist points of disconnect within the book for leaders of not-for-profit agencies (e.g. churches, ...

Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities with City of Smithville

Earl R Wilson, Susan C. Kattelus, ...

McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006

A+++
The product arrived by the estimated arrival date and in the condition specified. The seller did a great job!!!

Grant Writing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Beverly A. Browning

For Dummies, 2005

A student
In the process of learning how to do something new - grant writing. It always help me to have something to refer back to after leaving a class. This book is helping me tremendously.

The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management

Robert D. Herman, & Associates

Jossey-Bass, 2004

just the best
a great book for thinking about non-profits; anyone in the field should spend some time reading through it and considering all the issues carefully - ...

Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Concepts and Practices
Michael H. Granof

Wiley, 2007

Get hands-on, practical experience with Tyler Technologies software and the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) of Austin, Texas. The CD-ROM contains an education version of state-of-the-art General Ledger and GASB 34 fund accounting and reporting software designed by Tyler Technologies, Inc. (www.tylerworks.com) as well as an ...

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Leslie Crutchfield, Heather McLeod Grant

Jossey-Bass, 2007

Twelve High-Impact "Starfish"
After completing five years of rigorous and extensive research on 1,435 "Fortune 500" companies during a 30-year period (1965-1995), Jim Collins and his associates selected only eleven that met their admittedly "very tough standards" for greatness. (Note: Collins ...

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining ...

John M. Bryson

Jossey-Bass, 2004

Strategic Planning Textbook
Excellent book for strategic management course. Along with the workbook, this textbook is a good resource for those developing and implementing strategic plans in public service and nonprofit organizations. It outlines and details valuable information to help public ...

Managing the Nonprofit Organization

Peter F. Drucker

Collins Business, 2006

A must read for any leader -- nonprofit or not
Bought the book for a class and have already given one copy as a gift and recommended the book to several others in leadership positions. Great read for leaders in any type organization. As a matter of fact, if you can motivate your people in a "for-profit" ...

Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the ...

Paul Hawken

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

A book full of hope
This is a wonderfully documented guide about groups working for social justice and for bringing balance and restoring our planet's seriously damaged environment. Among many issues, Paul Hawken tells us that fighting for those important objectives, ideology or ...

Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition

Michael Allison, Jude Kaye

Wiley, 2003

Excellent Resource for Non-profit Boardmembers
This book is a step by step guide with suggested modifications to fit the needs of any group. The worksheets, included on an accompanying CD, are very useful. I highly recommend this book to anyone involved in strategic planning for any organization - public, private ...

Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment

David F. Swensen

Free Press, 2000

A Great Investor Pulls Back the Veil on One of the Best Run Endowments
Swensen is certainly one of the brightest minds in institutional money management. In a world where there are ten million books on how to pick stocks, trade options, or some other get rich quick scheme, finally a great investor shows the methodology of how significant ...

Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Wolf

Free Press, 1999

Excellent for Beginners and Experienced Nonprofit Directors
As the Co-Founder of a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, I would recommend this book as a "must have" for all Board Members or for someone considering establishing a nonprofit organization. It is quite complete and also makes for a great primer about the structure of ...

The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets

Ellen Karsh, Arlen Sue Fox

Basic Books, 2006

It Just Might Be True!
I'm studying grant writing and have been picking up all these grant writing books. By far, this was the easiest for me to delve into. I thought that odd as I expected the Idiot's and Dummy's guides to be easier and quicker, but the narrative in this book is a pleasant ...

Running QuickBooks in Nonprofits: The Only Comprehensive Guide for Nonprofits Using QuickBooks

Kathy Ivens

CPA911 PUBLISHING, 2005

Very helpful book for those new to nonprofit bookkeeping or Quickbooks or both
I wish I had found this book when I first transitioned from the private sector to running a non-profit organization! Coming from a media background, I was familiar with budgets, etc., but I always had a bookkeeper for the actual accounting, so I found myself having to ...