Chapter Titles

1. Nonprofit Annual Report Basics

2. Defining Your Accomplishments

3. Developing a Theme

4. Sharing Your Financial Information

5. Closing with Your Lists and a Call to Action

6. Back to the Beginning: Writing Your Executive Message

7. Putting It All Together: A Quick Review

8. Designing and Printing Your Annual Report

9. Distributing Your Annual Report

10. What to Do After You've Published Your Annual Report

11. A Quick Review of What Not To Do: 10 Annual Report Mistakes Nonprofits Make

12. Additional Resources

 

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"How to Write a Nonprofit Annual Report" answers all of these questions and more:

• Do we really need an annual report?
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• Who in the office should write it?
• How do I write each section?
• What should it look like?
• How long should it be?
• What kinds of photo and graphics should we use?
• When should we release the report?
• Is it OK to do an annual report every other year?
• Who should get a copy?
• Should we put it on our website and how?
• Does the report need to be fancy and printed in full color?
• How do we talk about bad news?
• How do we know if our annual report worked for us?
• What can we do now to prepare for next year's annual report?
• What are the most common mistakes nonprofits make with their annual reports?

 

 

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