SO, YOU WANT TO START A NONPROFIT OR RUN YOUR CHARITY BETTER, NOW WHAT?
"Nonprofit Setup Simplified" Book Available on Amazon
Ready to Make an Impact? Launch Your Nonprofit with Confidence and Speed!
Setting up a nonprofit can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. In Nonprofit Setup Simplified, award-winning author and experienced nonprofit founder Michele L. Whetzel provides a clear, step-by-step roadmap to turn your idea into a fully operational nonprofit—without the headaches and backtracking.
Drawing from personal experience and lessons learned while founding multiple nonprofits, this essential guide will help you avoid common pitfalls and costly mistakes. You will learn the key steps for creating a nonprofit in the right order to get up and running quickly.
This essential guide breaks down the process into actionable chapters, including:
· Name and elevator pitch
· Choose the right board
· Qualify for 501(c)(3) status
· Apply for your EIN
· Incorporate your nonprofit
· Develop your logo, branding
· Create website and database
· Press releases
The appendices and supplemental materials offer a host of additional tools including mission and vision statements, articles of incorporation, and other sample documents and links.
Readers are saying:
This book offers “clear step-by-step guidance for making an organization official. The name selection part was especially helpful” in teaching what to do and what not to do when selecting a nonprofit name. – Stephanie Cory, Nonprofit Consultant, Facilitator & Trainer
“Nonprofit Setup Simplified, delivers just what the title promises. The author, Michele Whetzel, provides a clear, step-by-step account of the many ins and outs of setting up a nonprofit. From anyone just dreaming of a nonprofit to fill a need, to someone already in the process and feeling a bit lost or bogged down, this is a terrific resource. Each chapter contains the specific steps needed, with links to many resources and government sites that can or need to be used. The appendices give full examples of documents that need to be generated at various stages of the creation of a nonprofit, again with links to help along the way. The author's hands-on experience is very clear and will save anyone setting up a nonprofit a good deal of time and potential pitfalls.” – Dr. Debra J. deTreville, retired visiting history prof., North Carolina State University
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*** SILVER MEDAL WINNER - 2024 Global Book Awards ***
"Your Nonprofit Success Awaits! The Essential Reference Guide for All Aspects of Starting & Running a Nonprofit"
Whether you're a new founder or a seasoned professional, this guide offers the quickest, easiest setup, and effective strategies to ensure your nonprofit’s success.
Why This Book? "So, You Want to Start a Nonprofit, Now What?" is your ultimate guide to creating, managing, and growing a successful nonprofit. With detailed guidance, practical strategies, and expert advice from more than 60 nonprofit experts, this book will help you turn your vision into a reality and ensure your nonprofit thrives.
Discover How To:
- Start Your Nonprofit
- Build a Strong Foundation
- Implement Best Practices
What’s Inside:
1. Getting Started:
a. What Is a Nonprofit?
b. Should You Start a New Nonprofit?
c. Creating a Business Plan and Naming Your Organization
d. Forming the Right Board and Applying for IRS 501(c)(3) Status
e. Designing Your Logo and Securing Your Domain Name
2. Running Your Nonprofit:
a. Governance Best Practices
b. Financial Management: Budgets, Funding, and Fundraisers
c. Grant Writing and Government Contracts
d. Communications: Email, Website, Newsletters, and Social Media
e. Safety and Crisis Planning
3. Growing Your Organization:
a. Navigating Growth and Sustainability
b. Succession Planning for Founders and Board Members
c. Hiring, Evaluation, and Rebranding
d. Merging or Dissolving a Nonprofit
Get Started Today! Transform your passion into a successful nonprofit with this essential guide. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to enhance your existing
organization, this book provides the tools and knowledge you need to succeed.
What Readers Are Saying:
"You will want to buy this book today and for future reference as you establish, sustain, and grow your nonprofit organization, team, and footprint. It is an amazing resource designed to provide you with the tools to help guide you regardless of where you might be in your nonprofit journey.”
– Karla Lodholz, Director of Member Relations & Resource Development at Wisconsin Philanthropy Network
“Michele's book encourages the reader to consider the commitment founding and running a nonprofit requires. She provides step-by-step guidance on the hows and whys for everything in a way that is approachable and easy to digest.”
– Stephanie Cory, Nonprofit Consultant/Facilitator/Trainer
"Michele Whetzel’s So you want to start a Nonprofit…Now What? offers a wealth of information. It is a must-read for the average volunteer as well as the motivated volunteer who is thinking about starting a new nonprofit. Michele provides a clear roadmap to follow to avoid the pitfalls associated with the complex process of starting and operating a nonprofit organization.
"I think this book is well thought out, well written, and draws upon many strong sources to support the content. It will lead anyone thinking of starting a non-profit down the path to success."
– Ann Marinangeli, Vice President/IT Project Manager at JPMorgan Chase
“This book is a gold mine of information for anyone thinking about getting involved with non-profit leadership – whether as a founder, board member, or executive director/CEO. [The] book pulls it all together for anyone wanting to see what it takes to make a non-profit organization work and is an A-Z toolkit for non-profit leadership and governance.
"There is a collection of excellent lessons and learnings here – starting from the trials and tribulations of start-ups, moving to the sweat of in-the-trenches volunteerism, and arriving in the boardroom and what it takes to manage the mission at its highest levels. As a result of reading this book, you may actually decide not to start your own non-profit! You may decide it’s best for you to lend your time, talent, and resources to help an existing non-profit organization take its next steps toward more fully achieving its mission and purpose. This book pulls together what you will need to know to do it!”
– Thomas W. Smith, Corporate Finance Professional and Experienced Board Officer
View Michele's Book Interviews with Kami Grayson & Steve Harrison:
(Additional interviews available to view on YouTube channel - see link below)
Bestseller Press Release:
So, You Want to Start a Nonprofit, Now What? reached #1 in 3 categories within a week of its official launch. The three Amazon categories:
Nonprofit Marketing & Communication, Nonprofit Fundraising & Grants, and Business Aspects.
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