Planning Resources for Byways
In this section of Driving Financial Sustainability for Byway Organizations, we offer a smattering of examples and resources to help you assess your byway’s planning needs as suggested by the byway representatives who participated in roundtable discussions for this project.
Financial sustainability involves a planning process that includes comprehensive research, testing, and, perhaps most importantly, adaptability. Planning documents come in many forms, from resource inventories and corridor management plans to marketing strategies and budget projections.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals suggests in a February 2004 press release that when an organization is considering a capital or endowment campaign, two actions will help determine the likely success of the undertaking. Those two actions are an internal assessment of the organization’s readiness to take on a major fundraising effort and an external assessment of the interest and financial ability of the organization’s target audience to support such an effort. Learn more about internal assessment and external assessment
A report titled Government Grants & Contracts to Minnesota Nonprofits Project, a brief overview of survey results makes two major points: get on agency mailing list for grants and other notifications; and budget for time lapses between grant awards and cash flow, expense encumberances and reimbursements.
We also reference a 2003 National Planning Conference presentation on America’s Byways by William J. Kelley, a professor of urban and regional planning at Eastern Washington University. In his presentation, Professor Kelley discusses:
• the important features of America’s Byways
• the community benefits of byways
• distinctions in byway planning
• common patterns of successful rural planning
• lessons learned from project planning.
Resources:
America’s Byways National Scenic Byways Resource Center: Funding
Corridor Planning and Management
Board Development Resources:
Governance Matters – forums, conferences, network of nonprofit leaders
Helping Board Members Ask for the Gift – a best practices article by Wayne E. Groner, April 2005
Funding Resources:
Alternative Funding: Looking Beyond Traditional Sources – a summary of a National Scenic Byway Resource Center tele-workshop by Don Charpio offers a quick hit list of potential funding sources for byways.
Association of Fundraising Professionals Ready Reference Series: Asking for Major Gifts
Federal Funding Process: An Overview – a publication from the federal Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Funding Process overview - information from We Care America
Giving USA 2005 - a publication of the American Association of Fundraising Counsel looks at individual, corporate and foundation giving
Government Grants Information Service - a free member service, through the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, that alerts members to federal, New York City and New York State funding opportunities
Grantmaker Web Sites - for private and community foundations, corporations, and public charities
Grant Seeker’s Toolkit - from the Grant Resource Center of the New Jersey League of Municipalities
Grants: Seven “Get Started” Tips for applying for federal grants
Guidelines for the Funding of Nonprofit Organizations
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process - an article by Martha Coven and Richard Kogan
RFP Bulletin from the Foundation Center - test this - a roundup of requests for proposals from private, corporate and government funding sources
Organizational, Planning, Management and Counseling Resources:
Alliance for Nonprofit Management - a professional and learning community of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance of nonprofits, offers publications and resources for improving organizational management
American Association of Fundraising Counsel
American Planning Association: - check for state-level chapters
Assessing Best Practices for Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways
Capacity building through Friends Groups – in this document from the National Parks Conservation Association, to see the potential for a byway Friends Group, where the word park appears, substitute the word byway
Community Guide to Planning and Managing a Scenic Byway
Developing a marketing plan - brief information from the National Scenic Byway Program re: marketing analysis, branding, and marketing strategies for byways
Independent Sector - a leadership forum/coalition for charities, foundations and corporate giving programs; issues a National Giving Survey
Making Places Special: Stories of Real Places Made Better by Planning by Gene Bunnell, APA Press
Making the Grassroots Grow: Building and Maintaining Effective Byway Organizations - a publication available from the America’s Byway Resource Center
National Council of Nonprofit Associations – includes state by state listings
onPhilanthropy - best practices articles, etc…
Use of Premiums, Freemiums Rises in 2004
Why People Give (And Do Not Give) to Charity
National Rural Development Partnership Success Stories : listings state by state, by topic and by partnering organizations may illustrate models for byways to pursue
What is Volunteer Time Worth? - a press release from the Association of Fundraising Professionals
The Value of Volunteer Time – state by state statistics
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