What you get
Ten books and forty documents, in one download.
Everything a first-time founder has to work out, written for the person doing it alone. $149, one payment, nothing renews.
Ten books
Starting up, getting known, measuring your program, raising money, budgeting, hiring, your board, legal compliance, the founder, and the paperwork. In PDF and EPUB, so they open on any device.
Forty documents
The documents printed in Book X, as editable Word files: articles, bylaws, budgets, job descriptions, policies and more.
One download
A link arrives by email right after checkout. There is no account to create and no subscription.
How the books work
Written to be used, not admired.
- 01Plain English from page one
Every term is explained the first time it appears. You do not need a background in law, finance or administration.
- 02Examples you can follow
A literacy program, a diaper bank and a community kitchen appear throughout, with budgets, documents and mistakes you can follow from start to finish.
- 03What went wrong, and what it cost
Every chapter ends with an organization that got something wrong, so you can spot the same mistake before you make it.
- 04Honest about the limits
Where a rule depends on your state, the book says so and tells you who sets it. Where you need a professional, it tells you what to have ready first.
Who it is for
First-time founders doing most of it alone.
If you are starting a nonprofit, or you have just become the executive director of one, these books cover what you will be asked to do and the order it arrives in. Not what you expected? Refunds are covered in the terms.
Get the complete set
All ten books, plus the toolkit.
Passion Turned Profession is available as a complete set for $149: all ten books in PDF and EPUB, plus the forty documents printed in Book X as editable Word files. The books are not sold separately.