More Than Just Money: Practical and Provocative Steps to Nonprofit Success

In volatile economic conditions as well as more stable times, the challenge of governing and leading a successful nonprofit organization is always about more than just money. Many issues come into consideration, including but not limited to finances. Endowments; board selection; donor relationships to mission; community need; executive leadership, these and other topics are discussed in More Than Just Money: Practical and Provocative Steps to Nonprofit Success. Written by the highly esteemed economist, Allen J. Proctor, this guide is for anyone with an interest in nonprofit management: board members, executive leaders, university leaders, philanthropists. Proctor has over three decades of experience working with nonprofit staffs and boards, solving financial as well as management challenges. In a style that is lively, informative, and easy to follow, More Than Just Money is an invaluable tool for guiding a nonprofit to current stability and future success."This is a book that everyone involved with nonprofit organizations will find both useful and inspiring. More Than Just Money provides invaluable information, practical steps and provocative lessons to increase the probability of success for your organization."E. Gordon GeePresident, The Ohio State University

Allen J. Proctor, founder and principal of Proctor’s Linking Mission to Money, has nearly 30 years of experience evaluating the financial health of organizations, developing effective business strategies, and enhancing organizational effectiveness. Allen has regularly developed innovative solutions to the financial and performance challenges of nonprofit organizations and for-profit corporations. Since establishing Proctor’s Linking Mission to Money in 2001, Allen has worked with clients to build a solid financial and strategic base for their future growth and presented workshops and seminars for audiences of all sizes. Allen has worked as a top executive at institutions as diverse as Harvard University (CFO and Vice President for Finance), New York City (Deputy Budget Director), New York State Financial Control Board (Executive Director), and Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Division Chief). Allen earned his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in economics and forecasting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Allen’s wide ranging career has given him an unusually broad perspective and span of experience. In his high level roles he has regularly dealt with issues in change management, financial restructuring, strategic planning, investment oversight, board relations, government and media relations, technology transfer, process re-engineering and information technology. A regular columnist on nonprofit management for Columbus Business First, Allen has taught budgeting and finance at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University and twice served as a reviewer for the prestigious Innovations program sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Allen is an accomplished author of numerous journal articles and publications and a book, Linking Mission to Money: Finance for Nonprofit Board Members. A frequent expert source, Allen has been interviewed on National Public Radio and on New York City broadcast and cable stations and newspapers, including the New York Times.