An Animal Shelter's Guide to...

If you have the responsibility of raising funds for your nonprofit animal welfare organization, this is the book for you!  An Animal Shelter's Guide to Fundraising is written by one of the leading authorities on fundraising in the animal welfare industry.  This "how-to" guide puts you on a clear path, from start to sustainability.  This book will teach you how to identify the best funding sources and help you decide where to invest your time and energy.  It will help create an integrated fundraising plan that maximizes your fundraising revenue.  The information and resources provided in this book will equip you with the know-how, and confidence, to raise money for your animal shelter or rescue group.

In the third installment of his Animal Shelter Guide To series, Tim Crum takes up one of the more challenging elements of fundraising - capital campaigns.

This hands-on book shares the stages,traits and even practices for successful structure of a capital campaign then shows you how to evaluate and prepare your animal shelter to embark on a successful capital campaign.

In the second installment of his Guide to book series, An Animal Shelter's Guide to Board Governance, Tim Crum tackles one of the more misunderstood and confusing subjects in the nonprofit animal sheltering world - board governance.  In plain language, and backed by decades of work with nonprofit animal shelter boards across the country, Tim reveals the very reasons why nonprofit boards are struggling with their roles and responsibilities - and how nonprofit boards can make simple systematic and structural changes to maximize the efficacy of its board.

An essential resource for both new and experienced board members, as well as executive directors, An Animal Shelter's Guide to Board Governance provides real-world guidance to help board members understand the importance of their position relative to the mission and future of a nonprofit animal sheltering organization.  The book also provides a variety of samples to kick start board efforts that will elevate board governance to a whole new level.