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In response to requests from our audiences, the following books have been selected by our librarians to circulate for weekend use only. See Weekend Lending Program statement for more details.



Angelica, Emil.
The Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Crafting Effective Mission & Vision Statements.

Saint Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2001.
680 ANG WIL

Armstrong, James S.
Planning Special Events.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.
760 ARM

Austin, James E.
The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.
609 AUS

Avner, Marcia.
The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations: Shaping Public Policy at the State and Local Level.

Saint Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2002.
645 AVN

Bancel, Marilyn.
Preparing Your Capital Campaign.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.
713 BAN

Barbato, Joseph and Danielle S. Furlich.
Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
765 BAR

Barrett, Richard D. and Molly E. Ware.
Planned Giving Essentials: A Step by Step Guide to Success.

Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, 1997.
753 BAR PLA

Bellah, Robert N. (ed.)
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.
408 BEL HAB

Bergan, Helen.
Where the Money Is: Advancement Research for Nonprofit Organizations.

Arlington, VA: BioGuide Press, 2001.
743 BER

Berstein, Leyna.
Creating Your Employee Handbook: A Do-It-Yourself Kit for Nonprofits.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.
630 BER CRE

Blazek, Jody.
Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
620 BLA

Blazek, Jody.
IRS Form 1023 Tax Preparation Guide.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
948 BLA FOR

Blazek, Jody.
990 Handbook: A Line-by-Line Approach.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
948 BLA

Bowen, William G., Thomas I. Nygren, Sarah .E. Turner, and
Elizabeth A. Duffy.
The Charitable Nonprofits: An Analysis of Institutional Dynamics and Characteristics.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994.
602 BOW

Bremner, Robert Hamlett.
Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in History.

New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1994.
403 BRE GIV

Brown, Larissa Golden and Martin John Brown.
Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.
710 BRO DEM

Bryson, John M.
Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement.

3rd edition
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2004.
660 BRY

Burnett, Ken.
Relationship Fundraising: A Donor-based Approach to the Business of Raising Money.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
743 BUR

Carlson, Mim and Margaret Donohoe.
The Executive Director's Survival Guide: Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003.
600 CAR

Carlson, Mim.
Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing and Writing Successful Proposals.
2nd edition
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
770 CAR

Ciconte, Barbara L. and Jeanne G. Jacob.
Fundraising Basics: A Complete Guide.
2nd edition
Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 2001.
710 CIC

Clark, Cheryl A.
Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.
770 CLA

Clotfelter, Charles T. and Thomas Ehrlich (eds.)
Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in a Changing America.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999.
407 CLO

Cohen, Lilly (ed.), Dennis R. Young (ed.), and Foundation Center.
Careers for Dreamers and Doers: A Guide to Management Careers in the Nonprofit Sector.

New York, NY: Foundation Center, 1989.
633 COH

Coles, Robert.
The Call of Service: A Witness to Idealism.

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
460 COL

Collins, James C. and Jerry I. Porras.
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1997.
602 COL

Collins, Sarah(ed.)
Foundation Fundamentals.
8th edition
New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2008.
740 FOU 2008

Colvin, Gregory L.
Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways to Do It Right.
2nd edition
San Francisco, CA: Study Center Press, 2005.
900 COL 2005

Dees, J. Gregory, Jed Emerson, and Peter Economy.
Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
733 DEE

Douglas, James.
Why Charity? The Case for the Third Sector.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1983.
406 DOU

Dove, Kent E.
Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign.
2nd edition
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
713 DOV 1999

Dove, Kent E., Jeffrey A. Lindauer, and Carolyn P. Madvig.
Conducting a Successful Annual Giving Program: A Comprehensive Guide and Resource.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.
711 DOV

Dropkin, Murray, Jim Halprin, and Bill La Touche.
The Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards.
2nd edition
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2007.
620 DRO

Edie, John A. and Council on Foundations.
First Steps in Starting a Foundation.
5th edition
Washington, DC: Council on Foundations, 2001.
915 EDI

Everett, Melissa.
Making a Living While Making a Difference: A Guide to Creating Careers with a Conscience.

New York, NY: Bantam, 1995.
633 EVE

Ferguson, Jacqueline (ed.)
The Grantseeker's Guide to Project Evaluation.
2nd edition
Alexandria, VA: Capitol Publications, 1997.
670 FER

Fischer, Marilyn.
Ethical Decision Making in Fund Raising.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
640 FIS

Foundation Center and Sarah Collins, (ed.)
The Foundation Center's Guide to Winning Proposals.

New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2003.
780 FC WIN

Foundation Center, Judith B. Margolin (ed.), and Gail T. Lubin (ed.)
The Foundation Center's Guide to Winning Proposals II.

New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2005.
780 FC WIN 2005

Foundation Center and Kief Schladweiler, (ed.)
The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web.

2003 edition
New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2003.
676 FOU

Fredricks, Laura.
Developing Major Gifts: Turning Small Donors into Big Contributors.

Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 2001.
747 FRE

Frumkin, Peter.
On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002.
401 FRU

Geever, Jane C.
The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing.
5th edition
New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2007.
770 GEE PRO

Geever, Jane C. and Silvia R. Sanusian (trans.)
Guía Para Escribir Propuestas [in Spanish].
5a ed.
New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2008.
770 GEE GUI

Golden, Susan L.
Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship: A Guerrilla Guide to
Raising Money.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997.
770 GOL

Greenfield, James M.
Fundraising Fundamentals: A Guide to Annual Giving for Professionals and Volunteers.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
711 GRE

Greenleaf, Robert K.
Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness.

Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1977.
600 GRE

Herman, Robert D. and Richard D. Heimovics.
Executive Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: New Strategies for Shaping Executive Board Dynamics.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991.
600 HER

Hall, Peter Dobkin.
Inventing the Nonprofit Sector and Other Essays on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations.

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
407 HAL

Hammack, David C. (ed.)
Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998.
403 HAM

Hopkins, Bruce R.
The Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
944 HOP LEG

Hopkins, Bruce R.
Nonprofit Law Made Easy.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
944 HOP EAS

Houle, Cyril O. and National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Governing Boards: Their Nature and Nurture.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989.
610 HOU GOV

Howe, Fisher.
The Nonprofit Leadership Team: Building the Board-Executive Director Partnership.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2004.
610 HOW NON

Hummel, Joan.
Starting and Running a Nonprofit Organization.
2nd edition
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
600 HUM

Ilchman, Warren F. (ed.), Stanley N. Katz, (ed.), and
Edward L. Queen, II (ed.)
Philanthropy in the World's Traditions.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998.
310 ILC

Irwin-Wells, Suzanne.
Planning and Implementing Your Major Gifts Campaign.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
747 IRW

Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, and Melissa S. Brown (ed.)
Giving USA 2008: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2007.
53rd ed.
Indianapolis, IN: Giving USA Foundation, 2008.
401 AAFR 2007

Kass, Amy A. (ed.)
The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002.
477 KAS

King, R. M.
From Making a Profit to Making a Difference: How to Launch Your New Career in Nonprofits.

River Forest, IL: Planning/Communications, 2000.
633 KIN NON

Klein, Kim.
Fundraising for Social Change.
5th edition, revised and expanded.
San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
710 KLE 2007

Letts, Christine W., William P. Ryan, and Allen Grossman.
High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
602 LET

Levy, Barbara R. and Barbara H. Marion.
Successful Special Events: Planning, Hosting, and Evaluating.

Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, 1997.
760 LEV

Lewis, David.
The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations: An Introduction.

London, England: Routledge, 2001.
360 LEW

Light, Paul C.
Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.
650 LIG

Lohmann, Roger A.
The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992.
401 LOH

Lukas, Carol A.
Consulting with Nonprofits: A Practitioner's Guide.

Saint Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1998.
633 LUK

Mancuso, Anthony.
How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation.
8th edition
Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press, 2007.
945 MAN 2007

Margolin, Judith B. (ed.) and Elan K. DiMaio (ed.)
The Grantseeker's Guide to Winning Proposals.

New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2008.
780 FC WIN 2008

McCarthy, Kathleen D. (ed.)
Lady Bountiful Revisited: Women, Philanthropy, and Power.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990.
401 MCC LAD

New, Cheryl Carter and James Aaron Quick.
Grantseeker's Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Funding.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
710 NEW GRA

Nichols, Judith E.
Pinpointing Affluence in the 21st Century: Increasing Your Share of Major Donor Dollars.
revised edition
Chicago, IL: Bonus Books, 2001.
743 NIC PIN

Nonprofit Board Answer Book: Practical Guidelines for Board Members and Chief Executives. Second edition.
Washington, DC: BoardSource, 2007.
610 AND

O'Connell, Brian.
The Board Member's Book: Making a Difference in Voluntary Organizations.
3rd edition
New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2003.
610 OCO 2003

Olenick, Arnold J., Philip Olenick, and Foundation Center.
A Nonprofit Organization Operating Manual: Planning for Survival
and Growth.

New York, NY: Foundation Center, 1991.
600 OLE

O'Neill, Michael.
Nonprofit Nation: A New Look at the Third America.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
602 ONE NAT

Palmer, Stacy (ed.)
Challenges for Nonprofits and Philanthropy: The Courage to Change: Three Decades of Reflections by Pablo Eisenberg.

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2005.
407 PAL

Pezzullo, Susan, Angela Venza, and Ken Phillips.
Growing Your Organization: A Sustainability Resource Book for NGOs.

Baltimore, MD: International Youth Foundation, 2000.
360 PEZ

Powell, Walter W. (ed.) and Richard Steinberg (ed.)
The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook.
2nd edition
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006.
401 POW 2006

Putnam, Robert D.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
468 PUT

Quick, James Aaron and Cheryl Carter New.
Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
770 QUI

Quick, James Aaron and Cheryl Carter New.
Grant Winner's Toolkit: Project Management and Evaluation.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
710 QUI GRA

Robinson, Andy.
Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Grantseeking.
2nd edition
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2004.
770 ROB

Robinson, Maureen K.
Nonprofit Boards That Work: The End of One-Size-Fits-All Governance.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
610 ROB

Ross, Bernard and Clare Segal.
Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations: Creative Strategies for Extraordinary Results.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
604 ROS

Rosso, Henry A. and Eugene R. Tempel. (ed.)
Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003.
710 ROS ACH

Salamon, Lester M. (ed.)
The State of Nonprofit America.

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002.
602 SAL STA

Sanow, Susan and Kelly Sweeney McShane.
Winning Ways: Great Nonprofit Management Ideas from the Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management.

Washington, DC: Washington Council of Agencies, 2001.
604 SAN

Scanlan, Eugene A.
Corporate and Foundation Fund Raising: A Complete Guide
from the Inside.

Frederick, MD: Aspen Publishers, 1997.
720 SCA

Schaff, Terry and Doug Schaff.
The Fundraising Planner: A Working Model for Raising the Dollars You Need.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
710 SCH

Schumacher, Edward C.
Building Your Endowment.
1st edition
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003.
622 SCH

Scott, Sheldon K.
Successful Corporate Fund Raising: Effective Strategies for Today's Nonprofits.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
720 SCO

Seltzer, Michael.
Securing Your Organization's Future: A Complete Guide to Fundraising Strategies.
revised edition
New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2001. 
710 SEL REV

Seiler, Timothy L.
Developing Your Case for Support.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.
710 SEI

Skocpol, Theda and Morris P. Fiorina, (eds.)
Civic Engagement in American Democracy.

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999.
462 SKO

Slesinger, Larry.
Search: Winning Strategies to Get Your Next Job in the Nonprofit World.

Glen Echo, MD: Piemonte Press, 2004.
633 SLE

Smith, Steven Rathgeb and Michael Lipsky.
Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.
602 SMI NON

Solla, Laura A.
The Guide to Prospect Research & Prospect Management.

Freeport, PA: Laura A. Solla, 2006. 
743 SOL

Stevens, Susan Kenny.
Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity.

Long Lake, MN: Stagewise Enterprises, Inc., 2001.
608 STE

Taylor, Caroline.
Publishing the Nonprofit Annual Report: Tips, Traps, and Tricks of the Trade.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.
680 TAY ANN

Young, Dennis R. and Richard Steinberg.
Economics for Nonprofit Managers.

New York, NY: Foundation Center, 1995.
620 YOU

Van Til, Jon.
Growing Civil Society: From Nonprofit Sector to Third Space.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000.
602 VAN

Wagner, Lilya.
Careers in Fundraising.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
633 WAG

Williams, Denice (ed.)
From Vision to Reality: A Guide to Launching a Successful Nonprofit Organization.
2nd edition
New York, NY: Community Resource Exchange, 2002.
604 WIL

Wing, Kennard T., Thomas H. Pollak, and Amy Blackman.
The Nonprofit Almanac 2008.

Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 2008.
401 ALM 2008

Wuthnow, Robert.
Sharing the Journey: Support Groups and America's New Quest for Community.

New York, NY: Free Press, 1994.
602 WUT SHA

Wylie, Peter B.
Data Mining for Fund Raisers: How to Use Simple Statistics to Find the Gold in Your Donor Database (Even if You Hate Statistics).

Washington, DC: Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2004.
743 WYL

 
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