Showing posts with label NPEstablishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NPEstablishing. Show all posts

Thursday, January 02, 2014

Monday, March 29, 2010

6 Reasons NOT to Start a New Nonprofit Organization

http://stepbystepfundraising.com/reasons-not-to-start-a-new-nonprofit-organization/: "Here are 6 reasons not to start a nonprofit

1. There is already an organization filling that need.

If you are seeking to fill a specific need in your community, first contact other organizations with a similar mission. For example, say you find out that the grocery store throws away all its bakery goods at the end of the day."

Monday, October 26, 2009

Starting a non-profit requires more than good intentions | starting, good, won - Life - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO

Starting a non-profit requires more than good intentions | starting, good, won - Life - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO: "Starting a nonprofit is both similar and unlike starting a business, said Amy Rodda, reference librarian for the El Pomar Nonprofit Resource Center at the downtown branch of Penrose Public Library. Rodda gives free tours of the center, which has a wealth of online and print information for anyone wanting to form a nonprofit, search for grant opportunities and read up on how to best operate one."

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Why Young People are Starting Nonprofits - Alpha Consumer (usnews.com)

Why Young People are Starting Nonprofits - Alpha Consumer (usnews.com): "Why Young People are Starting Nonprofits
July 14, 2009 11:17 AM ET | Kimberly Palmer | Permanent Link | Print

When Lindsay Hyde was a freshman at Harvard, she wanted to become a mentor to younger girls in the area, but when she looked into potential opportunities, she couldn't find any groups willing to work with undergraduates. So she organized her own team of volunteers and found two elementary schools interested in working with them. Once she graduated from college, she officially launched her nonprofit, Strong Women, Strong Girls, which now works with over 400 girls a year in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Miami."