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Setting and Maintaining the Right Course: A Capacity Building Series
A series of guidance documents on non-profit management developed by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.
The Setting and Maintaining the Right Course is a series of publications to guide watershed groups in organizational development and capacity building. Through these documents, we seek to provide resources which others can use to ensure their organizations run smoothly, thus enabling them to protect the landscapes and natural resources that we cherish and need.
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Some publications include a CD with additional resources. Publication costs are $5 (without CD) and $10 (with CD) plus shipping and handling. CDs are not available for all topics. Purchase five at once and receive a $5 discount.
To place an order or obtain a catalog contact:
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
31 Titus Mill Road
Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 737-3735
publications@thewatershed.org
http://www.thewatershed.org
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Budgeting: Developing a Financial Plan
CD contains templates on grant budgets and how to know when to modify your budget
This document describes the different types of organization budgets, describes whom to involve in creating a budget, the steps to develop one, and the necessary forms to complete for sustaining your organization's financial health. Also includes sample budgets.
Bylaws: Your Organization’s Backbone
Discusses the importance of crafting Bylaws for an organization, and the information that should be included in the document.
Grants: Securing Financial Benefits
CD contains templates for grant administration: work plans and monthly reports
Outlines the grant process, identifies various grant sources, summarizes funders' expectations, highlights research tactics, offers cultivation strategies, provides a framework for proposals, and offers approaches to managing grants.
Incorporation: Creating Your Mark in New Jersey
Outlines the process of being incorporated as a non-profit in New Jersey, from choosing the organization's name to preparing and filing paperwork with the state.
Insurance: The Shield of Protection
Discusses why it is important to have insurance for your organization, and describes the different types of insurance available, such as Directors and Officers, General Liability, and Property.
Legal Assistance: Guiding Your Organization’s Decisions
Obtaining legal assistance can assist with writing Bylaws, preparing a Certificate of Incorporation, negotiating a land purchase, obtaining a permit, and developing personnel procedures. This document discusses how to find a lawyer, things to consider when choosing a lawyer, and ways to reduce legal fees.
Marketing: Increasing Your Organization’s Visibility
CD contains sample media releases and information on preparing for community events
One of the keys to accomplishing your goals and mission is community support. This document highlights how to use the media and community events to promote your organization and present its work in a positive way.
Tax-Exempt Status: Securing Organizational Benefits
Should your organization apply for tax-exempt status? Find out the answer, plus what to include in an application, which forms to use, and how much it costs.
Technical Advisory Committees: Tapping Into Other’s Expertise
CD contains template for keeping track of TAC members and sample information to provide TAC members
Defines what a Technical Advisory Committee is, how to form one, and how utilizing one can improve an organization's projects and help them become more successful.
Volunteer Management: Strength in Numbers
CD contains Volunteer Management database and sample forms
Do you feel like too many ideas and projects, combined with limited time and staff, are causing situations that threaten to capsize you and your efforts to keep your organization running? This document provides assistance in developing a volunteer management program by focusing on the areas of volunteer recruitment, retention, and recognition. The document also discusses project identification and management systems.
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Strategic Planning: Charting Your Organization’s Course
A strategic plan helps your group determine where it is going and how it will get there. This document provides guidance to help an organization develop a strategic plan, including setting goals, providing a common vision for staff and board members, and communicating this vision.
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