Introduction 1 Book 1: Bringing Your A-Game to Nonprofit Management 5 Chapter 1: Journeying into the World of Nonprofit Organizations 7 Chapter 2: From the Top: Examining the Nonprofit Management Structure 21 Chapter 3: Strategic Planning: Embracing the Ongoing Process 31 Chapter 4: Evaluating Your Work: Are You Meeting Your Goals? 53 Chapter 5: You Can Count on Me! Working with Volunteers 69 Chapter 6: Working with Paid Staff and Contractors 87 Book 2: Fundraising for Your Good Cause 113 Chapter 1: Developing Your Case Statement: Winning with Words 115 Chapter 2: Creating a Fundraising Plan 133 Chapter 3: Mining for Donors 151 Chapter 4: Meeting Your Donor with Grace and Grit 165 Chapter 5: Cultivating Major Givers 177 Chapter 6: Making the Major Gift Ask 189 Book 3: Applying for and Winning Grants 203 Chapter 1: Grant-Writing Basics for Beginners 205 Chapter 2: Preparing for Successful Grant Seeking 219 Chapter 3: Venturing into Public-Sector Grants 237 Chapter 4: Navigating the Federal Grant Submission Portals 247 Chapter 5: Researching Potential Private-Sector Funders 259 Chapter 6: Finding Federal Grant Opportunities That Fit Your Needs 269 Chapter 7: Winning with Peer Review Scoring Factors 281 Chapter 8: Preparing Preliminary Documents 295 Chapter 9: Sharing Your Organizational History and Developing the Narrative 307 Chapter 10: Incorporating Best Practices to Build the Program Design Narrative 325 Chapter 11: Preparing Project Management Plans and Sustainability Narratives 347 Chapter 12: Creating a Budget That Includes All the Funding You Need 361 Chapter 13: Checking Off the Mandatory Requirements for Compliance 381 Chapter 14: Waiting on the Grant Maker's Decision 395 Book 4: Being Smart about Nonprofit Bookkeeping and Accounting 413 Chapter 1: Starting with Basic Bookkeeping and Accounting 415 Chapter 2: Setting Up the Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits 431 Chapter 3: Recording Transactions and Journal Entries 443 Chapter 4: Balancing the Checkbook: Donations and Expenses 459 Chapter 5: Balancing Cash Flow: Creating an Operating Budget 477 Chapter 6: Staying in Nonprofit Compliance 491 Chapter 7: Accounting for Payroll and Payroll Taxes 503 Chapter 8: Doing the Accounting for Tax Form 990 519 Chapter 9: Analyzing the Statement of Activities 529 Chapter 10: Reporting Financial Condition on a Statement of Financial Position 541 Chapter 11: Eyeing the Statement of Cash Flows 555 Chapter 12: Organizing the Statement of Functional Expense 567 Chapter 13: Closing the Nonprofit Books 577 Book 5: Speaking on Behalf of Your Nonprofit 591 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Public Speaking 593 Chapter 2: Crafting a Captivating Speech 609 Chapter 3: Using Visual Aids 629 Chapter 4: Practicing Your Speech 643 Chapter 5: Overcoming Performance Anxiety 663 Book 6: Spreading the Word through Social Media Marketing 685 Chapter 1: Launching SMM Campaigns 687 Chapter 2: Developing Your SMM Voice 705 Chapter 3: Finding the Right Platforms 717 Chapter 4: Practicing SMM on Your Website 727 Index 737.