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230 really practical toolkits, templates and guides for nonprofit and NGO leaders, and the consultants and funders who support them. A mix of the classics and newer methods.
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Earned-Revenue Strategies: A Field Guide
Community Wealth Partners' step-by-step guide for nonprofits weighing an earned-revenue venture. It opens with a readiness assessment, then walks through six steps: set goals, map your assets and opportunities, test feasibility, design the business model, plan implementation, and run a pilot. Each step comes with criteria lists, scorecards and reflection questions, and four case studies (Communities In Schools, Food & Friends, Per Scholas and the Center for Children's Law and Policy) show how it worked in practice.
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Finding Your Funding Model
A workbook for nonprofit leaders and boards choosing how to fund their organisation. It takes them through 6 steps: analyse current funding, learn from peers, narrow the range of funding model options, assess revenue potential and costs of a short list, select the models to pursue, and plan implementation. Appendices include a sample workplan, sample outputs and advice on researching funding sources.
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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
An article that sorts large nonprofits by how they raise money and names 10 funding models, from Heartfelt Connector and Member Motivator to Public Provider and Market Maker. For each model it describes the typical funders and organisations and the questions leaders should ask to test the fit. Leaders and boards use it to name their current model and discuss where to focus fundraising.
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The Matrix Map
An article setting out a 4-step method for judging programmes and fundraising activities on both mission impact and profitability. Teams list every business line, score impact on a 1 to 4 scale, work out whether each line makes a surplus or needs a subsidy, then plot the results on a grid. The 4 quadrants, Stars, Hearts, Money Trees and Stop Signs, guide what to grow, contain, nurture or close.
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Getting started on a social enterprise journey
A 7-page guide written by The Bridgespan Group from research with Fòs Feminista and its partners in the global South. It is for nonprofits thinking about earned income. It works through 4 questions: what are your strengths, is there real demand, what mindset shifts are needed, and what capacities and resources are required. A table sets out 5 core capabilities, from financial modelling to getting leaders on the same page.
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