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Jeff Imparato

Jeff Imparato

Jeff has been a Public Services Librarian since 1982. He has been the Nonprofit Funding Center Supervisor since 2004, although he has been affiliated with the collection since 1982. Jeff was Business Librarian from 1982-1998, and still maintains contact with the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce. Contact Jeff at 785-580-4555 (phone) or 785-580-4683 (voicemail) or make a Reference Appointment through the website at http://tscpl.org/consult-a-librarian

Contact Jeff at jimparato@tscpl.org

Jeff's Posts

7 Reasons Your Grant Proposals Are Being Rejected

Our friends at Nonprofit 2.0 bring you this. Tired of not getting that grant? 7 Reasons Your Grant Proposals Are Being Rejected You don’t write for your audience. You aren’t proofreading enough. You aren’t thorough enough. Your proposal contains too much fluff. You have a goal but no plan. You aren’t providing enough data. You [...]

Author Talk – Mike Ryan. Sep 26, 2012 @ 7 pm

Michael Ryan, former Capital-Journal editorial page editor and now an international author, will be speaking at the Topeka Public Library at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the Marvin Auditorium 101C. Aspiring writers will be particularly interested in Ryan’s message, as he will be speaking about the writing and publication of his book The Last [...]

A Reminder :How to Approach a Foundation 4/25/12 @ 1:30-3pm

Greetings Nonprofits, Just a reminder! We are having Caroline Herbert, from the Foundation Center‘s Washington, D.C. Office come and speak on the topic of How to approach a foundation. Wednesday, April 25, 2012 How to Approach a Foundation Apr 25, 2012 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Learn how to build relationships with foundation prospects and [...]

Help available for first time nonprofit grantseekers

Hi Nonprofits: Below you’ll find a wealth of information created by the Foundation Center for first-time grantseekers. These are available from the Foundation Center Website. http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/nonprofits/ Many free courses are available if you register at http://foundationcenter.org/profile/register.jhtml Our Library is an Affiliate Collection with the majority of Foundation Center publications, and online databases (for in-library use [...]

How to Approach a Foundation for Nonprofits

The Library is pleased to bring in Caroline Herbert Manager, Multimedia & On-Demand Training at the Foundation Center’s Washington, D.C. office to train us at a free class on how to approach a foundation. Here you will: Learn how to build relationships with foundation prospects and prepare for calls and meetings with funders. From initial [...]

Supply or die (Submit or quit?) – Filing the 990

By now, nonprofits should be aware of the IRS crackdown on 501(c)3  organizations who did not submit the required 990 form for 3 years. They lost their status as 501(c)3s and could no longer claim to donors that any donations would be tax deductible. This action protected donors from nonprofits who may have ceased business, [...]