Building Strong Nonprofits New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability [Hardcover]

A proven, strategic plan to help your nonprofit emerge from the 2008-2009 economic storm

Utilizing the extensive expertise of leading fundraising consulting firm Skystone Ryan's executive leadership team and managing consultants to explore and illuminate the most timely issues facing the philanthropic community, Building Strong Nonprofits: New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability identifies new opportunities to define the future of philanthropy.

• Includes notable contributors from the Skystone Ryan leadership team
• Analyzes the most potent trends and developments and interpret their implications for the future of philanthropy
• Offers eight to twelve essays, each by a different Skystone Ryan consultant with particular experience, insight, and expertise in the area

Building Strong Nonprofits: New Strategies for Growth and Sustainability is you, whether you are a nonprofit leader, executive director, board member, or development director, and are becoming aware that new organizational strategies are called for if the same old donors are not supportive in the same old ways.

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 A New Day for Philanthropy 1
John C. Olberding

The Big Picture 3

What Will Be Different 4

What Will Not Change 11

Conclusion 13

Chapter 2 A Person of Influence, A Sculptor of the Universe: How Women Are Changing the Face of Philanthropy 15
Lisa Barnwell Williams

Women Are in the Game 16

There’s Power in Numbers 20

Let’s Get Together and Give! 22

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