sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

Grants managers are adept problem solvers. These migrations slow us down considerably and distract us from the high-risk compliance and risk-mitigation work primary to our grants manager job descriptions. Writing RFPs and managing technology migrations detract from grants managers’ ability to process grants.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 12, 2022

Grants are an essential part of the nonprofit landscape, providing a significant percentage of the average nonprofit’s annual revenue. If you’re like most organizations, you depend on a mixture of grants, major gifts, sponsorships, and individual donations collected through fundraising campaigns and events. Grant Funding Sources.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

annual appeal, grant proposal, special event, etc.) They include (1) annual giving; (2) capital campaign; (3) major gifts ; (4) endowment building; (5) planned giving, and (6) strategies like in-person or virtual meetings, phone calls, direct mail, digital fundraising, grant writing, and events. Human Resources.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2013

I once ran my own grant writing business. Master this and you, too, can be a grant writing phenom. Seek support for a “fundable” project: Grants are usually awarded to projects, not to unrestricted annual support. Proposals have to be well written. So, make yourself invaluable—become a grant writing all-star today!

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Reduction of time spent on grant reports. For funding, consider also applying for technology-specific grants, such as the Toolbox Grant.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. In order to create a detailed budget and financial plan, you’ll need to take the following steps: Identify your income sources including potential grants, donations, and other funding sources. Detail a budget outline.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Tip #2: Personalize Your Pitch Unlike grants, which are financial donations given to nonprofits after an application process, corporate sponsorships benefit both the sponsor and the nonprofit. Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

It's that establishing realistic objectives for your grants program is always a bit of a guessing game. Clearly articulating the objectives — the outcomes — you expect from your grantseeking efforts is a critical component of your overall fundraising plan. Grant funding is critical to the health of many organizations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2017

Lovely, articulate, and bold vision. For years I have preached the importance of understanding the true need, the real issue that your organization is trying to solve, and making sure that need is clearly documented and articulated in grant requests. But articulating the true need isn't enough. Dare to Be Bold.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Businesses most often give through matching gifts, corporate and volunteer grants, or in-kind donations of free goods or services. Foundations typically donate grants to similar nonprofits in order to help them further their mission. Usually, your nonprofit will need to reapply for these grants each year. Foundations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

In my last blog I talked a bit about transparency and how it will apply to organizations seeking grant awards in 2017. I think it is important for your board of directors to articulate their own vision of inclusivity and to share that vision via your website, on printed materials, etc. What Might You Do Now? Register now. Register now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

So, articulated success metrics for a networked strategy is also important. The “How do we know we achieved impact” question helps identify right mileposts or “key performance indicators.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. 2 admin 07.11.08

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

Or it’s taken for granted when you make it look so effortless. Consider too that it’s not easy to articulate this value for those who are in it.you just do it, because you’re awesome at it. A helpful thing to do: Submit proposals to virtual conferences (like MCN!) , even in the midst of uncertainty. Let’s do this.”

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Your vision statement should articulate the desired future state or ultimate impact your non-profit aims to achieve. Illustrate how your proposed programs and services will effectively address those specific needs and provide solutions or support to your target beneficiaries.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The YES program helps teens not only learn science but learn how to articulate their interests and pursue new passions. So the teens worked with the YES staff to put together a grant proposal in which they would partner with families at St. Many of them don''t come in focused on a particular topic or even science in general.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

The YES program helps teens not only learn science but learn how to articulate their interests and pursue new passions. So the teens worked with the YES staff to put together a grant proposal in which they would partner with families at St. Many of them don't come in focused on a particular topic or even science in general.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully. You can tell they are wondering why you are here but they don’t necessarily want to articulate it, so you just get this weird vibe.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." We based the grant on inquiry, and that’s why we got it from PBS. The girls on our team are all articulate and engaged and I want them to feel the confidence to do something they might not otherwise have the chance to do. But we’re a non-profit.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

The level of giving that defines a major donor depends on your organization and the size of the other gifts that you get through solicitations, memberships, subscriptions, grants, special events, and other strategies. And I’ll say too that many foundations are not keen on funding capital projects or making capacity building grants.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. Could you do it better by doing a list swap with another organization or doing social media or, you know, using some Google grant money to reach a target audience? That what makes for a great partner is not necessarily understood in a proposal.

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