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Creating Foundations for American Schools

Author(s): Dan McCormick, MA
Daryl Ferguson
David Bauer
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  • ISBN-13: 9780834218376
  • ISBN-10:0834218372
  • Paperback    246 pages      © 2001
Price: International Sales $98.95 US List
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Overview

With guidance from America's most-experienced foundation development consultants, Creating Foundations for American Schools provides the know-how and tools K-12 schools and districts need to build the types of foundations colleges and universities use so successfully to raise money-and standards! Includes ready-to-adapt models and materials for:

  • Presenting the concept to the community
  • Developing alumni associations
  • Leveraging Parent-Teacher organizations
  • Maintaining and expanding success
  • Incorporating and creating bylaws, plus much more!

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* Public School Foundations: Background and Rationale * First Steps in Creating A School/District Foundation * Foundation Structure * Legal and Mechanical Requirements * Developing the Board of Trustees * Immediate Tasks (First Meetings, Funding Priorities, etc.) * Public Relations * First Year of Operations * Making Grants and Distributing Funds * Building on Success for the Future * Community Relations * How to Hire Consultants and Attorneys * Reinvigorating an Older Foundation * Appendixes with ready-to-use materials * Bibliography
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Dan McCormick, MA

CEO and founder of the McCormick Group, a consulting firm that has helped more than 300 nonprofits advance missions and safeguard survival in a radically changing philanthropic environment.  With a background in public education and corporate officer positions, McCormick is recognized as one of the nation's leading strategists on nonprofit organizational structure.  In addition to consulting, he is the author of many articles on foundation development and nonprofit organizational structure as well as co-author of Creating Foundations in American Schools.

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Daryl Ferguson

David Bauer

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  • "...a well-executed book on a timely subject. It deserves to be used--not just on the shelf--wherever public school foundations are in place or contemplated."

    --CharityChannel, 2001

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