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MODULES:

Week 1:
Introduction

Week 2, Module 1:
Grant Research

Week 3, Module 2:
Proposal Writing

Week 4, Module 3:
Capital Campaigns

Week 5, Module 4:
Major Donors

Week 6:
Planning for
Fundraising

Module 5:
Annual & Direct
Appeals

Module 6:
Special Events

Module 7:
Planned Giving

Module 8:
Corporate
Partnerships

Module 10:
Online Donations

Module 11:
The Board's Role
in Fundraising

Blackboard

Fundraising Principles and Practices
Module 9: Social Enterprise and Venture Income

Required Readings:
  • Seltzer, Chapter 14

Required online readings:

  • The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship, by J. Gregory Dees, The Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Business School, May 2001. On Blackboard, Course Documents: Social Enterprise folder.
  • What is social entrepreneurism?, Nonprofit GENIE, see Social Entrepreneurism FAQ #01.
  • Nonprofit Enterprise - Learning by Example, by Idan Ivri, The Grantmanship Center Magazine, Spring 2004.
  • Bridging the Gap: Dr. Richard Steckel's Long, Strange Trip from Activist to Social Entrepreneur, an interview by James Rooney, Perdido Magazine, Winter 1998. On Blackboard, Course Documents: Social Enterprise folder.
  • The Seven Pillars of Social-Enterprise Success by Frank Villeneuve-Smith, Nonprofit World, January-February 2004. On Blackboard, Course Documents: Social Enterprise folder.
  • The Challenges of Becoming a Social Purpose Enterprise, by John Brauer and Michele Tatos, The Grantsmanship Center Magazine, Fall 2000.
  • Generating Income from Customers and Clients, by Joan Flanagan, The Grantsmanship Center Magazine, Summer 1999.

Optional readings:

Competencies:

  • define the terms "earned income" and "venture income"
  • discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of these forms of income for a nonprofit or NGO
  • define what is meant by a "social enterprise"
  • outline the ingredients for an effective business plan for a nonprofit enterprise

    Demonstration of Competencies:

  • research and write a short profile of a nonprofit organization or NGO which operates an income-generation program or business (three-to-five pages).
  • complete an online exam for this module.

    Useful Links:

    Nonprofit GENIE: Social Entrepreneurism FAQ

    Roberts Enterprise Development Fund

    The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs

    New Profit Inc.

    NPO Shopping Mall (4npo.org).

    Charity Finance magazine (UK)

    Social Entrepreneurs (Community Action Network) (UK)

    Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (Switzerland)

    Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (University of Alberta, Canada)

    Creative Resourcing (examples) (Changemakers.net).

    Social Entrepreneurship (resources and links) (Changemakers.net)

    Social Enterprise Magazine-Online (Social Entrepreneurs of Washington (SEW))

    Netpreneur.org (An entrepreneurial venture of the Morino Institute)

    A Resource Guide to Social Entrepreneurship, Point Park College and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

    world in need (UK). "world in need provides seed corn and growth funding to social entrepreneurs and supports these investments with a blend of skills, advice and networking. Over the last four decades we have helped launch innovative charitable ventures that meet human needs in new ways."

    nonprofit_entrepreneurship (listserv). "In this unmoderated egroup, we discuss practical ways to increase mission-related earned income."
    Topics include:
    1) How to assess organizational willingness and ability to develop earned income.
    2) The risks and rewards of developing earned income.
    3) How to identify and select viable opportunities.
    4) How to conduct business research. How to create an effective business plan.
    5) How to integrate business planning and earned income development into the daily management of your organization.
    The focus here is not on abstract concepts, but practical "how to's," and to share best practices, tools, and techniques.

    Bibliography:

  • Boshee, Jerr, Merging Mission and Money: A Board Member's Guide to Social Entrepreneurship, National Center for Nonprofit Boards: Washington, D.C. 1998.
  • Brinckerhoff, Peter, Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-based Innovation, Wiley: New York 2000.
  • Crimmins, James & Mary Keil, Enterprise in the Nonprofit Sector,
  • Dees, J. Gregory, Jed Emerson & Peter Economy, Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs, Wiley: New York 2001.
  • Dees, J. Gregory, Jed Emerson & Peter Economy, Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2002.
  • Holloway, Richard, Towards Financial Self-Reliance, Earthscan: London 2001.
  • Larson, Rolfe, Venture Forth! The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization, Amherst Wilder Foundation; St. Paul, MN 2002.
  • Oster, Sharon, Cynthia Massarksy, and Samantha Beinhacker, eds., Generating and Sustaining Nonprofit Earned Income, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, 2004.
  • Robinson, Andy, Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out), Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, 2002.
  • Skloot, Edward, ed., The Nonprofit Entrepreneur: Creating Ventures to Earn Income, The Foundation Center: New York 1988.
  • Steckel, Richard, Filthy Rich and Other Nonprofit Fantasies, Second Edition, Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA 2000.




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