Validate your nonprofit idea before you launch.

Nonprofit organizations are, at their core, businesses. Just as entrepreneurs must do their research before starting a company, nonprofit founders must perform due diligence to properly set up their organizations for success.

The Nonprofit Validation Toolkit is your essential guide to researching the nonprofit landscape before you commit. This workbook is designed to save you a significant amount of money, time, and wasted energy by answering the most critical questions about your idea.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Validate Your Idea: Determine if you should start the nonprofit you're considering, and if not, what would be a better alternative. This research will help you discover if the market is saturated.

• Identify Your Competitive Advantage: Research your market to identify what makes your nonprofit different from others.

• Assess Fundability and Sustainability: Learn how to determine if your nonprofit is both fundable and sustainable. Research will help you determine what type of funding is available to fund your organization before you form it.

• Conduct In-Depth Research: Use a step-by-step guide with keywords and exercises to research your competitors and potential funding sources. You don't need to pay a researcher or purchase software to find this information.

This toolkit provides a practical framework for performing a comprehensive look into your market, with exercises that help you analyze competitors, their services, and the funding landscape. By completing this validation process, you will be able to confidently answer the five key questions every founder should ask before starting a nonprofit.