Boards That Love Fundraising – A How–to–Guide for Your Board

About the Authors.
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>1. What Every Board Member Needs to Know to Start Fundraising.</p>
<p>The Five Responsibilities of a Nonprofit Board.</p>
<p>Specific Board Fundraising Responsibilities.</p>
<p>A Healthy Board.</p>
<p>Advisory Boards.</p>
<p>Campaigns.</p>
<p>2. Fundraising Rules Underlying Successful Appeals.</p>
<p>Programming Determines Funding.</p>
<p>Getting People to Ask.</p>
<p>People Love to Give Away Money.</p>
<p>People Give Money to People.</p>
<p>Fundraising from the Perspective of the Donor, Not the Applicant.</p>
<p>People Give to Strength, Not Crisis.</p>
<p>Specificity is Next to Godliness.</p>
<p>Successful Fundraising Depends on Careful Record Keeping.</p>
<p>Ten Percent of the People Give 90 Percent of the Money.</p>
<p>Donors Gifts Must Be Recognized Immediately.</p>
<p>Good Fundraising is Opportunistic.</p>
<p>3. The Board s Role in Specific Fundraising Activities.</p>
<p>Individual Contributions.</p>
<p>Contributions from Businesses.</p>
<p>Grants.</p>
<p>4. Effective Board Recruitment.</p>
<p>Whom to Recruit.</p>
<p>How to Recruit.</p>
<p>5. Primed for Fundraising.</p>
<p>Creating a Development Plan.</p>
<p>What the Board Needs to Understand About Fundraising Staff.</p>
<p>What Development Staff Can and Cannot Do.</p>
<p>Specific Fundraising Roles.</p>
<p>Fundraising Costs.</p>
<p>Working with Consultants.</p>
<p>Evaluating Your Fundraising Effort.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>Resource A: Major Donor Solicitation: Asking for the Gift.</p>
<p>Resource B: Major Donor Solicitation Scripts.</p>
<p>Index.</p>