Standards & Practices
Issue 3 – Fundraising
Helpful Links
- Full description of Standard 5 and associated practices from the Land Trust Alliance (including links to sample documents)
- Land Trust Standards and Practices - information page
- Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices Curriculum - general information
- Training opportunities via the Land Trust Alliance
- Federal Law:
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (in PDF) via the Government Printing Office
- Texas State Law:
- Chapter 22 of the Texas Business Organization Code (BOC) regarding nonprofit corporations found at the Texas Legislature Online
- Complete Business Organization Code (BOC)
- BOC forms
- Texas Non-profit Corporation Act [Title 32, Chapter 9, Article 1396-1.01 to 11.02 ] (officially expires Jan. 1, 2010; replaced by Texas Business Organization Code for nonprofit entities created before 2006)
- IRS Texas registration requirements for charities, taxation, information for employers, and more
Cases/Examples
- Kentucky Natural Lands Trust - sample acknowledgement letter
- The Land Trust for Tennessee - Donor Bill of Rights
Articles from Exchange and other sources
- Land Trust Ethics – Fundraising and Grant Funding, by Konrad Liegel and Stefan Nagel in Exchange, Fall 2004
- Making the Big Ask: How to Find, Cultivate and Keep Donors, by Catherine Kolkmeier in Exchange, Fall 2004
- Fundraising Events: Community Outreach that Builds Your Coffers, by Jennifer Andes in Exchange, Summer 2002
- Fundraising Databases: Finding Software that Fits, by Kendall Slee and Dale Bonar in Exchange, Winter 2001
- Thirty-Five Fundraising Suggestions for Board Members, by Kim Klein in Exchange, Summer 1996
- Take Ten Minutes, by Barry Silverberg from the Nonprofit Resource Collection of the Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (ACC CCBNO)
Organizations, agencies, and resources
- Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance
- Standards for Charity Accountability
- GuideStar
- Independent Sector
- Statement of Values and Code of Ethics for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations (Jan. 2006)
- Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century (book), by Thomas Wolf and Barbara Carter. 1999 (originally edition published in 1984).
Simon & Schuster, trade paperback, 368 pages. - American Association of Fundraising Counsel
- American Association of Grant Professionals
- Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
- Online Resource Center
- AFP Fundraising Dictionary
- List of Texas Chapters (12 across the State)
- National Association of State Charity Officials
- Texas Ethics Commission
- Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations
- Texas Cooperating Collections
- Texas Nonprofit Management Assistance Network
- Greenlights for Nonprofit Success
- Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (ACC CCBNO)
- Convio – The online partner for nonprofit organizations (web development/support)
Texas Land Trust Council