After 25 years in high tech, I've decided my next mission involves founding a non-profit organization to serve a special needs community. I've poked around the web hoping to finding a "cookbook" for starting a non-profit but I thought perhaps the Encore Nation might be a good source for qualified leads.
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There are lots of resources
There are lots of resources available for social entrepreneurs in general. I'd recommend social edge, of course.
Kathy Eldon, one of our fellows, just pointed me to their Creative Activist Toolkit, http://www.globalyouthfund.org/2009/09/13/the-creative-activist-toolkit/
Blue Avocado's resource directory might be useful http://www.blueavocado.org/category/topic/resource-directory
Idealist.org published a
Idealist.org published a guide for sector-switchers about a year ago that includes a section on starting a nonprofit organization. Steven Joiner is one of the authors.
I also recommend Thomas Wolf's book on Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century, which has some very practical advice on building a board, etc.