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Developing & Sustaining Resources

Work with What You've Got: A Model for Nonprofit Financial Sustainability
Hildy Gottlieb (2009, 2002)

Part I: Introduction to Mission-Based Sustainable Fund Development discusses mission-based financing, the relationship between goals and funds, and the importance of focusing on long-term vision. Part II: Mission-Based Sustainable Fund Development: How to Do It details a six-step process to generate long-term, mission-based funding for a program or organization.
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/

Organizational Sustainability: Where "Friend-Raising" Meets "Fundraising"
Hildy Gottlieb  (2008)

Makes recommendations on community-driven financing choices. The discussion centers on how to generate sustainability for organizations without contributing to the extremely competitive market for funds, which undermines the goal of creating change for the community; a four-step plan is laid out for creating sustainable financing that is community-focused.
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/

Replacing Initial Grants
The Finance Project

Helps new program directors find long-term funding by creating diverse portfolios of federal, state, local, and private funds, as well as share the recommendations and ideas of successful leaders.
http://www.financeproject.org/

Sustainability Planning Checklist
Coalition for Community Schools

Covers three important areas of sustainability planning: Keys to sustainability, questions to ask, and funding. The outline provides detailed ideas about how to sustain programs by building a strong constituency and vision for long-term success.
http://www.communityschools.org/fundingchecklist.html

The Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Short Course

The Foundation Center’s online proposal writing short course includes: Gathering Background Information, Components of a Proposal, The Executive Summary, The Statement of Need, The Project Description, The Budget, Organizational Information and Letter Proposal.
http://foundationcenter.org/

 

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