Publications

Online Fundraising _cover Reality Check: How Grassroots Environmental Organizations Are (or Are Not) Raising Money Online

ICL's latest article, "Reality Check: How Grassroots Environmental Organizations Are (or Are Not) Raising Money Online," outlines four common online fundraising strategies with case studies and lessons learned from 16 grassroots organizations. The 12-page report covers the costs, benefits, opportunities, and challenges of online fundraising, and offers up an honest review of the strategies that have been working. A resource page is also included.

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cover image Creating an Environment for Success

ICL's publication, "Creating an Environment for Success: Mergers and Other Partnership Structures for Environmental Nonprofits," shares four success stories illustrating different forms of partnerships. The monograph covers five options for strategic restructuring (merger, joint venture, parent-subsidiary structuring, management services organization, and fiscal sponsorship), plus offers pointers and resources for groups exploring partnership possibilities.

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cover image Managing in Hard Times (PDF)

This publication provides best practices and tools for managers of environmental and conservation nonprofits in our challenging economic times. Learn how to track your finances, recognize danger signals, assess your options, and make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind.

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image Managing in Hard Times (Print)

This publication provides best practices and tools for managers of environmental and conservation nonprofits in our challenging economic times. Learn how to track your finances, recognize danger signals, assess your options, and make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind.

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image Benchmarking Workbook for All-volunteer Groups

This easy-to-use workbook will help your organization assess its practices against 38 best practices benchmarks, identify the most important benchmarks to improve, and set next steps for becoming stronger and more effective. The workbook can be used by individual leaders or as part of a group activity.

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publication image Working Together: A Toolkit for Cooperative Efforts, Networks and Coalitions

This ICL Toolkit is for leaders and activists who want to better accomplish environmental and social change goals by combining forces with multiple organizations. It shares useful ideas, models, and practices gleaned from over 15 years of ICL consulting with, coaching, and training thousands of leaders and organizations; nearly all were cooperating in some way with other groups. We hope this Toolkit helps your coalition or cooperative effort start off on the right foot so you can avoid reinventing the wheel, evade common pitfalls, and travel well.

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image workbook cover Benchmarking Your Organization's Development

This workbook will help your organization assess its practices against 46 best practices benchmarks, identify the most important areas to improve, and set next steps for becoming stronger and more effective. ICL's field-tested self-assessment is designed for organizations with a small to mid-sized staff.

The workbook can be used by individual leaders or as part of a group activity to examine your organization and track progress in eight areas important to nonprofit succcess. 

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