Conflict of Interest Policies

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Some Conflict of Interest Policy material we have found on the Web.

From Compass Point

From Minn Council of Nonprofits

http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Building%20Strong%20Ethical%20Foundations/DraftConfInterest.pdf

http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Building%20Strong%20Ethical%20Foundations/Conflicts_of_Interest_IRS_Sample_Policy.pdf

http://www.foundation.umd.edu/Policies_Procedures/pdfs/conf_inter.pdf

Board Staff Retreats

Board/Staff Retreats



http://www.ctnonprofits.org/Pages/NonProfitResources/BoardBuilderJuly-Aug2004.asp

http://philanthropy.com/jobs/2004/04/29/20040513-704865.htm

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=1.346




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Gift Acceptance Policies

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Material on Gift Acceptance Policies including Sample Policies.

http://www.giftplanners.com/pdfs/understanding.pdf

http://www.grantspace.org/Tools/Knowledge-Base/Nonprofit-Management/Other-Nonprofit-Management-Issues/Examples-of-gift-acceptance-policies

Phonathons

Some material we've seen on Phonathons



http://www.kluth.org/fundraising/28keys4phonathons.htm

http://www.riarlington.com/files/UNCPhonathon.pdf

http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/215-241/54-85

Sample Org Charts

Some org chart examples from web resources.

http://www.giving.umich.edu/careers/orgcharts/oud_orgchart.pdf

http://web.mit.edu/ofr/docs/OFR_Org_Chart.pdf

http://foundation.pdx.edu/pdfs/org_chart.pdf

http://advancement.mst.edu/uaorgchart.html

http://www.cogmap.com/chart/non-profit

https://island.fim.ucla.edu/aboutea/orgcharts/

Development Audits

Here are some web resources on Development Audits


Development Audits

http://simonejoyaux.com/ss_files/downloads/SampleDevelopmentAudit.pdf


http://www.grantspace.org/Tools/Knowledge-Base/Nonprofit-Management/Accountability/Nonprofit-audits


http://oculusdirect.com/blog/2009/11/21/should-i-conduct-a-development-audit/

Special events

General Special Event articles

http://www.raise-funds.com/112601forum.html

http://www.markrandallcompany.com/pdf/spec%20event.pdf

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:oA4eCqKVRkkJ:skyways.lib.ks.us/tricon/2007/handouts/fundnoncap.doc+fundraising+special+event+development+%22staff+time%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=22&gl=us

http://www.geocities.com/ywca_berkeley/fundraisingeval.html

http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/node/17667

http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/research/rfmk11.html

Special Events Assessment

Third Party Events

Special Events Auctions

Email Marketing

Here are some web resources for Email Marketing.

Web Triggers Direct Mail Response

Are e-mail Recipients Better Direct Mail Givers?

Some material from the AFP website

Isn’t Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail—But on Steroids?'

Improving your direct mail marketing

Some material via the AFP Resource Center Blogs
http://afprc11.blogspot.com/search?q=email
http://afprc7.blogspot.com/search?q=NPEmail

From a variety of other sources

The Gilbert Email Manifesto (GEM)

The Email Savvy Organization
How to Measure the Success of Online Fundraising Using Key Metrics

E-nonprofits benchmarking study

Major Gifts

Major Gifts

From the AFP website

http://www.afpnet.org/ResourceCenter/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2890

From Andy Robinson and TGCI

http://www.tgci.com/magazine/The%20Major%20Gift%20Ask.pdf

From Tony Poderis

http://www.raise-funds.com/299forum.html

http://www.raise-funds.com/081904forum.html

http://www.raise-funds.com/exhibits/exhibit68.html

He has a variety of material on his site.

From Kim Klein

http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org/magazine/gmg_fineart.html

From Advantage

http://advantageconsulting.tripod.com/id13.html

Material on Feasibility Studies

Some Material on Feasibility Studies

http://www.zimmerman-lehman.com/feasibility.htm

http://www.nps.gov/partnerships/fundraising_feas_study.htm



Article is Before or After the Study
http://www.goettler.com/goettlerweb.nsf/0/3B00B0018EC2AE5185256F990047FF31?OpenDocument

Material on NonEvents

Here is some material on Nonevents. This includes material via the AFP Website. I hope you find this material helpful.

http://www.afpnet.org/ka/ka-3.cfm?content_item_id=24049&folder_id=2545
Please note at the bottom of the page there are attachments which include invitations.
http://www.afpnet.org/ka/ka-3.cfm?content_item_id=24171&folder_id=914
Some other web resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-event

http://frcoach.blogspot.com/2006/08/have-you-thought-of-non-event.html

In chapter 5
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pc-cp/pubs/e/Fr4gras4.htm

idealist.org - The Nonprofit FAQ

A Resource from Idealist

idealist.org - The Nonprofit FAQ: "The Nonprofit FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is based on questions and answers about nonprofit organizations exchanged on the Internet since 1994. Suggestions and corrections are always welcome."

Whistleblower Policies

I Whistleblower Policies

In response to some recent questions re Whistleblower policies.

For your information we post a variety of policy links elsewhere on this same Blog

http://afprc23.blogspot.com/2006/08/sampling-of-nonprofit-fundraising.html

Some sample whistleblower policies and related material are here

http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/content/view/167/1/

http://www.dvg.org/knowledge/ForumBrief_Whistleblower_Aug07.pdf

http://www.nature.org/aboutus/leadership/art15485.html

http://nonprofitrisk.org/library/articles/employment091005.shtml

Gift Solicitation Policies

Here are some web resources on Gift Solicitation Policies.

We have related links on Development Policies elsewhere on this FAQ Blog

http://www.vpss.ku.edu/pdf/Gift_Solicitation_Policy_022206.pdf

http://supportingadvancement.com/revenue/policies/westfall_solicitation_policy_sample.htm

https://www.hvcc.edu/foundation/policies/fundraising.pdf

http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/advancement/ix_5_1.html

Business Plans

Some material we found on Business Plans.

http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/bus_plan/bus_plan.htm
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/nonprofitbasics/f/busplan.htm


Related material on startups/establishing
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/nonprofitbasics/bb/beforenonprofit.htm

Endowments

These are some web resources on Endowments

http://www.utsystem.edu/policy/policies/uts138.html#SectionIV

http://www.dgfumc.org/community/endowment/Gift_Acceptance_Policy.pdf

http://www.raise-funds.com/1099forum.html

http://www.raise-funds.com/399forum.html

http://strategicgov.blogspot.com/2008/01/too-rich-how-big-should-our-endowment.html

http://www.kathrynmireeandassociates.com/PDF/Three%20Successful%20Models%20to%20Build%20Endowment.pdf

http://www.seattleymca.org/files/37/Endowment%20Case%20Statement.pdf

Case has some Fact Sheet links here

http://www.case.org/Content/Miscellaneous/Display.cfm?contentItemID=7665

Some sample endowment prospectus

http://www.catholicworldmission.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJHJLPwB&b=3590239

http://silkscape.com/SMA/smafund.htm

Mission Statements

Here is some material we've recently seen on the web about Mission Statements.

http://www.afpnet.org/ka/ka-3.cfm?content_item_id=1153&folder_id=885

http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/QuestionViewer/default?section=03&item=21

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/nonprofitbasics/a/mission.htm

http://www.allianceonline.org/FAQ/strategic_planning/what_s_in_mission_statement.faq

http://www.raise-funds.com/1101forum.html

http://nonprofitmanagement.suite101.com/article.cfm/sample_mission_statements/