Strategic Fund Development: Building Profitable Relationships That Last Book

Foreword.

Preface: Do You Need this Book?

Acknowledgements.

About the Author.

Chapter 1: Let's Start Here: An Important Introduction.

Appendix A-1: The Myth of “More Visibility” and “Greater Community Awareness”.

Chapter 2: Positioning Your Organization to Survive: The Four Relationships That Are Critical to Effective and Productive Fund Development (and Healthy Organizations).

Chapter 3: The First Relationship – Within Your Organization: Creating the Infrastructure That Produces a Healthy Organization.

Appendix 3-A: Questions for Building an Effective Board.

Appendix 3-B: Consensus Decision Making.

Chapter 4: The Fund Development Professional: Choosing Your Road – Organizational Development Specialist or Just another Fundraising Technician.

Appendix 4-A: Job Description for Chief Development Officer.

Chapter 5: The Art of Leadership: A Critical Component of the First Relationship.

Chapter 6: The Second Relationship – With Your Community: Ensuring Your Organization's Relevance through Strategic Planning.

Appendix 6-A: Governance Self-Assessment.

Appendix6-B: Focus Group and Key Informant Questions for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and the Steel Yard.

Appendix 6-C: Sample retreat formats.

Appendix 6-D: Strategic Planning Retreat Agenda for the Steel Yard.

Appendix 6-E: Strategic Plan for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.

Chapter 7: The Third Relationship – With Your Constituents: Nurturing Relationships to Build Loyalty.

Appendix 7-A: Cultivation Ideas.

Chapter 8: The Fourth Relationship – With Your Volunteers: Enabling Them to Take Meaningful Action on Behalf of Your Organization.

Appendix 8-A: Passionate Board Member Running Wild: A Real-Life Story with an Enabling Response.

Appendix 8-B: Assess Your Performance as an Enabler.

Entr’acte: Bridging the Gap.

Chapter 9: Creating the Most Effective Fund Development Plan for Your Organization: A Plan That Produces Ownership and Results.

Appendix 9-A: Creating an effective fund development program.

Appendix 9-B: Job description of the Fund Development Committee.

Appendix 9-C: Strategy Analysis grid (with measures) for the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

Appendix 9-D: Fund Development Plan for the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island.

Chapter 10: Going Back to the Beginning:  In Conclusion.

Index.