Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact - Hardcover

Summers, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1394223455 ISBN 13: 9781394223459

Verlag: Wiley, 2024

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A hands-on toolkit for ambitious nonprofit leaders seeking to grow their organization's impact
 
In Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact, veteran social impact advisor and entrepreneur Donald Summers delivers a comprehensive, step-by-step blueprint to transforming small or mid-size nonprofit into an impactful and extraordinary agent of change. The book contains templates, tools, exercises, and crystal-clear implementation guides that readers can apply immediately to begin scaling their social impact organization.
 
Offering actionable insights that have enabled many of today's most exciting social change efforts, the author provides practical guidance on how to turn your nonprofit into a social-problem-solving machine. You'll also find:
* Specific strategies to improve cash flow and funding to your nonprofit, including revenue tools and staff integration
* An Investment and Partnership Scorecard, detailing the health of your fundraising efforts
* Leadership best practices for dealing with disruptive people at a nonprofit
 
An invaluable resource for managers and directors at small- to medium-sized nonprofits, Scaling Altruism is also perfect for funders and graduate students aspiring to work in the nonprofit space.

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DONALD SUMMERS is Founder and CEO of Altruist Partners, a social impact advisory firm that helps nonprofits and social enterprises transform their fundraising efforts as they amplify their growth and impact. Summers is also Founder and CEO of the Altruist Nonprofit Accelerator.

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Of the 1.5 million nonprofits operating in the United States today, many struggle to keep their doors open and their lights on. These organizations find it challenging to deliver the solutions and services their communities need at sufficient volume and scale. Additionally, a combination of historical, cultural, social, and economic forces keeps them from capturing the funding they need to deliver more impact.
 
In Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact, experienced social impact advisor and entrepreneur Donald Summers delivers an insightful and comprehensive roadmap to transforming small- to mid-size nonprofits into an extraordinary and impactful agent of change. In the book, you'll find the templates, tools, exercises, and implementation guides you need to begin scaling your social impact organization.
 
The author provides actionable insights that have enabled many of today's most exciting social change efforts, giving you practical guidance on how to turn your nonprofit into a social-problem-solving machine. You'll discover specific ways to create more powerful, actionable plans, accelerate fundraising results, improve teamwork, and sharpen impact measurement and analysis.
 
Scaling Altruism demonstrates the best practices your organization must adopt if it is going to grow and scale to a place where it can provide the support and service to your community that you've always imagined it could. Its hands-on guidance is based on two decades of research and development in real-world nonprofits.
 
An indispensable resource for executives and board members working at small-to medium-sized nonprofits with big ambitions, Scaling Altruism will also give funders new insights into how to measure and support nonprofit performance and impact. It is also ideal for graduate students and others preparing to enter the nonprofit sector.

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Transform and scale your nonprofit into a truly impactful organization
 
In Scaling Altruism: A Proven Pathway for Accelerating Nonprofit Growth and Impact, you'll find the tools, exercises, templates, and implementation guides you need to begin scaling your social impact organization, including an Investment and Partnership Scorecard that accurately describes the health of your fundraising efforts. You'll also discover a collection of best practices you can adopt immediately to grow your nonprofit quickly and reliably.
 
An essential book for directors and managers at small- to medium-sized nonprofits with good intentions and big ambitions, Scaling Altruism is also perfect for students aspiring to work in the nonprofit field.
 
Praise for
SCALING ALTRUISM
 
"This is more than a book. It is a toolkit for growth."
--Akhtar Badshah, Distinguished Practitioner, Evans School of Public Policy, University of Washington; former Head of Corporate Philanthropy, Microsoft
 
"We followed this process to deliver a level of social impact no one thought possible."
--Janis Avery, retired CEO, Treehouse
 
"I wish I had read this book when I started my first nonprofit."
--Wei Liu, Founder, AI4Life
 
"Thorough, thoughtful, and honest. Summers guides the reader clearly and concisely. Scaling Altruism is a resounding success."
--Doug White, former Director of Columbia University's MS in Fundraising Management, currently faculty at the Valdry Center for Philanthropy, Southern University

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1394223455
• ISBN 13: 9781394223459
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland