How would I go about starting a health and nutrition club at my local library?
I am actually the manager of the library and I’m trying to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle as well. I know that I basically want to have weekly weigh ins with incentives and idea sharing as well as invite experts in different areas of fitness and health to come in once a month. Has anyone else done something like this? I’m open to all tips and suggestions.
Hi!
Me and a couple of others coworker are setting up a health program to be implemented in many organizations. The program so far looks very appealing for non-profit organization… Email me if you want to know more about it.
I would like to start a non-profit fitness center. How do i get a non-profit grant?
Before you get a grant, you have to form the nonprofit. To start a nonprofit, you first need to get a very impassioned group of people together who support your idea and will provide some start up funding and serve on the board of directors, you need to get letters of endorsement from existing organizations saying this program is needed, you need to have data that shows your target group is in need whatever service it is that you want to provide and that they are not served otherwise, you need to have profiles of your staff showing they have experience and expertise, and you need to have a draft of what your first year’s budget would look like (what expenses you expect to incur, what you expect to pay staff, etc.). You aren’t going to have any money until you have donors, and you aren’t going to have any donors until you have a viable, solid business plan for your nonprofits first five year’s of existence. At some point, you need to decide if you are going to be a member of the board (and, therefore, not paid), or if you are going to be, say, the Executive Director, reporting to the board (and you can be paid — and fired — by the board).
And then there’s the paperwork:
Starting a Nonprofit Organization
http://www.managementhelp.org/strt_org/strt_np/strt_np.htm
(one of my favorite resources)
Starting a Non-Profit
Checklist- The Things You Must Do to Start a Nonprofit Organization
http://www.ctnonprofits.org/pages/NonProfitResources/StartNonProfit.asp
IRS Tax Information for Charitable Organizations
http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/index.html
