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Strategic Fund Development: Building Profitable Relationships That Last, Third Edition
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Strategic Fund Development: Building Profitable Relationships That Last, Third Edition

by Simone P. Joyaux
March 2011
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
14h 39m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Strategic Fund Development: Building Profitable Relationships That Last, Third Edition
Cover Page

Contents

Cover

Endorsement

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

A Note on This Book’s Companion Website

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Chapter 1: Let’s Start Here

Where to Start

What’s Happening Out in the World

Defining Philanthropy and Fund Development

Why Does This Sector Matter?

Why Does This Sector Matter? Redux

A Sad Truth

Basic Principles of Fund Development

Nothing Can or Should Substitute for Philanthropy

In Conclusion

Summary

Chapter 2: Positioning Your Organization to Survive and Thrive

Are You Slowly Going Out of Business?

Philanthropy Builds Communities

Challenging Philanthropy and the Nonprofit/NGO Sector

Isolating Fundraisers and Fund Development

What You Can Do Now

A Fundamental Truth

Summary

Chapter 3: The First Relationship—Within Your Organization

Making Your Organization Effective

Concept of a Group

Components of an Effective Infrastructure

Shared Values

The Art of Leadership

Commitment to Process

The Learning Organization

Conversation Is a Core Business Practice

Participatory Decision-Making

Well-Managed Change

A Culture of Philanthropy

A Last Word on How to Build an Organization That Will Last

Summary

Chapter 4: The Fund Development Professional

Strengthen the Professional Fundraiser

Look at Your Organization

How Technical Fundraisers Affect the Bottom Line

The Accomplished Fundraiser

The Road to Transformation

Learning Outside the Nonprofit/NGO ...

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