Successful Fundraising: A Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals by Joan Flanagan

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Synopsis

There are now more than 1 million nonprofit organizations in the United States. The fundraising industry provides one in every ten jobs and is one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy. In Successful Fundraising, nationally recognized expert Joan Flanagan gives readers the information they need to capture a fair share of available fundraising dollars. Community volunteers and professional fundraisers alike will find helpful tips and advice on time-proven fundraising techniques and the most profitable new ways to successfully raise money.

Joan Flanagan is a well-known professional fundraiser, consultant, and speaker. President of Joan Flanagan & Associates, a Chicago-based fundraising counsel, she is also the author of The Grass Roots Fundraising Book.

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Today's fundraisers are facing the toughest competition in years and an uncertain economy. Flanagan provides volunteers and professionals with proven methods for landing major donors, organizing direct-mail solicitations and communitywide campaigns, and more. Flanagan also authored The Grass Roots Fundraising Book and The Successful Volunteer Organization.

Library Journal

Drawing on her experience in leading fundraising workshops for nonprofits, Flanagan has written a practical manual that will be of use to both novice and experienced fundraisers in all types of organizations. She provides an overview of all the possibilities--memberships, big gifts, planned giving, product sales and cause-related marketing, and foundation grants--and gives specific examples of strategies used by large and small organizations. Flanagan is also realistic about moving from dreaming about money to going out and getting it. She includes an annotated reading list and offers a good discussion of the resources provided by the Foundation Center and other organizations. In these lean times, nonprofits must know every revenue source. This book identifies those sources and offers ethical and profitable strategies for tapping them.-- Mary Jane Ballou, Ford Fdn. Lib., New York

Biography

Joan Flanagan is a well-known professional fundraiser, consultant, and speaker. President of Joan Flanagan & Associates, a Chicago-based fundraising counsel, she is also the author of The Grass Roots Fundraising Book.