September 18, 2003 | Read Time: 1 minute
Do It Right the First Time: Starting a Nonprofit Organization in Illinois, edited by Kathryn M. Vanden Berk, discusses how to recruit board members, develop mission statements and business plans, incorporate, build relationships with prospective donors, and obtain tax-exempt status and local business registrations and permits. Ms. Vanden Berk is a lawyer who also teaches classes at the Nonprofit Financial Center, a Chicago organization that helps charities manage their finances. Her guidebook highlights what paperwork is necessary for a charity’s audit and gives advice on setting up human-resources and financial-management systems. It includes annotated incorporation papers and other legal documents and forms.
Publisher: Nonprofit Financial Center, 29 East Madison Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, Ill. 60602-4415; (312) 252-0420; fax (312) 252-0099; nfcinfo@nfconline.org; http://www.nfconline.org; 117 pages; $30, $20 for an electronic version.
