Business Planning Resources

SBA Business Planning
The US Small Business Administration provides and overview of planning, writing and using a business plan.
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html

The Free Management Library - Business Planning
The Free Management Library offers information on a variety of nonprofit management issues including business planning.
http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/bus_plan/bus_plan.htm

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence offers a number of downloadable templates for business planning.
http://www.cfnpe.org/site.cfm/np-businessplan.cfm

Business Planning for Nonprofits
Bridgespan Group provides resources to help develop a business planning process that offers nonprofit leaders a chance to connect the dots between mission and programs, to specify the resources that will be required to deliver those programs, and to establish performance measures that allow everyone to understand if the desired results are being achieved. (Links to resources on the the right)
http://www.bridgespangroup.org/kno_themes_businessplanning.html