Peter's Books

Peter Brinckerhoff is the award-winning author of practical, hands-on books for nonprofit managers, volunteers and board members. The books listed below are used in over 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in nonprofit management worldwide.

Three of the Peter's books, Mission-Based Management, Financial Empowerment and Generations have won the prestigious Terry McAdam Award by the Nonprofit Management Association, given annually for the "Best Nonprofit Book". Peter is the only author to win multiple McAdam Awards.

Take a look at the books below: All of them will help you make your nonprofit more mission-capable. Clicking on any book title will take you to the book's page on Amazon, and allow you to look more deeply at the content.

And, don't forget to check out Peter's Recommendations for other great books for nonprofit managers.
 

 

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Smart Stewardship for Nonprofits: Making The RIght Decisions in Good Times and Bad 2012

Nonprofit board and staff need to make the best possible decisions to advance their mission, have more effect and use their resources more wisely. In this book, Peter shows you the keys to smart stewardship, provides you with a decision tree to make sure you stay focused on your mission and your core competencies, and drills down to provide you dozens of hands-on tools to apply immediately.

ISBN: 978-1118083673
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Mission-Based Marketing: Positioning Your Not-for-Profit in an Increasingly Competitive World (3rd Edition) 2010

How do you transition your not-for-profit into a market-driven, yet still mission-based organization? The new 3rd edition of this highly acclaimed book shows you how, step by step, with careful attention given to all your markets, your marketing materials, and how to use technology in your marketing efforts.

ISBN: 978-0470602188
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Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-for-Profit In the 21st Century (3rd Edition) 2009

Winner of the Terry McAdam Award for Best Nonprofit Book

What the Alliance for Nonprofit Management calls "The Best New Nonprofit Book" just got better! The Third Edition of Mission-Based Management includes much new information, including an updated set of criteria of nonprofit excellence, a focus on ethics and much updated information on technology. Each chapter comes with discussion questions.


 ISBN: 978-0470432075
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Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit (2007)

Winner of the Terry McAdam Award for Best Nonprofit Book

Generation Change is bringing huge opportunities and challenges to the nonprofit sector. In this new book, Peter discusses the generational impact on staff, board, volunteers, the people you serve, marketing, finance and technology.

ISBN 978-0-940069-55-8
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Nonprofit Stewardship: A Better Way to Lead Your Mission-Based Organization (2004)

Stewardship is a mindset and way of thinking that will make you a more effective nonprofit leader. In this book, all of the key elements of good board, staff, and funder stewardship are covered. Also included is Peter's highly acclaimed Stewardship Decision Tree.

ISBN 978-0-940069-42-8
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Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development (2000)

This ground-breaking and cutting-edge book focuses readers on the key parts of becoming a social entrepreneur including risk taking, idea generation, and complete guides to feasibilty studies and business planning. Financing strategies, UBIT and corporate structures are also thoroughly covered.

ISBN: 0471362824
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Faith-Based Management: Leading Organizations That are Based on More Than Just Mission (1999)

Faith-based organizations have a special calling, and along with that calling come special challenges. This book is a guide for staff and board as they seek to get the most mission out the door while staying true to their faith.

ISBN: 0471315443
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Financial Empowerment: More Money for More Mission (1995)

Winner of the Terry McAdam Award at "Best New Nonprofit Book", Financial Empowerment is full of ways to make your organization more financially independent, to help you get more from your reporting, budgeting, and financial oversight by your board and staff.

ISBN: 04712969


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