Starting & Building a Nonprofit - 11th Edition by Peri Pakroo (Paperback)

About the Book

This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for anyone passionate about making a difference by starting a nonprofit organization. Starting & Building a Nonprofit explains how to launch and develop a nonprofit that is effective, sustainable, and able to thrive long-term, even as leadership changes. It's written for those who care deeply about a cause but might be unfamiliar with the legal, financial, or managerial details of running a nonprofit.

Book Synopsis

Starting & Building a Nonprofit is a practical guide to building a great nonprofit.

In times of significant community need, nonprofits play a crucial role more than ever before. However, many passionate individuals who want to lead a nonprofit face obstacles due to a lack of understanding of the legal and organizational complexities involved. This book provides a clear, concise roadmap to help you create and nurture a nonprofit that truly serves your mission, whether your focus is social justice, supporting the arts, rescuing a school library, protecting the environment, or making a difference in any other meaningful way.

With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions, this guide will help you get your nonprofit up and running--and keep it going! Starting & Building a Nonprofit explains how to:

• develop a strategic plan and budget


• recruit and manage board members, employees, and volunteers


• market your organization to your target audience


• raise money online through crowdfunding and other sites


• build a website and use social media and networking sites


• adopt policies that are legally sound, and much more.

Whether you're just beginning your nonprofit journey or are already managing an organization, Starting & Building a Nonprofit will help you make a meaningful impact in your community and beyond. The fully updated 11th edition features recent legal updates, offers practical tips on strategic planning, and provides up-to-date advice on digital engagement and fundraising platforms, ensuring your organization stays relevant, compliant, and ready to grow in today's changing landscape.

Review Quotes

"Describes the steps required to start and run a nonprofit organization."Chronicle of Philanthropy

"Offers tons of practical advice and step-by-step instructions..." Accounting Today

"Pakroo, a business and communications consultant specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofits, provides a guide to starting and building a nonprofit. Chapters cover naming and structuring the nonprofit, developing a strategic plan and initial budget, the board of directors, staff and volunteers, fundraising, risk management and insurance, contracts and agreements, marketing, publishing informational materials, creating an online presence, managing finances, and hiring lawyers, accountants, and other professional help." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc., ProtoView

"Offers practical advice to allow nonprofits to set up their operations so that they run smoothly and efficiently..." Deborah Brody Hamilton, Former Director, Member Services, Association of Small Foundations

"Partly because of the current national political climate, the increasingly urgent need to address social, economic, and infrastructure needs, more people than ever are committing themselves to serving their communities and changing the world through creating and joining nonprofit organizations to advocate for and work in behalf of those issues.

Whether seeking to protect the environment, support the arts, or help people in need, understanding how to set up a solid nonprofit organization is a great foundation for being as effective as possible. With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instructions, and now in a fully updated and expanded eighth edition, Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide is an essential, step-by-step guide will help get a nonprofit organization up and running -- and keep it going! Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide covers such fundamental issues as: Developing a strategic plan and budget; Recruiting and managing board members, volunteers, and staff; Marketing a non-profit organization to a targeted audience; Raising money including traditional methods and crowd-funding; Building a website, Using social media strategically, and avoiding copyright troubles; Adopting policies that are legally sound; and so much more! Whether aspiring to start up a nonprofit or are already 'in the trenches', Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide will help any organization make a real difference in the world in this age of social media." The Midwest Book Review, Taylor's Bookshelf

Author Comments: I work with and am inspired by countless passionate people who work for causes beyond themselves. Quite often, their drive and motivation gets slowed down or stuck by lack of understanding some of the legal and organizational details of the nonprofit structure. I wrote this book to help free people to do their good work and allow their efforts to flourish.