Sustainability

The only way your organization can optimize the work it is doing for the community is for your fund development efforts to focus on the long term, and to revolve around the mission work you are already doing…[Focus] NOT on what your funders require, but on what the organization feels is the best way to serve the community."
--Hildy Gottlieb, "Mission-based Sustainable Fund Development: How to Do It"

Sustainability resources are divided into two sections:

• Don't miss tools
• Publications and research
• Information on fundraising and grantwriting resources .

Don't Miss Tools

• Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
  http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/
  The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide is designed to help you manage your nonprofit organization efficiently and effectively. The website provides articles, standards of practice, resources, and glossaries.

• Community Tool Box
  http://ctb.ku.edu/
  Over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics including step-by-step instruction, examples, checklists, and related resources. Sample topics on sustainability include:

  • Developing a Management Plan
  • Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability

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Publications and Research

• The Foundation Center
  Supports grantseekers by providing publications, research, and news of the happenings in philanthropy. The Foundation Center offers free services such as the Philanthropy News Digest—an e-newsletter of happenings in the funding world. A large amount of helpful, well-organized data is available in the Researching Philanthropy section of the website.

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