Toolbox – free resources for you
If you are looking for our free nonprofit toolbox, you’ve found it! Let us know what you find most helpful.
Fundraising Tools
- Engaging Board Members in Fundraising
- Stop Talking to Yourself: How to have conversations that build awareness, friendships and fundraising
- The Audit – Seeing your organization through your fundraiser’s eyes
- How to do a Fund Development Audit – slides for the above
- Back to Basics – A fundraising pick-me-up for the small organization
- Beyond proposal writing – Strategies for grant seeking success
- Board Fundraising or How I learned to love making friends for the cause I love
- Developing a Diverse Funding Base
- Director of Development Job Plan
- Five Types of Givers
- The Gift Pyramid
- Writing Your Case for Support
- Prospect Worksheet (PDF)
- Projecting returns worksheet
- Solicitation_Self-Assessment
- 20 Questions: What’s your fundraising potential
- Essential elements of successful fundraising.
- Sample Case Statement: The Greene School
Boards & Governance
- NEW!: COVID’s Board Impact Survey Report
- Acceptance of Board Position
- Advisory Council Job Description
- Board Job Description
- Board Manual Checklist
- Board Meeting Work Plan Sample
- Board Evaluation Form
- Board Member Self Assessment Tool
- Build a strong partnership with your CEO
- Call for Board Members – Sample
- Director Nomination Form
- Form – Committee Report to the Board
- Governance Committee Job Description
- Sample Committees and Objectives – without governance
- Officer Job Descriptions
- How To Improve Your Board Meeting
- Leading your Board to Excellence
- Preparing for a Successful Board Retreat
- New! Recruiting your best board of directors
- Sample Board Matrix
- Sample_Board_and_Committee_Objectives
- What is an Advisory Council?
- THE WORK OF A NONPROFIT BOARD
Strategic Planning
- Sample Strategic Plan
- Strategic Planning Basics
- Strategic Planning: Mission Questions
- Marrying Mission with Strategic Planning and Evaluation – case study from Grassroots Fundraising Journal
Other Tools for Improving Organizations
- Chart C&E Outcomes Approach to Program Planning
- Committee Planning Guide
- Executive Director Job Plan – Sample
- Evaluating Your New Executive Director
- Executive Director Performance Review
- Sample Nonprofit Task Matrix
- Sample Values Statement
- Program Planning Guide
- Participatory Evaluation Planning Outline
- How to Start a Nonprofit