Service to Others is the Highest Good

How Nonprofits Grow

Five Steps to Ensure Adequate Funding

Mission: Congruent with founding core beliefs.

Guiding Principles: Animating work to ensure mission fulfillment.

Strategic Plan: Aligned with mission and guiding principles; reviewed regularly.

Plan of Work: Tactics to fulfill strategic plan.

Philanthropically Ready: Being financially accountable and transparent.

Growing upon the foundation of these five steps and understanding the dynamics of the philanthropic spirit, is much more art than science and much more theology than ideology.

Associates

Over the many years I have worked in the nonprofit sector, I have met several professionals whose work relates to the sector and whose integrity and personal involvement--as board members, donors, and/or founders of nonprofit organizations--recommend them as individuals who I feel comfortable bringing in to help with my clients.

I highly recommend these six individuals.

Accounting: Kathy Platz, President, Scwartz Platz & Associates, CPA

Contact: 1050 Fulton Avenue, Suite 235, Sacramento, CA 95825- phone: (916) 489-1697- e-mail: kplatz@schwartzplatz.com - website: http://www.schwartzplatz.com

Banking: Heddy Chiang, Branch Manager, California Bank & Trust

Contact: 1800 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815- phone: (916) 929-3200- e-mail: heddy.chiang@calbt.com - website: http://www.calbanktrust.com

Capital Campaigns: William Schopfer, President, Fund Development Associates

Contact: 4108 T Street, Sacramento, CA 95819- phone: (916) 441-6800- e-mail: wschopfer@funddevelopmentassociates.com - website: http://www.funddevelopmentassociates.com

Computer Consultant: Randy Kimball, Principal, Cardinal Points Business Services

Contact: phone: (916) 359-1735- e-mail: simplepractice@msn.com

Group Work: Kris Lea, CEO/Principal, Zygos Consulting-Organizational Development & Training.

Contact: phone: (916) 715-0641- e-mail: KrisLea@zygos.biz - website: http://www.zygos.biz

Website Design: Susan Henley Spreitzer, Web Designer

Contact: P.O. Box 980604, West Sacramento, CA 95798- phone: (916) 920-2791- e-mail: susan@excellentwebs.com - website: http://www.excellentwebs.com