The Nonprofit FAQ: Books (Bibliography)
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| 'A History of Foundations and Evaluation Research' A paper by Peter Dobkin Hall reviews the history of grant-making foundations' use of evaluation in the second half of the 20th century. It includes an extensive bibliography. |
| A Classified List of Key Texts Prepared by a former student at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. |
| Approaches to the History of Nonprofits Approaches to documenting and understanding the history of nonprofits in the US by two well-known scholars. |
| Bibliography: Nonprofit Literature A classified list compiled for the Internet Nonprofit Center by Prof. Peter Dobkin Hall sometime in the mid-1990s |
| Books That Give Background on Nonprofits for Donors The 'Library' at this site has a short list at http://www.nonprofits.org/lib/bib1.html. |
| Can I use a model to help draft my agency's strategic plan? A strategic plan needs to be closely tied to the organization's needs and situation. Borrowing someone else's is a risky temptation. Here are some other suggestions. |
| Can we do our own market research? If so, how? Some suggestions on how to do basic, low cost, practical research |
| Does a strong nonprofit sector make any difference? Discussion of the connection between 'civil society' and nonprofit organizations. |
| Electronic or digital publishing resources It is now possible to publish documents electronically and receive payments or royalties for them. Here is a brief discription of some resources. |
| How can we be listed in the Encyclopaedia of Associations? The Encyclopaedia of Associations is a directory of national non-profit groups in the United States. |
| How do I incorporate an organization as a nonprofit? The procedures vary from state to state. This item provides the names of three books that can help. |
| Indiana University's Philanthropic Studies Library Many research tools for this extensive collection are available online. |
| Key Texts for Understanding Nonprofits Compiled from email discussions of the topic. |
| List of Books on Volunteerism Here is a list compiled in 1996. |
| Periodicals with news and commentary about nonprofits Subscription and other information about general interest publications that focus on the nonprofit sector. Links to online sources. |
| Research on Nonprofits Starting points for learning more about nonprofits and the various ways scholars examine them. |
| See What Nonprofit Books are Selling Now at Amazon.Com Amazon.Com offers a service that tracks sales in categories. This item includes a link with a current list of books in the 'nonprofit' category that have been purchased freqently. |
| Some Texts on Marketing for Nonprofits Suggested books for use in college and graduate courses on the subject. See also the Center for Strategic Communications at http://csc.org/ |
| Stereotypes of Philanthropy in Popular (?) Culture Suggestions of books, etc., that portray nonprofit work for better or worse. |
| Useful books about nonprofits (authors A-H) A listing of various publications suggested by readers. Part I of a three-part listing. |
| Useful books about nonprofits (authors I-R) A listing of various publications suggested by readers (part II of a three-part listing) |
| Useful books about nonprofits (authors S-Z) A listing of various publications suggested by readers. Part III of a three-part listing. |
| What are some useful books about nonprofits? Listings of various publications suggested by readers. |
| What sorts of business deals can nonprofits do? As corporations, nonprofits can enter into all sorts of contracts. But the arrangements can be complicated. Here's a book that may help. |
| Where can I find research reports about boards? The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership maintains an annotated bibliography of reports on boards. |
| Where can I find some simple marketing ideas? Suggestions for some good but basic marketing ideas |
| Yale case studies in volunteer governance? Short reports on board leadership available in a book and by mail. |